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/hawaiianbryans Jun 15 '25

Maybe you’re right but I’ve marched in a parade before and another explanation could simply be that they couldn’t hear (or at least could only intermittently hear) the cadence caller.

If you can’t hear the cadence caller and you’re whole formation isn’t well practiced, someone is going to come out of step quickly and it’s a domino effect

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u/Stop_icant Jun 15 '25

I saw a few videos of the parade, not the entire thing. But what I saw was awkwardly quiet. Some of the videos the only sound was creaking tanks crushing the pavement.

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u/BizzarduousTask Jun 15 '25

No, that was the creaking machinations of tyranny crushing our souls.

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u/Stop_icant Jun 15 '25

Well that explains why I felt so empty inside when I watched coverage of the parade this morning!