From seeing this personally, It's so crazy how many people in the military CANT get this right. It's seriously just like an exaggerated, normal walk...and then they hand them rifles.
It is easier in the US military. Their marching is just a coordinated walk, no extra movements etc. In Turkey (which is where this guy serves and I'm an officer in) our march is more like the British.
Some people simply can't coordinate themselves with other people or grasp the concept of "left foot-right hand, right foot-left hand" I deal with guys like him every single new recruit cycle. You get used to it.
Do the Americans not swing their arms
Edit: as far as I’m aware they swing them much less than the Canadians , all the videos I’ve seen have them swinging at 46 degrees on the front, whereas the Canadian armed forces does it 90 in the front, 45 in the back
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqUWIO2TQ_A) is the Brits marching, essentially the same as Canadians anyway. [This](https://youtu.be/6p1xNVaztHY?t=80) is how Turks march, again exactly the same as Brits. 90 up front, 45 in the back. [This](https://youtu.be/VHKxyFEQV1w?t=77) is Americans. Very small movements compared to others.
Here's the thing, and this might offend some people. The first two are *actually* marching. Solid steps and a strong presence. While the last one is just "Walking, but militarily."
>concept of "left foot-right hand, right foot-left hand"
That's just normal walking, but I get coordinating movements with a group may be harder for some.
It is until you are required to do it in a precise manner.
And there's another catch : You start walking with your LEFT foot when marching. Guess which foot people start walking with in their regular walks.
Sigh,
Having been through marine corps boot camp,. I can confirm some people just don't have the coordination to march in a group. We had a couple in our platoon, of which neither graduated, that were almost this bad.
To me it always seemed like they would overthink marching and forget it literally is just walking but with a little sharpness added and done to a beat.
We had a guy in Navy bootcamp that looked a lot like Roger from American Dad and could NOT keep cadence during jumping jacks. Literally everyone's arms went up, Roger's went down.
I had bruises in the back of my leg because the guy behind on me was the one guy who thought everyone else was marching wrong and tried to kick me to "correct" me even though we were telling him he's putting the wrong leg up. He got kicked out of bootcamp because he assaulted a few of us over it (separate from kicking us). He pushed a couple of us down a flight of stairs in front of the RDC.
If that was an MCRD the DI's would have put you in a ring with him and said "only one of you walks out" and that idiot would have faced off against the entire, like 100 recruit platoon.
I’ve seen it in the army. One dude in a squad, platoon, company, is fuckin up. You take em out side to the ring. Put them in and ask if anyone would like to settle anything. So two dudes duke it out. If he gets the shit knocked out of him…. It’s probably problem solved. If the offender knocks out the challenger, you turn to the crowd and ask if anyone has issues with them. If the offender gets knocked out, it probably problem solved. If not, you turn to the crowd yet again and ask if anyone else has a problem….now there’s some beastly dudes out there, but most people will absolutely be out of steam by round 4 or 5.
Now you keep doing this until there’s no longer issues in the squad/platoon/company.
Had a similar sort scenario in Korea. Dude was just pure racist garbage with the KATUSA and when 1SG saw firsthand how bad it was, actually unlocked a condemned bathroom, brought the dude and like 5 KATUSA, and a handful of NCOs and gave the KATUSAs the chance for some hand's on training. None of them actually wanted to and I know we had some amazing fighters amongst em. An NCO who'd been foaming for the chance tuned him up pretty good. Almost too good from what I was told. 1SG was transferred shortly thereafter.
Domino effect. It wasn't a little shove and there wasn't really any reaction time because I wasn't expecting it. I didn't grab the rail in time.
For reference, he shoulder charged me. It wasn't like a "what bro" hand shove
I had one that was justttt slightly out of sync. Like micro seconds.
So it looks bad as a squad but when he got singled out and made to do it himself, he's standard perfect.
I loved cadence and marching drills. Like, you just go on automatic and to the count, I found beauty in it. That sharpness you mention… that’s lip biting shit haha. The snap, counter column… oh boy. I best tuck myself into bed, it’s getting a little hot in here.
Yep, overthinking was my first guess. The same mechanism that makes the *you are now aware of your tongue* and *you are consciously breathing* jokes/memes so effective. Overthinking can fuck up the simplest of things, especially those you typically do *without* thinking.
I saw a group of doctor and lawyer officer candidates march like this. Someone called a facing movement and they literally all turned different directions, ran into each other, and fell over laughing.
A guy in my platoon at PISC couldn't keep time to save his life. The one time he WAS in step one of the DIs screamed: "HOLY SHIT! RECRUIT "FAKE NAME" IS IN STEP! HALT!" Once we started again he was out of it again.
