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To: Thunder90

They sure are lousy at close order drill.

My DI back in Ft. Knox 1960 would have kicked my ass for marching that badly LMAO.


10 posted on 04/28/2010 9:12:47 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Venturer
My DI back in Ft. Knox 1960 would have kicked my ass for marching that badly LMAO.

Yea our bunch of ROTC two year program cadets (no prior experience as the 4 year cadets had) looked better than that. Well, depending on who was leading the flight. One guy could not remember the 54 comand sequence. Of course the rest of us knew what the next command was supposed to be, even if he couldn't remember it.

But the real question is, why did they feel the need to march in close order formation? It's not a parade ground, and units haven't used that sort of drill in battle in centuries.

16 posted on 04/28/2010 9:49:41 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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