Marines not there?
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That is not the position of attention. What they are doing does not exist in any drill and ceremony I ever learned in the military. Maybe it’s a special position for that billet but it’s not the position of attention.
Attention is feet together forming a small V where the heels touch, arms rigid and down along the pant seam, thumb pressed against the side of the index finger, hands in the shape of a fist, eyes parallel to the ground.
This position looks like a retarded version of the position of “at ease” or “Parade Rest”. Only difference would be the hands would be in the same position but along the small of the back. I can’t tell from this image but the hand over hand placement may also be incorrect.
I saw elsewhere it’s the stance they use standing to attention by a casket at a state funeral? As virtually all other situations in the drill book assume them holding a weapon of some sort? I’m not US, let alone military though, so open to correction.
I’m just going to reiterate this is not the position of attention in any branch of the US military.
Even at an Order Arms (Attention with a rifle) legs are together not shoulder width apart. In fact no position with the firearm is done outside of legs together outside of an actual parade march. Correction there is a parade rest with a rifle.
I’ve been out for over a decade now.
It probably is a special position for that billet.