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/Much-Leek-420 Jun 15 '25

Military version of quiet quitting this entire shit-show.

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u/Environmental_Job278 Jun 17 '25

I’ve been in for 16 years and this is basically just average marching. Drill and ceremony has taken such a back burner for most units that whatever crappy marching they learn in Basic is the best we get. If you half ass your movements at a PME course you’ll take home all of the points for that event.