HE is not WRONG

[YoshidaYui]

Link to tweet

[underpants]

1. I saw a clip on Thursday or Friday of basically the rehearsal

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and it didn’t look like marching I’d seen and been a part of. It’s the first thing they teach you and you march everywhere in basic. We did in the regular Army except that my platoon had a thing about not matching to the track park. That was established before I got there and I made sure to carry it on.

[TimeToGo]

12. I believe they were told to walk not march

[underpants]

24. Okay.

[marble falls]

29. We learned to march in the Navy, and we were sharp by week nine. And then we never ever marched again. Most on my ...

... Army pals said the same thing. They did very little cadence marching after boot. Marines? Whole different mindset in those drill happy whacko red haired step children of the USN.

We marched everywhere in boot. If there were four or less in your group, you ran. So we'd always picked up a hitchhiker and called cadence.

[DET]

2. Question

Aren’t they also supposed to turn their heads to the reviewing stand as they pass by? Or is that just for dictators.

[William Seger]

18. Everyone but the closest row -- they look forward to keep everyone moving straight

[DET]

50. I could have missed it...

…but I saw very few soldiers turning to the reviewing stand. Another subtle diss, I guess.

[rampartd]

3. real warrior ethos on display there

how did they get out of boot camp?

[Mysterian]

8. What are you talking about?

Marching in formation has nothing to do with "warrior ethos." The soldiers were marching at "route step" which does not require them to stay in step with each other or render any kind of recognition to the reviewing stand. Perhaps goose-stepping is more to your liking.

[paleotn]

26. Ordered to march casually. Route step...

On the 250th anniversary of the Army? In DC, in front of what passes for dignitaries these days? In front of the CINC who wants to be king? That's rather pathetic, no? Intentional or is someone in big trouble this morning?

And I do not want to ever, ever, ever, EVER hear comments from Army "ground pounders" or even jar heads about how lax we squids were. Not one fucking word!

[Hope22]

33. Times are changing.

The word parade doesn’t mean what we think it does. Tens of millions of dollars and we can’t expect much. I would have thought this first in a lifetime fascist display would have been top notch to show the world who they are dealing with. This display is what our leadership expects and TSF didn’t even notice because he shuffles along with his head down at best.
At our local No Kings yesterday we had a showing of over 800 people. Good numbers for our small community. We had five Maggot pick up trucks circling the square honking and antagonizing, round and round, some with beds full of kids. Local police watched and did nothing. It is illegal in this state for kids under 18 to ride in the bed of a truck unless……it’s a parade. I guess riding around harassing peaceful demonstrators who by the way, needed a permit to do that, constitutes a parade. Forget the paperwork to have an f-ing parade. The rules are only for us!

[Mysterian]

48. Ground pounders hate fucking parades

They were combat troops in fatigues. Who gives a shit? Not me.

When it comes time to do infantry stuff, they'll do their job. When it comes time to do Navy stuff, I'm sure the Navy will do their jobs too. Who gives a shit about walking in a fucking parade, especially for a piece of shit like Trump? Not this ol' grunt.

[marble falls]

30. Real warriors don't march, they creep up on you. Only the Battalion march monkeys march sharp.

[BoRaGard]

4. They marched beautifully for President Biden

But as soon as the republicon draft-dodger-in-chief took over,
everything went to shit As always.

[sop]

5. Trump was expecting some highly synchronized Nazi goose-stepping, "the dance craze of tyrants"

"George Orwell, who knew totalitarianism when he saw it, succinctly articulated the menacing nature of the goose-step in his wartime essay 'The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius' (1941). Sitting in Britain, while 'highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me,' he wrote:"

"One rapid but fairly sure guide to the social atmosphere of a country is the parade-step of its army. … The goose-step, for instance, is one of the most horrible sights in the world, far more terrifying than a dive-bomber. It is simply an affirmation of naked power; contained in it, quite consciously and intentionally, is the vision of a boot crashing down on a face. Its ugliness is part of its essence, for what it is saying is 'Yes, I am ugly, and you daren’t laugh at me.' … Beyond a certain point, military display is only possible in countries where the common people dare not laugh at the army."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/01/goose-stepping-the-dance-craze-of-tyrants.html

[stillcool]

6. thanks. Interesting read

[johnnyfins]

7. Wait What?

The marching aside, the music is CCR's "Fortunate Son". Ha. The irony...

[travelingthrulife]

17. Yes, and it could have been the military insulting Trump or Trump insulting

the military depending on who chose the music.

[Doodles]

22. The song!

I noticed the song immediately. Irony doesn’t exist with this bunch. Maybe they think the song was written for him.

[paleotn]

27. Now that's funny as hell!!! Ironic and apropos all at the same time.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Apparently route step is the new goose step...

For the uninitiated, route step is what large formations of soldiers use when marching long distances. There is no cadence, the only thing one has to do is stay in formation. It is also used to cross many types of bridges, but that's another story. I've never see it used in a parade before.

[3Hotdogs]

13. Thanks for that. But there is no enthusiasm in any of the faces. But this is in contrast to the

enthusiastic response Trump got from soldiers in Georgia last week. His maggoty statements were met with enthusiasm.

[William Seger]

20. The Georgia soldiers were hand-selected trumpism cultists

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(Edit) Link: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fort-bragg-soldiers-screened-appearance-politics-trump-1235362315/

Also, "no fat soldiers" even if they do love RUMP.

