Trump's Birthday Parade

[Gadianton]

Well said, Dr. Cam.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

Can anybody explain?

I can hazard some guesses, I suppose.

1) The US Army generally doesn’t do Drill and Ceremony (DNC) because the priority is typically focused on war fighting readiness and lethality. So, it’s not really in our military culture to do big parades. They train train train, instead.

2) with regard to the above, they probably had about a day’s practice wherever they were encamped. That simply isn’t enough time to get the muscle memory down. A lot of their time was making movement to DC, which is an ordeal in and of itself. Here’s the thing, when the Army does a Pass and Review (PNR), which is what this parade actually was, it’s on their home installation and they really practice A LOT in the 3 or 4 days leading up to it. Soldiers haaaaaaaaaaaaate DNC, and they absolutely, and I mean viscerally, hate PNRs. I could go into some detail why, but it suffices to really drive home how much Soldiers hate ‘dog and pony shows’. So, I can guarantee morale was bottom of the barrel for a very unnecessary PNR.

3) There was loud rock music being blasted along with loud af machinery squeaking down the road. Those formations closer to a band had better cadence than those that didn’t. If you can’t hear either the thump-thump-thump of the band’s drum or your cadence caller, Soldiers will “F” up their synchronization. It’s inevitable.

4) Protesting. All it takes is for a handful of troops to screw up the cadence. I’m sure there were Soldiers there that absolutely despise Trump and MAGA, so this was a chance to ruin Trump’s Big Day.

5) I’m fairly certain the Soldiers were cobbled together from different units, voluntold to go on temporary duty (TDY) for this thing. In many cases, units send their crappy Soldiers because they’re on a very tight training schedule. So, the lack of unit cohesion, units probably not sending their best, and being on a crappy TDY certainly isn’t a great recipe for marching uniformly.

It was a perfect storm for incompetence, poor environment, and malicious compliance.

- Doc

[Morley]

Beautifully done, Doc.

[Moksha]

[Dr Exiled]

What happened to Dr. Cam's comment, it disappeared. The first one.

[Moksha]

Trump wanted a parade just like he saw in Paris on Bastille Day a few years ago. But he certainly didn't get it. I can't believe that was an accident.

Can anybody explain?

The Kongresshalle of the Reich Party in Nuremberg? That would be Trump's fevered dream.

[Jersey Girl]

What happened to Dr. Cam's comment, it disappeared. The first one.

Relocated to Prison Forum.

[Some Schmo]

Chap is extremely silly most of the time, isn't he?

Nothing Chap said was silly. You, on the other hand...

Idiot sycophants like you are big on making fools of themselves. Of course, many of them have no idea they're doing so. I wonder if you're in that category, or if you know and don't care. Liars lie, after all.

[ceeboo]

What happened to Dr. Cam's comment, it disappeared. The first one.

It was 60 minute-ed.