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Seriously... I can only imagine they'll have to hurry up and wait extremely early and be out there for hours. If it were me, I'd be PISSED
Remember to be 30 minutes early for the commander an additional 30 minutes early for the first-sergeant and another 30 minutes early for the platoon sergeant. Commander wants you there at 08:00 and by the time it passes through the chain, you have to show up at 06:00 and stand around for 2 hours so that when the commander shows up late at like 08:30 he or she can tell you to wait around in the sun for two more hours before the practice starts. By 10:00, six people have passed out and no one knows who was supposed to bring the water and the practice hasn't even started yet. I love military parades. /s
What I'm hearing is that nothing would piss off these military personnel more than if a whole lot of citizens decided to show up and slow this parade to a standatill.
The military personnel aren't the problem. Most of them are poor and working class. They aren't there because they want to oppress Americans, that's the police. Military members usually join because they are poor and want healthcare and education benefits for themselves and their families. They are disproportionately people of color. I am Caucasian but the unit I went to Afghanistan with was over 50% Black and we had one guy whose family was from India. Things are getting bad under Trump but the military has also long been a refuge for gay people from religious conservative rural communities. Their families disown them and refuse to support them so they join up. There are lots of lesbians in the Air Force and gay men in all branches. I hope that most would refuse orders to attack or oppress Americans but I can't say for sure. A lot of them are also dumb MAGA redneck idiots.