[underpants]

23. Not arguing with you but I don't remember route step

We didn’t march in the field or salute officers.

[marble falls]

31. You have to do route step crossing bridges (harmonics) and on the road if you want to get there fast and with fewer ...

... tired out guys of different natural stride lengths. Cadence is for showing off.

[Hope22]

34. Funny...

I thought this entire parade was for ‘showing off’. I feel bad for the troops who were put in a bad light.

[marble falls]

36. Like I said up thread: the US just does not know how to do military parades. And I beliveve that's a very good thing.

[Hope22]

40. The troops were put in bad light.

They deserve better! I support the troops and always will even though they don’t always support me. With regard to your repeated comment, I guess the point is a voice of reason should have said no to the entire display! There is no voice of reason …….or consideration for our troops!

[marble falls]

46. I'm a vet. What I saw were soldiers expressing disinterest in the procedings. I'd be proud to be included in their ranks

... the military was misused and trivialized, but they were not shamed.

[Hope22]

53. Trivialized equals shamed or disrespected in my book.

My support for troops includes respect given. Five deferment dictator wanna be gets more consideration than the people I see in those videos. The world was watching and it was not a good look.

[marble falls]

54. Not one of those there lost their self respect or my respect. Or any other veteran's respect. We band of brothers ...

... and sisters have been asked to do dirtier than taking a jaunt past TACO while he slept. meh.

[3auld6phart]

11. That

Is what I was hoping four , not marching saunterout of step. They must have read my meme from the other day. The look on Donnie dipshts face.sitting on his golden throne. A very constipated look. Hard time passing a big hard lump. I bet he still doesn’t get the message he is really not wanted.

[GoCubsGo]

14. Do they no longer have dress uniforms?

Usually, they wear those for parades and other important events, not their fatigues. That makes them extra sloppy, IMHO.

[paleotn]

28. Like going to a funeral in bermuda shorts.

[travelingthrulife]

15. I really want to know who chose that marching music.

If the military chose it, they were insulting Trump. If Trump and company chose it, they were insulting those "suckers and losers"

Fortunate Son

Some folks are born made to wave the flag
They're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
They point the cannon at you, Lord

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one

Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, yeah
But when the taxman comes to the door
The house look a like a rummage sale

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one

Yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes
They send you down to war
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
They only answer, "More, more, more"

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no military son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, one

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
Songwriters: John Cameron Fogerty

[NoSheep]

41. I heard that!

[CentralMass]

43. Doh !

[PatSeg]

16. Interesting

Apparently it wasn't just me. I thought they looked rather sloppy as well.

[marble falls]

32. They didn't look sloppy to me. They looked ready to go. The sloppy one were the ones I saw occupying LA last week.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

19. Marching NOT even in cadence.

Which this display shows. It makes me wonder if these men and women wanted to be there as they kept their stares away from him, unlike in Russia, North Korea, and China.

I am glad TACO Don is having a sad.

[ToxMarz]

21. I think they were "doddering"

for the old fool

[IbogaProject]

25. Father's day weekend

I bet morale was low.

[Bmoboy]

35. And why no rifles?

I am used to seeing armed formations in parades meant to impress.

[marble falls]

37. TACO is nuts, but he isn't that nuts. He remembers Sadat. Barney Fife mighta showed up with a round in his blouse pocket

[flashman13]

38. I'm going with YoshidaYui on this. Route step is not what you do in a formal parade for the commander.

I think it really was an intentional FU Donald. He is so stupid I doubt seriously if he noticed.

[Wounded Bear]

51. Well, that would be on the OIC (officer in charge) of that unit...

Whoever was overseeing that formation would have to shout out "Route Step, March!" for them to be marching like that. Not normal in a parade, of course. When a formation hears "Forward March!" the default is for them to be in step with the cadence.

Should be easy to find. Look for some Captain or Lt Colonel to get fired sometime this week.

[infullview]

39. I've seen horses executing a parade gate do a better job of marching.

I was in a marching band in high school that had higher standards.....

[CentralMass]

42. ..

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[flashman13]

52. This scene instantly came to my mind.

[WinstonSmith4740]

44. I caught clips of it on the news.

There was no way I was going to watch that clusterfuck. Anyway, I remember thinking that I had seen more better marching in our JROTC unit at the high school where I taught. MUCH BETTER.

[Figarosmom]

45. Is that

Fortunate Son playing on the loud speakers? Ha, republicans never listen to lyrics, do they?

[Iggo]

47. Oh my gawd! Is that original music? Or is it added for effect?

They didn’t really use “Fortunate Son” live at the parade, did they?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

49. It looked like one or two units were marching in step; the rest were ambling along.

Thinking back on my Army hitch (all of two years), I can only remember being in one parade, at the end of basic training. One hour of parading, preceded by a few hours of inspection, transportation, and generally standing around waiting. At least the army band played well.

"Fortunate Son" was a few years in the future when my parade occurred.

[Jit423]

55. My granddaughter said the military was doing it on purpose. We watched the last military parade in NK on YT to see

what a real military parade looked like. After 3 minutes we turned off all TV.

[Skittles]

56. it's the first thing I noticed from the clips

girl, we were snappier than that in the Air Force when we marched from our dorm room to tech training after Basic