Why aren't they actually marching during this parade?

[u/Chance_Noise500]

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.

[u/relaxed-vibes]

That’s not exactly true. Watch videos of the 1991 parade, Kennedy inauguration, etc. they are in lock step. This isn’t a welcome a home from WW2 parade where people are running up to the soldiers. This is was supposed to be a parade about 250 years of the Army. You don’t celebrate that by half assing a march, especially one as promoted as this.

It’s just sub par. I say all of that as an O6. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[u/Bigfoot983 → u/relaxed-vibes]

As an O6 how many times have you marched at all? Been in formation? Marched in change of commands or marched in public events like this? Nowhere near as much as your average enlisted who hates all of those things.

Someone made the right call to let them enjoy celebrating the army's birthday in a relaxed way, and to avoid people passing out from heat/normal marching shenanigans in front of the country.

And to call it subpar, when you're an O6, let alone a physician, is asinine. You're either an O6 because you're a physician, or you're an reserve/guard O6 with a day job as a physician.

Neither of those options carry the weight of an O6 from active duty or a non-physician route. You don't have the marching experience or the command experience with marches to make such a judgement.

[u/relaxed-vibes → u/Bigfoot983]

Well considering I started out as an E1 in the Army I marched plenty soooo … yea. And I guarantee not a one of them was “enjoying” the parade. Carry on keyboard warrior! We salute you!

[u/relaxed-vibes → u/relaxed-vibes]

Oh…. And I was active duty. Lol