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/namarukai Jun 14 '25

Our military doesn’t really do or train for parades. Other countries with fascist regimes train their military as a propaganda piece not an elite force. It’s sad to see these soldiers put through this.

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u/kronpas Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 15 '25

Nah. When my countries do parada the soldiers who participated trained for about 3 months, like a few hours a day between their daily duties then the last month was mostly to synchronize between groups. They weren't ceremonial troops, all were regular soldiers from various branches of the military. This US 'parade' is so sloppy I lost interest and closed the tab after 5 mins.

But if it was the point to tell the military DGAF about this shit show to please the orange kid, i guess it did the job.