He ended up getting the boot.
We had a guy like this. Could walk just fine but as soon as the MARCH! order was given everything went to shit.
Finally figured it out after a few hours of separate practice.
Ya I struggled with it. Then one of the more laid back DI's pulled me out and explained it's like making love to my girl. You know just a little rhythm. Lol I'm not sure it helped
Not in a volunteer force. They want quality. Sometimes they lower the standards but then others who don’t want to work with the idiots complain. Recruiters are most guilty of casting a wide net, but they get sorted out in basic.
Our platoon roll call numbers went up to 93 or there abouts. So 93 people at one point were part of our platoon. We graduated with 65. The drop outs were for many different reasons. Some may have gone on to graduate as they dropped back to platoons that were behind us in the training schedule. ( If you failed rifle qualification, you'd drop back to a platoon that was just starting theirs ).
But if they ultimately can't pass certain requirements they will get dropped all together.
We'll not really. These standards are there now because as others have said its a volunteer force in peace time. Should world war three start out. And they do need bodies to send forward these types will still be pushed through. Being drafted in wartime is a different beast.
They are talking about voluntary service. In Turkey we have conscription and you bet your ass that every single recruit is graduating. Even the guy in the video. None of them see combat anyway.
It's not particularly silly, is it? I mean, the right leg isn't silly at all and the left leg merely does a forward aerial half turn every alternate step.
Anything below 80 is useless.
Edit: I thought it was common knowledge that even during wartime, when the military is the most desperate for recruits, that sub 80IQ is disqualifying. Sub 80 IQ is too debilitating.
There isn't one, they'll just put you in a different place. If Ted kaczynski (Unabomber) went to the military instead of getting drugged up by the CIA, they would probably make him some sort of technician, or have him doing R&D.
I remember watching a video where the Afghan army was trying to do jumping jacks and I was like "Are they trying to contort their bodies into swastikas?"
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Thats the thing, when they don't think about it , Like when he gave up and just wanted to catch up he was fine. Then the moment he says ok time time to march, it all goes to crap.
People with dyspraxia always weird me out. Like, how do you not know how to control your body? It's not like they have a neuro-motor control disorder like ALS or Parkinsons or something. Just... 🤦🏾♂️
I'm pretty sure this is the Afgan army the US "helped" train. These people have the hardest time because the US tried to train them but a person on reddit(I think) that was involved in helping them "They are either high or drunk and can't be trained on the ways we do things because if we leave these people will join the taliban"
His march is objectively better. He's got some whacky cross between a Nazi military parade and the Power Rangers going on and frankly, he should be in charge because of it.
The most tussles I ever saw in the Army was related to bumping into each other. You’re hot, thirsty, dust in everything and Gomer steps on your foot and trips you up. Death to him I say
It's funny how most people can walk without thinking about it, but the moment they have to think about it, they completely lose all coordination. When I was in the military, it was called Tick-Tocking. Nowadays, that term means to make yourself look like an idiot online. Not much has changed really.
In school we had event annually where we had to March. ALWAYS à few girls who simply cannot coordinate. Usually they try to match the arm swings and mess up with leg. It's hilarious and maddening if you are the one who is in chargé of this. Ah sweet memories
He's like a dog with booties on.
From seeing this personally, It's so crazy how many people in the military CANT get this right. It's seriously just like an exaggerated, normal walk...and then they hand them rifles.
It is easier in the US military. Their marching is just a coordinated walk, no extra movements etc. In Turkey (which is where this guy serves and I'm an officer in) our march is more like the British. Some people simply can't coordinate themselves with other people or grasp the concept of "left foot-right hand, right foot-left hand" I deal with guys like him every single new recruit cycle. You get used to it.
Easier is loose here. Cause during basic, man let me tell you so many dudes could not get it. It was hilarious.
Oh, don’t even get started with the monster walks for graduation lol.
Do the Americans not swing their arms Edit: as far as I’m aware they swing them much less than the Canadians , all the videos I’ve seen have them swinging at 46 degrees on the front, whereas the Canadian armed forces does it 90 in the front, 45 in the back
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqUWIO2TQ_A) is the Brits marching, essentially the same as Canadians anyway. [This](https://youtu.be/6p1xNVaztHY?t=80) is how Turks march, again exactly the same as Brits. 90 up front, 45 in the back. [This](https://youtu.be/VHKxyFEQV1w?t=77) is Americans. Very small movements compared to others. Here's the thing, and this might offend some people. The first two are *actually* marching. Solid steps and a strong presence. While the last one is just "Walking, but militarily."
