ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agoUS Military never really trained for these types of dog and pony showsdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square267linkfedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down136file-text
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minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down7·1 day agoOr its simply that drill and parade are not really practiced outside of bootcamp because marching in lockstep requires quite some practice.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-213 hours agoD&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.
minus-squareMDCCCLV@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoThis 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.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoAnyone 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.
Or its simply that drill and parade are not really practiced outside of bootcamp because marching in lockstep requires quite some practice.
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.
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.
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.