ComradeKingfisher [he/him]

You could do it in the US too. There’s miles of unguarded, unpatrolled fences around bases, and they’re trivial to hop. Lots of bases also have miles and miles of unguarded, unfenced land used for ranges and field exercise. These lands are often adjacent to public lands, and it’s completely possible to hike into the base proper through that land just by taking a wrong turn on a hiking trail. Once you’re in the base you can just go to any motorpool and fuck vehicles up. During the day there’s people around, but at night there’s just an easily hopped fence. An NCO might drive by every once in a while, but that’s the only security for 99.9% of motorpools at night. Honestly, I’m surprised sabotage doesn’t happen more often.

45 as of 25 April 2025, 42 with these losses.

It’s entertainment. It never stops being funny. It’s slapstick comedy that briefly breaks the monotony of hours of standing at attention or parade rest while the colonels and generals practice fellating themselves. Sometimes they fall face first. Sometimes they fall on the person in front or behind them and we get to see two people knocked on their ass. Sometimes they crumple straight to the ground. And after they pass out, we get to see medics scramble to drag their ass to the aid station. We struggle to hold laughter in. Then the fun is over and we’re back to fantasizing about the stage collapsing during the speeches.

Yup. Drill and Ceremony isn’t really practiced once you get to your unit. It’s widely viewed as a silly waste of time. For change of command ceremonies we would get like two or three days of practice, and most of that was standing around in the heat praying someone locks their knees and passes out. Judging from r/army posts, a lot of guys had just the three days of practice. Add in how no one wants to be at a dog and pony show, and you get very sloppy marching. Sucks2suck tbh, they deserve worse.