• 1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    i don’t give a shit either way but it makes far more sense that it was in protest than that all of those soldiers are too incompetent to march properly. insisting it must be incompetence because you want to think bad things about the us military is the real cope.

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        22 hours ago

        Marching lockstep is something that takes years to stop doing after getting out, though. Band kids have a similar problem. And even then you catch it sometimes, a desire to do it…

        It bothers you for years when you walk hand in hand with your partner. Because you can’t hold hands and walk lockstep… you have to perfectly time the opposite step, so you can perfectly hold their hand.

        It only takes one refresher, and you go back to it.

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        2 days ago

        D&C is used daily by the US Army, to move personnel from point A to point B. During running. During inspections. During pass and reviews.

        15 years out, and “9 to the front and 6 to the rear” is still drilled into my head. Even my “about face” is still solid, while needing some practice.

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          2 days ago

          This depends a lot on your branch and unit. Many many people never do a pass and review or any type of inspection other than counting inventory. I disagree that marching skills are used during running, that’s freeform.

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            1 day ago

            Anyone who has served longer than 3 years has done a pass and review.

            Anyone who has been to a perm duty station has had a class A inspection.

            Anyone who has ever served has marched daily, in formation, from point A to point B.

            Double time is a marching speed, aka running, and you have to run in step.

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              7 hours ago

              Ok. I guess your perspective is correct and there is just one military that is all the same.