I've noticed that soldiers in the military often march instead of walking in a normal way. In addition they're often standing in special poses. #Military#Soldiers#Curious
Some people in the military stands in this pose too. Didn't find a good picture from real life, so I used a drawn one. Any reasons on why?
Why Do Soldiers March And Stand In A Special Pose?
This is an old tradition meant to show off how much training and discipline the country has been able to impart into their soldiers.
It has many meanings and uses ranging from just showing off to the public in an intimidating/impressive fashion to demonstrating discipline and unity. Historically soldiers used to fight in formations and the ability to move the formations around was basically the difference between the Roman army and the barbarians. It was the key to victory.
Not only does it show the soldiers ability to carry out orders but also the officers ability to give orders and having them enacted, even though its highly rehearsed in this case. More effective command means more effective military force as well as soldiers are less likely to flee or be unable to enact their orders.
It has less importance today with our more fluid combat environments but it was not that long ago when we lined up neatly across from eachother in perfect formations and shoot at eachother with muskets. Just a simple maneuver like rank fire was highly effective but required a lot of training and discipline in formation moving.
Now this is mostly just used in training and possibly also in marches as a morale thing as well as keeping order so people dont just go missing or whatever while moving from A to B:
If you didn't train them to march, they'd walk their own way, which would be a disorganized unsynched mess. The whole point is for everyone to be one unit, not free thinking individuals. It's unnatural to kill another human being, so you have to deprogram a person's humanity and reprogram them, that's the essence of military training. Even then, research has shown many soldiers choose to miss when firing their weapon at the enemy (usually when the enemy isn't in direct sight, like at buildings and terrain).
Within the military command structure, it’s used as a tool to promote oneness as well as discipline. Once a soldier gets out of the military (which sounds like more of what your question is pertaining to), I’d imagine it becomes a force of habit due to the fact that they spent a significant portion of their adult life living by that kind of structure.
It originated in ancient times, when armies fought in tight formations, the most famous of which was the ancient Greek phalanx. Individuals needed to walk and perform various movements in unison to avoid running into each other.
In modern times, formation marching is almost entirely ceremonious. Internally, it's a way of remembering military heritage and tradition, outwardly, it displays discipline and professionalism. Tactically, outside of crowd control, it serves no purpose at all, and in many units, marching is a tradition that is rarely practiced and only during formal events.
Marching (especially in unnatural poses) is a psychological tactic, for both the soldier and the audience. The soldier feels melded into a massive whole, forced to conform completely and give up all independent thought. The audience sees an impressive display of power, control, and uniformity. The stance in the second picture is probably for inspection, though it's strange not to have hands showing. The pose is symmetrical, head-on, and formal, perfect for a soldier out of combat.
To paraphrase C. S. Lewis, whatever human bodies do affects human souls. Militaries know this and understand how to use it.
From being in NJROTC and Marching Band, there are mentalities for each. How the US military marches is like, they want to look confident but be practical at the same time. NOW notice how FAR those North Korea soldiers legs go when they march. It's not practical YET it serves a different purpose. Its more of a "show off" on how dominant they are by showing how much strength they have. Taking LONG HIGH strides with their feet, they're saying "We're buff as fuck, throwing our feet higher into the air compared to normal walking shows how strong we are" Its to show you're powerful.
A bunch of random people milling about wouldn't inspire a sense of power, discipline, and unity int the soldiers marching as well as the people watching. In order for military organizations to work they need order & structure in EVERYTHING they do (also they are a symbol of a countries strength their young men & women in uniform so of course they must strut their stuff) But the origin of where the diff marching poses & salutes come form is beyond me but people have been March en mass for centuries so I'm guessing thier culture's & political views affect the marching styles they come up with
The Citizens of any Nation need to have confidence and trust in their army that they are capable of protecting and safeguarding 'em at all times. Such Marchs are a display of Army' s Strength & Discipline reinstating such confidence and trust in their own people (also, because they pay 'em). This also traditionally has been a display of power and strength to neighboring hostile countries or enemy states to stay away. 😇💕
its all about dicipline and respect for them who fought for us in our past and a soldier also telling us that i am here to give protection to you as well as my country
in fact, thinking about it, it probably goes back even further than that... the roman legions marched and stayed in formation locking shields to counter arrow volleys.
basically, millitary drill is a relic of ancient warfare.
my old platoon sgt once told us that if you're good at drill you're a good soldier.
