The Short-Range Assault Weapon

Good Luck!

To those who are taking the SLP exam next Monday: GOOD LUCK

If you want to do some tests, visit: English Test.net

Band of Brothers

As a part of your intensive course, you can watch the series Band of Brothers, which is based on a book by the historian Stephen Ambrose

Regiments in the US military traditionally assign their companies alphabetical designations. Easy Company stands for the alphabetic letter "E", the phonetic designation of the fifth company in a battalion of any given Army regiment before the adoption of the NATO standard alphabet. Today, E Company would be Echo Company.

The series Band of Brothers follows Easy Co. of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, United States Army 101st Airborne Division, from Easy's basic training at Toccoa, Georgia, through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Bastogne and on to the end of the war.

The title for the book and the series comes from a famous speech delivered by Henry V of England before the Battle of Agincourt in William Shakespeare's Henry V

"We few, we happy few,
we band of brothers;
For he that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother..."

William Shakespeare

Those who missed the first episode can read a recap on
TV.com or watch it on the EasyCo101airborn youtube channel

If you are interested in the real history, why don't you visit the official website of Easy Company?

Drill Team

A drill team is a marching unit that performs military style maneuvers in parades, at air shows, football half-time shows, and other public venues.

In this video you will get a little bit information about US USMC Marine Corps Silent Drill Team, also known as The Silent Drill Platoon.



If you want to know more, visit these links: US Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, US Marine Corps portal, Marine Barracks Washington


... and just for a laugh: a deck chair drill team for retired guys!

Pronuntiation of final "-ed" forms

Hi, boys. Today we have a lot of grammar to study but I know that most of you are interested in pronunciation too.
Here I leave this link by Eva L. Easton so you can practise the pronunciation of the -ed form of regular verbs.
Don't forget to do the quiz

Welcome to our soldiers

These days, we are teaching a course on Military English.
We think these links will be useful for our students:

Empleos y divisas de la OTAN from the Spanish Wikipedia and
Ranks and insignia of NATO from the English Wikipedia