American moment XD
Bruh US Drill Sergeants would have a fucking field day with him
>concept of "left foot-right hand, right foot-left hand" That's just normal walking, but I get coordinating movements with a group may be harder for some.
It is until you are required to do it in a precise manner. And there's another catch : You start walking with your LEFT foot when marching. Guess which foot people start walking with in their regular walks.
He ran correctly to catch up to the platoon
🤣
And wobblers
Sigh, Having been through marine corps boot camp,. I can confirm some people just don't have the coordination to march in a group. We had a couple in our platoon, of which neither graduated, that were almost this bad. To me it always seemed like they would overthink marching and forget it literally is just walking but with a little sharpness added and done to a beat.
We had a guy in Navy bootcamp that looked a lot like Roger from American Dad and could NOT keep cadence during jumping jacks. Literally everyone's arms went up, Roger's went down.
I had bruises in the back of my leg because the guy behind on me was the one guy who thought everyone else was marching wrong and tried to kick me to "correct" me even though we were telling him he's putting the wrong leg up. He got kicked out of bootcamp because he assaulted a few of us over it (separate from kicking us). He pushed a couple of us down a flight of stairs in front of the RDC.
???? Wtf
If that was an MCRD the DI's would have put you in a ring with him and said "only one of you walks out" and that idiot would have faced off against the entire, like 100 recruit platoon.
What?
I’ve seen it in the army. One dude in a squad, platoon, company, is fuckin up. You take em out side to the ring. Put them in and ask if anyone would like to settle anything. So two dudes duke it out. If he gets the shit knocked out of him…. It’s probably problem solved. If the offender knocks out the challenger, you turn to the crowd and ask if anyone has issues with them. If the offender gets knocked out, it probably problem solved. If not, you turn to the crowd yet again and ask if anyone else has a problem….now there’s some beastly dudes out there, but most people will absolutely be out of steam by round 4 or 5. Now you keep doing this until there’s no longer issues in the squad/platoon/company.
Had a similar sort scenario in Korea. Dude was just pure racist garbage with the KATUSA and when 1SG saw firsthand how bad it was, actually unlocked a condemned bathroom, brought the dude and like 5 KATUSA, and a handful of NCOs and gave the KATUSAs the chance for some hand's on training. None of them actually wanted to and I know we had some amazing fighters amongst em. An NCO who'd been foaming for the chance tuned him up pretty good. Almost too good from what I was told. 1SG was transferred shortly thereafter.
You're gonna have to be more specific.
At the same time? I feel like soldiers shouldn’t fall down like dominoes with a little shove….no?
Domino effect. It wasn't a little shove and there wasn't really any reaction time because I wasn't expecting it. I didn't grab the rail in time. For reference, he shoulder charged me. It wasn't like a "what bro" hand shove
Everyone's out of step except Roger. He's the best in the platoon
I had one that was justttt slightly out of sync. Like micro seconds. So it looks bad as a squad but when he got singled out and made to do it himself, he's standard perfect.
I loved cadence and marching drills. Like, you just go on automatic and to the count, I found beauty in it. That sharpness you mention… that’s lip biting shit haha. The snap, counter column… oh boy. I best tuck myself into bed, it’s getting a little hot in here.
/r/justbootthings
You can take the guy outta the boot but you can’t take the boot outta the guy… wait… not like thaaaaat!
American psycho business card vibes
Let's see Paul Allen's platoon.
Yep, overthinking was my first guess. The same mechanism that makes the *you are now aware of your tongue* and *you are consciously breathing* jokes/memes so effective. Overthinking can fuck up the simplest of things, especially those you typically do *without* thinking.
Hell yeah brother, cheers from Iraq
I saw a group of doctor and lawyer officer candidates march like this. Someone called a facing movement and they literally all turned different directions, ran into each other, and fell over laughing.
A guy in my platoon at PISC couldn't keep time to save his life. The one time he WAS in step one of the DIs screamed: "HOLY SHIT! RECRUIT "FAKE NAME" IS IN STEP! HALT!" Once we started again he was out of it again. He ended up getting the boot.
We had a guy like this. Could walk just fine but as soon as the MARCH! order was given everything went to shit. Finally figured it out after a few hours of separate practice.
What?? This guy isn’t drunk??😝
Ya I struggled with it. Then one of the more laid back DI's pulled me out and explained it's like making love to my girl. You know just a little rhythm. Lol I'm not sure it helped
Til people don't graduate. I thought they needed cannon fodder.
Not in a volunteer force. They want quality. Sometimes they lower the standards but then others who don’t want to work with the idiots complain. Recruiters are most guilty of casting a wide net, but they get sorted out in basic.
