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Command Examples
Try some of the following commands with your class-company:

COMPANY . . . FALL IN (line up quickly)

COMPANY . . . ATTENTION (stand tall, face forward, silence)

COMPANY . . . RIGHT FACE (quarter-turn to the right)

COMPANY . . . LEFT FACE (quarter-turn to the left)

COMPANY . . . ABOUT FACE (half-turn)

COMPANY . . . FORWARD MARCH (move forward, maintaining formation)

COMPANY . . . HALT (stop, but remain at attention)

COMPANY . . . AT EASE (relax, but stay in place)

Here are some more orders that the captain can give, as needed:

COMPANY . . . RIGHT-DRESS (turn heads to the right and straighten lines)

FRONT (snap heads back to the front, after the RIGHT-DRESS command)

STEADY MEN, STEADY (maintain pace; don't speed up)

TO THE STEP (stay in step with captain; match his/her pace)

QUIET IN THE RANKS (silence; no talking)