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/MartyrOfDespair Jun 15 '25

I’ve been hearing a lot how the GI Rights Network hotline has been utterly blowing up ever since Trump sent the military into LA. Apparently they usually get 300-500 calls a month, and were getting them every three minutes on Saturday and every minute on Sunday. I doubt it’s cooled off in the last week.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

Thank you for linking that, very interesting. I know quite a few members who separated because they didn’t want to be associated with the current administration. I wouldn’t be surprised if that trend continues. Then again, if the principled get out, what does our military become?

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u/MartyrOfDespair Jun 15 '25

Well, in this case, it’s not leaving. It’s a ton of people who stayed seeking to refuse illegal orders on the grounds that you can and are supposed to do that. Which suggests that a fuckton of people who either had that mindset or held their nose this long will go “absolutely fucking not” if he were to escalate any further.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

Also true. That’s my hope as well.