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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 78 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Happens in every army, monarchy or not.

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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world [S] 69 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

Seriously I know a ton of guys who do MMA/Boxing and served in the military and they almost all told me their time in the military did the most damage and often it was parad shit that fucked them up. One guy had his first TBI fainting just like this guy and hitting the back of his head on the ground. Or it fucks up their knees and ankles. And no one watches that shit. There is no reason for it, it's just there to entertain the dumb nepobabies that make ip the officer class.

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[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The bootstraps people would tell you that it’s about “discipline and order, two things that are essential in a functional military”.

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[–] khaleer@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I love getting rid of my own braincells! Lack of then is essential in a functional military!

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Military should have safety standard. Marching and falling over is too unsafe. They should only be sent into the heat of battle.

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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Marching is a highly efficient way to move large amounts of people.

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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Twirling your gun around isn't though

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[–] kittyjynx@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

That is done by special drill teams that do that exclusively. The average Marine or soldier just have six or so very basic things they do with their rifle. Those things are almost never done again after boot camp.

Those things are right and left shoulder arms, port arms, trail arms, and present arms. None of these require twirling.

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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago*

I did a tour in a NATO army, in Europe, conscript. I was in a Scout/Pathfinder unit (volunteer, perks), so we had real "kill fast, silently and with prejudice" among other training. However, in peace time we had some ceremonial/escort duties. We did some "essential" drill team duties. I liked to say we were armed majorettes. The kill-gunnery-explosives-orienteering-etc. stuff I could consider useful knowledge/training for extreme situations, but the drill stuff is about the useless-est skills ever acquired.

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Shit you don't even have to join ROTC/military. You can just join band in high school and you'll get your chance to watch kids drop. Cross country/track.. football. When it's hotter than hell and humid and your stacking pads and pushing yourself, some people just die.