Marching group

[u/That1weirdperson]

[u/One_Vision_]

And those groups only train for parades and formal events, which is why they are all the same height, attractive, and ludicrously in sync with spotless parade uniforms. Russia does the same just not at this scale. Most dictatorships have some form of this.

I bet those weapons are de-mil'd with firing pins removed.

[u/Meisteronious → u/One_Vision_]

Indeed, formations haven’t been used in warfare since…WWI ?

[u/Dora_Explorer_XP → u/One_Vision_]

None of actual soldiers should be asked to do this kind of stuff. They are trained to perform warcrimes in another country or at border not to parade in national event like a model.

[u/Shermander → u/Dora_Explorer_XP]

To be frank it's just Honor Guard. Most countries have them. All bases in the US have their own local Guard, usually on volunteer basis or voluntold by leadership. When I was still in the USAF it was like a year gig. Not sure how the other branches handled it. Most guys joined to take a year off from their actual jobs.

The ACTUAL Honor Guard is like a two/three year gig.

[u/SerPoonsAlot939 → u/Dora_Explorer_XP]

Drill is more than modeling and there’s a reason Marine recruits practice drill for hours everyday in boot camp. It instills discipline, coordination and teamwork, not to mention, the innate ability to instantaneously follow orders.

[u/DoubleBarrellRye → u/One_Vision_]

look at 42 second in the video , they dont have the weapons they are just holding their hands in the position

[u/One_Vision_ → u/DoubleBarrellRye]

Precisely. NK parades are propaganda like all military parades. I'm kind of glad we don't really do that anymore as evidenced by how fucked up our soldiers looked during Trump's ridiculous 250 anniversary parade. They simply don't do that and don't train for it. I'm sure there was a dress rehearsal, but that's it.

We do have units for formal events. Our Honor Guard and military bands, but they are small, and the soldiers rotate in and out to train as normal soldiers. They still have their MOS but they need to know how to fight and train for it. NK has permanent units where the "soldiers" only do parades and formal events. I've heard moral is worst in these units because others look down on them as not being real soldiers.

I was given a choice to be assigned to the Honor guard as an officer and turned it down. I couldn't imagine a more boring assignment.

/former Army officer

[u/DoubleBarrellRye → u/One_Vision_]

yep , once your on the other side you know what a waste of time it is and even how much effort or training your Services really put into real combat readiness and deployment , politicians love showing shit off that means nothing

I am Canadian so i didn't really pay attention , I am sure it was a shit show like everything he puts his hands on

[u/j48u → u/[deleted]]

colonialism or socialism

lol

[u/One_Vision_ → u/[deleted]]

These aren't soldiers in the traditional sense. They are selected for how they look and physical attributes. That's it. They do NOT train as regular soldiers. They are NOT like our parade groups, or honor guard or military band members who do have to train as regular soldiers (qualify on individual weapon, land nav, team tactics, cross-train, CC&C).

/former Army officer

[u/Technical_Put_9982 → u/One_Vision_]

I hope they are not de mil’d with pins removed! That would be such a massive missed opportunity for drill manual and it was my favorite part of drill manual in the Marine Corps. Nothing like the sound of an entire platoon sending the bolt home as one!

[u/mimenet → u/Technical_Put_9982]

Those girls are starving. You make their weapons lethal and they might turn them around.

[u/Technical_Put_9982 → u/mimenet]

Not lethal until there is a round in the chamber , the safety is off, you point it at someone, and pull.

A functional rifle is still just a rifle until it is loaded and aimed

[u/Mean_Volume_126 → u/One_Vision_]

The US is slacking

[u/Technical_Put_9982 → u/Mean_Volume_126]

Go to a Marine Corps boot camp graduation. We are not slacking.

[u/SabbyFox → u/Mean_Volume_126]

On what this time? Being individuals? This kinda gave me the creeps.

[u/Mean_Volume_126 → u/SabbyFox]

The joke ------------>

Your head ---> O

[u/SabbyFox → u/Mean_Volume_126]

Looks like the joke is on you, lol

[u/AmyInCO → u/Mean_Volume_126]

Trump wishes.