I'm not certain about the US Military, but in British based Militaries such as the UK,Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others like India, many African, Middle Eastern, Asian and Pacific Nations, there is a command known as "Eyes Right!"
This command is given whilst the Service Personnel are marching past Officers and Dignitaries.
When this command is given the Service Personnel instantly turn their heads to the right. When they have marched past, the command of "Eyes Front" is given, and instantly all heads are turned to the front.
Now, that boy may have just been very unfortunate.
If turning your head too quickly was a problem, then for the past several centuries there would have been mass Fatalities in all British based Militaries!
Maybe I'm missing something here,but when I was in the Australian Army, I never observed any neck turning Fatalities!
I'm not certain about the US Military, but in British based Militaries such as the UK,Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others like India, many African, Middle Eastern, Asian and Pacific Nations, there is a command known as "Eyes Right!"
This command is given whilst the Service Personnel are marching past Officers and Dignitaries.
When this command is given the Service Personnel instantly turn their heads to the right. When they have marched past, the command of "Eyes Front" is given, and instantly all heads are turned to the front.
Now, that boy may have just been very unfortunate.
If turning your head too quickly was a problem, then for the past several centuries there would have been mass Fatalities in all British based Militaries!
Maybe I'm missing something here,but when I was in the Australian Army, I never observed any neck turning Fatalities!
There is "eyes right" in the USA - at least in the Army in the 80's lol