Military parades...

[ButcherBill]

Completely by coincidence I happened to see some of yesterdays Trooping the Colour, did I feel proud to be British? not particulary but I do enjoy watching the occasional bit of drill, I'm in the habit of watching Youtube while browsing social media or gaming and Trumps parade featured heavily so I'm currently watching it out the corner of my eye and thinking, Oooo Charlie might have liked a bit of military hardwear rattling about (in the middle of easily spooked horses), but what did make me feel a bit patiotic was comparing the US marching to the UK's, chalk & cheese.

 

Nothing says Merica like multi cam, tanks & sponsorship of a parade.

[Dogsbody100]

I agree there’s a ton of difference in US v UK, there’s pride in the armed forces on both sides however the yanks go about it in a different way.

 

The displays seen on the India/Pakistan border are something else though, it’s as much a show as it is drill but they take it seriously there, very different from that seen in any of our trooping displays. 
 

Then there’s the guards at the tomb of the unknown soldier, supreme accuracy and attention to detail. 

[ButcherBill]

Definitely, I feel a good 'ol' Communist block parade is needed this week.

[Dogsbody100]

13 minutes ago, ButcherBill said:

Definitely, I feel a good 'ol' Communist block parade is needed this week.

Indeed, I'm no communist but that would be something to see again, I remember well the ‘victory day’ parades that used to appear on the news in the 80’s, hordes of infantry, ICBM’s, tanks, mass flypasts and everything in between. They certainly believed in numbers back then! 

[Cannonfodder]

On 15/06/2025 at 13:06, ButcherBill said:

Definitely, I feel a good 'ol' Communist block parade is needed this week.

I prefer the 2015 victory day parade

 

[hunter511]

Say what you like,  Trooping of the Colours looked much better than "Trooping of the Color (Orange)" over the pond......

 

Despite The Humam Cheeto's best efforts to have a birthday parade for himself in true DPRK style, I did however appreciate the use of "Fortunate Son" for the march past of the poster child for the subject of that song.

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[Tommikka]

2 hours ago, hunter511 said:

I did however appreciate the use of "Fortunate Son" for the march past of the poster child for the subject of that song.

If you like that one then you’ll love the Trump rally playlist 

 

Americans aren’t known for their sense of irony 

[hunter511]

To quote Gavin Newsom on Trump attending "Les Mis".......

 

"Can someone explain the plot to him please"

[Colin Allen]

7 hours ago, hunter511 said:

Say what you like,  Trooping of the Colours looked much better than "Trooping of the Color (Orange)" over the pond......

 

Despite The Humam Cheeto's best efforts to have a birthday parade for himself in true DPRK style, I did however appreciate the use of "Fortunate Son" for the march past of the poster child for the subject of that song.

Aye, the choice of music was superb.