They r requied to have a good posture, shoulders back , belly tucked in, etc. And to walk with that good posture and not sway from side to side the way to walk is to kick ur legs as u take each step, which is what they do, it also ensures everyone can walk in a uniform and precisely defined way. The stance in ur pic is for when u relax, u resr ur weight on just one feet so u can relax ur other feet.
It is a throwback that is kept partly for disipline and partly for presentation. Small acts of disiplined behavior help maintain your overall level of disipline which is important in a military. Also it looks much nicer and intimidating when your displaying those levels of precision and discipline
It has little use in modern warfare, in the past when people fought with sword, shield and spears the formations and marching were tactical and served to change the flow of battle. Today with modern firearms and guerilla style tactics, marching is more of an exercise to promote order and to get use to working in harmony with a group under the command of your superiors.
They were trained to do so They are trained like this to strengthen discipline most importantly but also to do in sync with everyone else so that they are all equal aside from the military's hiarchy Also historically the parade marches demonstrated well trained soldiers The marching skills there do not perhaps have much relevance in the modern world but it remains for traditional reasons as well
North Koreans . Russians . Chinese . and the Nazis marched like that . it's called Goose Stepping . you better start to worry when the US Military start marching like that . so pay close attention to how our troops march if Trump gets his wishes to have a Military March down Pennsylvania Ave to honor him .
discipline, code of bahavior, homogeneity. are you arelly a 30 years old man and really ask such a question? oh i forgot in norawy you dont serve. only as mercenaries
it also builds morale in the army and demoralises the enemy. can you imagine a battalion of 300 men coming at you all with perfectly synced steps? the earth will be trembling from the noise.
That position is called "parade rest". You are in formation and not released to leave. It is more confortable than standing at attention. Attention, People have been knopwn to lock their knees which causes some to pass out. If at the "attention" position, keep your knees slightly bent. The marching formations and military traditions and they have been done the same for at least a century...
That pose is called standing "at ease". It is more comfortable than standing to "attention". So you can stand that way for longer, e. g. listening to instructions.
If you were to stand to "attention", you would bring your heels together with your feet forming a 45 degree angle, straighten up and drop your hands to your sides (instead of behind your back).
It's both a psychological tactic as well as to show off how trainable the armed forces are. They are trained to be near identical in having Consistent, disciplined, predictable behaviors
Marching gives out a more "menacing" look. If everyone would walk regularly, it would look sloppy. When marching, the group has a similar movement "pattern". Making it look more disciplinary. If that makes sense at all.
Its to showoff their muscle power from the rumble of the ground to tremble the others. It's also used to generate a motivation towards the orders, a stimulus for increasing braveness and risking quotient.
In formation it's to practice discipline and coordinate movement and spacing. When alone it's either habit or alertness cause something's tweaking their nerves in some way
As an army boy, its all just keeping the discipline, and doing things togheter, as a unit... and for the poses well it shows off the seriousnes and also discipline among them, hope it was helpfull :D
Agree. But why they're doing so is because of with strict discipline, little individual thinking and being good at following orders they would be much more effective as soldiers in war. It's much easier to kill people doing it in that way. It has something to do with psychology to do and that you're less likely to questioning things when commanded by authorities. As long wars exists, it would be like that.
I agree, that's why I could never be a soldier. I have a self-discipline, strictly individual... but I don't like taking orders, and I always overthink things.
Lol marching bands are literally hangovers from the military of the early 19th century. The typical marching band uniform is practically identical to the infantry uniform of that era.
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