Editing Drill commands (section)

=== With weapons ===
==== Rifles ====
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*'''Shoulder/slope arms''': The rifle is brought on the left or right sides by the shoulder. 
*'''Change arms''' (Commonwealth only): When the rifle is being carried at the slope, trail or shoulder, it is changed from one side of the body to the other.<ref>See also: Australian Army manual of land warfare. Pt. 3,, Drill and ceremonial drill vol.3, pamphlet no. 1. Drill,1979</ref>
*'''[[Present arms (command)|Present arms]]''': The soldiers bring their weapons to the front of their bodies, and adjust their right foot position. Soldiers without weapons use a salute appropriate for their headdress.  In the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, the command is often preceded with a general salute or royal/presidential/national salute, when appropriate. 
*'''Order arms''': Servicemen carrying a weapon lower the butt of the weapon to the ground, muzzle vertical.
* '''Port arms''': The weapon is brought out in front of the soldier, and held by the right hand on small of the butt, or equivalent, and the left hand about the forestock, or equivalent.
* '''High port arms''': The weapon is brought out in front of the soldier in the form similar to Port Arms but higher so that the butt and forestock or equivalent is raised.
*'''For inspection, port arms''' (United States: ''inspection arms''): The weapon are raised at the port position in order that it can be properly inspected.
*'''[[Reverse arms]]''': The weapon is held reversed as a sign of mourning.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reversed Arms |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/customs-and-ceremony/arms |website=Australian War Memorial |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>
* '''Ground arms''': Servicemen bring their rifles to the ground.
* '''Trail arms''': Servicemen bring their grip from the pistol grip to the carrying handle of the rifle in order to carry the rifle horizontally
* '''Sling arms''': If the soldiers have a "sling" (strap) on their rifles, then this command can be called. The soldiers will loosen the sling so they can now have their rifles strapped around their shoulders.
* '''Unsling arms''': Servicemen will unloosen the sling so they can now have their rifles at the port or high port position.
* '''Front sling arms''': Servicemen holding weapons with slings attached to the chest now sling those weapons in the Port or High Port Arms position.
*'''Fire of joy, load weapons''': This command is used in parades such as the [[Singapore National Day Parade|National Day Parade in Singapore]], and [[Trooping the Colour|trooping the colour]]. Soldiers will load the rifle with the blank round in preparation of the ''[[feu de joie]]'', French for "fire of joy" in parades. In Polish this is called the ''Salwa Honorowa'' and in Hebrew it's called ''ירי כבוד'', or honor volley.
*'''Fix bayonets''': In US ceremonies, whenever the bayonets are to be fixed to the weapons, this command is called out. In times, the accompanying bugle call for it is used before the order is done. The troops pull out their bayonets from their uniforms and attach them to the weapon.
*'''Unfix bayonets''': Soldiers in formation remove their bayonets from their rifles and return them to their uniforms.
<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/order%20arms| title = Order arms Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.907sqn.com/resources/drill/Army%20Drill%20Reference%20401_e.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-01 |archive-date=2019-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101193850/http://www.907sqn.com/resources/drill/Army%20Drill%20Reference%20401_e.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Sabres====
*'''Draw sabres''': used to draw the sabres.
*'''Return sabres''': used to return the sabres.
*'''Present sabres''': used for officers to salute using their sabres.
*'''Shoulder/slope sabres''': used for officers to slope the sabre in their left-hand shoulder.
*'''Order sabres''': the sabre is lowered to the ground after presenting or sloping.

[[File:CJCS 2015 visit to Great Britain 150613-D-VO565-026.jpg|thumb|A British soldier in the port arms position]]