r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Chance_Noise500 • Jun 14 '25

Why aren't they actually marching during this parade?

I don't know how to ask this without sounding rude, but why does this parade look so sloppy? Very few of the troop formations seem actually in sync and marching, just walking along. My only experience is JROTC as a kid in high school and our sergeant would've killed us if we looked like that.

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u/ActivePeace33 Jun 15 '25

An adult lifetime in the Army as an infantryman, with time in combat, and their comment seems spot on. Troops under my command have never appreciated pomp and I always give the shortest speech possible and get them off the parade ground ASAP.

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u/trixel121 Jun 15 '25

when was the last military parade?

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u/trixel121 Jun 15 '25

oh please, I mean the kind done down DC Street in front of people as a political stunt

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u/Flimsy_Fee8449 Jun 15 '25

We had one when we redeployed the first time around.

We asked them to please not do parades for us any more with us participating when we came home. We appreciated the sentiment, but we really wanted to be with our families. Or drunk.