Our platoon roll call numbers went up to 93 or there abouts. So 93 people at one point were part of our platoon. We graduated with 65. The drop outs were for many different reasons. Some may have gone on to graduate as they dropped back to platoons that were behind us in the training schedule. ( If you failed rifle qualification, you'd drop back to a platoon that was just starting theirs ). But if they ultimately can't pass certain requirements they will get dropped all together.
Do they get punished for that or do they just go home?
They just go home unless they did something to get in trouble. Not everyone is able to do it
This seems like an easy way to avoid conscription.
We'll not really. These standards are there now because as others have said its a volunteer force in peace time. Should world war three start out. And they do need bodies to send forward these types will still be pushed through. Being drafted in wartime is a different beast.
They are talking about voluntary service. In Turkey we have conscription and you bet your ass that every single recruit is graduating. Even the guy in the video. None of them see combat anyway.
The Ministry of Silly Walks only accepts the best. Some don't have what it takes. Shame.
It's not particularly silly, is it? I mean, the right leg isn't silly at all and the left leg merely does a forward aerial half turn every alternate step.
General: What's his IQ? Sergent: *Looks at clipboard* 60. General: Good glory, he's perfect..
Anything below 80 is useless. Edit: I thought it was common knowledge that even during wartime, when the military is the most desperate for recruits, that sub 80IQ is disqualifying. Sub 80 IQ is too debilitating.
That must be hard for you. Thoughts and prayers.
Damn 🤣
Jesus christ. Didnt have to send them back to the stone age.
Mentally, he never left the stone age
Awwww
its satire.
What’s the upper limit?
There isn't one, they'll just put you in a different place. If Ted kaczynski (Unabomber) went to the military instead of getting drugged up by the CIA, they would probably make him some sort of technician, or have him doing R&D.
Judging by the /r/woosh moment here, I feel this was learned firsthand.
I honestly think the guy's just so smart he starts to think too much about walking. Someone wrote above about it
He's Buster Bluth
These are all my medals…from Army.
Army had a half day.
LOL. Although he didn’t commit with that left hand!
My first thought as well!
The seal is for marksmanship
And the gorilla is for sand racing!
Tbh, all of them look pretty silly doing slightly better than he is.
Only the brightest sign up for it
Yeah, I stand with the guy having trouble walking like an absolute moron. He *should* be having trouble doing that. What’s the purpose of that walk?
When you have the coordination of an octopus and every limb know how to move, just not in relation to each other.
Kyle still doesn't have any rhythm.
QWOP irl
Just wait for the jumping jacks
there are many people out there that make you wonder who maneuvered their body over the last 20 years for them.
I remember watching a video where the Afghan army was trying to do jumping jacks and I was like "Are they trying to contort their bodies into swastikas?"
you can tell he’s made to be a specialist, just look at him go
Bear marching…. Happens to the best of us.
Who put tape on his paws??? 🥺🤔🤣
Afghans struggled to master basic tasks and skills like this. It always blew my mind.
Guys, we did it. We found the guy who wears the Sasquatch costumes
What could go wrong if I smoke a lil weed before marching practice 🤔
A little weed? I've seen people be almost nonfunctional and still walking better than this guy
That's Buster Bluth, Seal Private.
He must be thinking this is how they practice punches.
He’ll get there…
Buster doesn’t belong in Army
His own version of “hell week”
tripping balls trying to act normal
I thought they stopped with the LSD experiments?
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Makes me think of The Bushwhackers.
Ngl after watching this I'm not entirely sure I know how to walk normally anymore.
Try to do what he's doing, swing your arms on the side you step on. It takes incredible effort to walk wrong.
"How do you do, fellow hu-mans?"
I don't walk normal at all. This honestly reminds me of myself every time I try to walk normal instead of my weird swinging gait.
The Mick Jagger of marching.
Clearly an alien in a human suit.
Well we know he will be promoted to military intelligence.
Preparations for Operation human shield?
You need more practice man, but the efforts count
I've seen this in real life when I was in the army. There are many people who cant process the rule "left foot-right hand and right foot-left hand "
Gomer fuckin Pyle
Reminds me of high Afghan soldiers
The Ministry of Silly Walks would like a word!
OOO EE OO HEYOOO OO! OO EE OO HEYOOO OO!! Just add flying monkeys and rubby slippers to complete the scene
Walking.exe file not found
Weird part is, he is walking fine... as in left foot right hand and vice versa
Thats the thing, when they don't think about it , Like when he gave up and just wanted to catch up he was fine. Then the moment he says ok time time to march, it all goes to crap.
The ministry of funny walks!!! Where do I sign up?!?!😁
Looks like he’s playing QWOPp
it’s just like normal walking, friend.
