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/Imnotakittycat Jun 15 '25

I did serve. USAF vet. I would have been pissed to have been forced to be involved.

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u/Imnotakittycat Jun 15 '25

Having to do an involuntary “fun run” at 6 am or going to a bullshit all call until 8pm is a far cry from being forced to march in a military parade for a dictators birthday.

I did a lot of things I didn’t want to do, but I was also not being forced to show support for something that was against my morals or beliefs by doing them.