Going through the Twitter Tweets, YouTube, and Reddit's.... Mofo's really thought this was going to be some kinda Disney shit, with over-the-top theatrics, singing, dancing, and crescendoing in thunderass' fireworks as the US Army took America back.

Yikes, That is fucking tacky.. For sure a no go.... I got to google that last parade we did... like in 91 or something? LOL this reminds me of the NFL, prior to motherfuckers taking a knee, they cut to commercial during the national anthem.

I do like all the historical uniforms, It's very in theme of the re-branding of the Army back to #BeAllYouCanBe! that happened a few years back, and then canceled. but we still going to be all we can be tho. How much do we want to bet that we go back to Army of One or some dumb shit under Trump?

And Fortunate Son played as the infantry marched past Trump.

The Flying Penguin wrote on Jun 15, 2025, 10:21:
Actually watched the parade. Usually parades bore me because they're slow. The up side of this one is soldiers know how to double time, and it actually progressed pretty quickly.

While it was nice to see the troops getting recognition, and to see some hardware (bit of a military hardware nerd), it also looked like very 3rd world with the gold trimmed stage, flanked by a couple of Abrams tanks. Something very weird about seeing a draft dodger saluting the troops as they marched by.

People on social media have been commenting on the fact that a lot of troops weren't marching quite in step, and inventing all kinds of ridiculous reasons like it was some kind of protest. Fact is that regular Army troops don't drill in formation much, once you're out of boot camp. There are special units that are generally assigned for parade displays who drill for this, but in the modern Army it's all about huffing a lot of equipment in a hurry over long distances. Synchronized marching is a performance art, and regular troops don't do that, not in this country.

It really did bother me when the plugs for Coinbase and Palantir came up as sponsors, though.

I didnt get to see it, Figured I would watch the highlights today. A parade like that, it's more of an in-person experience I would think. Feeling the ground shake as them Abrams tanks drive by, the heat produced by its jet engine. My brother loves to point out that the soldiers are marching out of steep because the Army SUXx0rz ,but the reality is that he was a Marine, specifically in the Marine Corps band, and spent most of his time marching in band formation. Yeah, that takes practice. Lots of practice.

I saw some of the complaints about the parade, they were as expected, all petty and shit.

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Actually watched the parade. Usually parades bore me because they're slow. The up side of this one is soldiers know how to double time, and it actually progressed pretty quickly.

While it was nice to see the troops getting recognition, and to see some hardware (bit of a military hardware nerd), it also looked like very 3rd world with the gold trimmed stage, flanked by a couple of Abrams tanks. Something very weird about seeing a draft dodger saluting the troops as they marched by.

People on social media have been commenting on the fact that a lot of troops weren't marching quite in step, and inventing all kinds of ridiculous reasons like it was some kind of protest. Fact is that regular Army troops don't drill in formation much, once you're out of boot camp. There are special units that are generally assigned for parade displays who drill for this, but in the modern Army it's all about huffing a lot of equipment in a hurry over long distances. Synchronized marching is a performance art, and regular troops don't do that, not in this country.

It really did bother me when the plugs for Coinbase and Palantir came up as sponsors, though.

Amazon has a number of contracts with the Army, and the company’s founder and executive chair, Jeff Bezos, gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. Oracle also has plenty of business with the Army and the Defense Department, and founder and chairman Larry Ellison is a close friend of Trump. Palantir has lots of military ties, calling its own technology the “connective tissue” for the Army’s operations, and CEO Alex Karp has become a major Trump backer. Coinbase gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration and recently added former Secretary of the Army Mark Esper to its advisory board.

Ya'all still sure you do not live in an Oligarchy? Cause this looks like an Oligarchy.

Wow, any chance you could relax, it will be good for your health.

Timmeh wrote on Jun 14, 2025, 21:05:
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Happy Birthday Army! bRUH, It's going to be ok.. DM me if you need to talk.

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