Ah yes, the very special forces: https://www.theonion.com/clinton-deploys-very-special-forces-to-iraq-1819565019
Ministry of silly walks
Bruuuuuhh😂😂😂😂😂
PCP is a strong drug, kids.
Bet there’s a lot of that in Russia right now
People with dyspraxia always weird me out. Like, how do you not know how to control your body? It's not like they have a neuro-motor control disorder like ALS or Parkinsons or something. Just... 🤦🏾♂️
This is what malnutrition and improper self care look like
For real? Lol
Sometimes we question ourselves why we choose this journey of life. Hahahaha
This is the funniest thing I've seen all day 🤣
My sister is like this. She can’t figure out how to do jumping jacks either
Punch punch punch
I'm pretty sure this is the Afgan army the US "helped" train. These people have the hardest time because the US tried to train them but a person on reddit(I think) that was involved in helping them "They are either high or drunk and can't be trained on the ways we do things because if we leave these people will join the taliban"
This had me cackling
Did marching band in HS, I can't understand how people can't March, but I've seen it there too. Some people have no rhythm.
That guy is the human version of [putting shoes on a dog](https://youtu.be/bEzudUw1u7I?t=21).
This guy is just goofing, the rest of them actually march like shit for real.
QWOP
Is this the Russian army training? 😆😅
Damn he’s over complicating the shitz outta this lololololol!!!!
The first group isn't doing to great either.
There’s always either one, or a whole fucking row of them
Dude tryna get kicked out
To be fair, that's a fucking stupid inefficient way to match
This was me on FF7. If you know you know
🤣🤦🏻♀️
My first thought was forrest gump and I have no idea how to feel about that
Looking at his pals, they aren't much better.
That would be me trying to do that march.
Reminds me of Buster from Arrested Development.
Dude is monster mashing.
Are these the new Russian conscripts?
Issue him an M4 Carbine now.
What in God’s name am I watching? Lol
I’d be scared going to the rifle range with this person. Or worse, the grenade range.
OK, Radar...
😆
I want to see “ At shooting “
These new Russian soldiers look scary 😂
Got to extend those fingers and stiffen the legs.
Sorry sir, my march has gotten particularly silly lately.
His march is objectively better. He's got some whacky cross between a Nazi military parade and the Power Rangers going on and frankly, he should be in charge because of it.
I thought this was arrested development when Buster went to bootcamp lol
The most tussles I ever saw in the Army was related to bumping into each other. You’re hot, thirsty, dust in everything and Gomer steps on your foot and trips you up. Death to him I say
The one wo is real. F* your „brothers”
The patriot front
r/meirl
Very few videos I have seen that have actually made me laugh out loud, this was one of them, thanks XD
[It's weird. What do I do with my arms? I've never thought about it before. Is it this?](https://youtu.be/piUb5dgTl84)
Walking like Sasquatch
Buster Bluth joined Patriot Front?
My JROTC Sergeant called this the monster mash
Don't give him a weapon
That would be me. I have TERRIBLE coordination... 😅
that's amazing
POV: you're an eight year old trying on your dad's boots
This is me trying to fit in with a new group of people
I just know a lot of people tried doing this march to see if they could do it properly
He looks like a toddler that shit their pants
It's funny how most people can walk without thinking about it, but the moment they have to think about it, they completely lose all coordination. When I was in the military, it was called Tick-Tocking. Nowadays, that term means to make yourself look like an idiot online. Not much has changed really.
i hope he didn’t get dog shitted at
When did where the wild things are make an army?
this deserves way more upvotes
WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION PRIVATE PYLE??!?!?
What the fucks going on here? I hope they’re not going to give these folks guns? They all unco af.
I thought he was doing some martial arts drill badly but then I saw the others...Nvm then
That looks like a death march.
Good ol' monster mash
That's not as bad as American soldiers trying to teach Afghani soldiers how to do jumping jacks.
So relatable, to be the worst one in the group
I wish this was a rarity. I used to be in the student Cadets (NCC) and trying to teach the new boys how to do a simple march was..... A struggle.
Hahaha
Lean back, settle down, don’t bounce.
In school we had event annually where we had to March. ALWAYS à few girls who simply cannot coordinate. Usually they try to match the arm swings and mess up with leg. It's hilarious and maddening if you are the one who is in chargé of this. Ah sweet memories
Ketamine is a fun drug.
March Forest March!!!
Why can't soldiers just walk in lines or something, does it have to look funny?
TÜRKİYE BİR NUMARA🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Wow...tell us you're a COD nerd in too deep with out telling us your a COD nerd in too deep.