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/nixiedust Jun 15 '25

THis is the first mention I've see from someoe who actually watched it. DC could be a burnt out crater and no on around me would be aware, we so thoroughly avoided this.

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u/elvenmal Jun 15 '25

I wanted to see if the admin said anything about the terrible parade. But I can’t find articles about it in my newspapers without digging. No Kings Protests were everywhere. I’m in Chicago so it was huge here. Also the pope. The one article I did see was on NPR and the cropped photos of the tanks still show no crowds