Quote Originally Posted by bloodhoundbob View Post
Although intelligence units were about as non-military as it gets, this was not the case at Ft Holabird. The Commander was a Major General who LOVED parades. Every Friday afternoon we had to hit the parade ground and march for him while he watched from his Jeep that had white-walled tires. We had a contingent of Green Berets who were all E-6 and above who were there for intelligence specialist training. He loved watching them march, as they were NEVER out of step.
I never was in a parade for the 3 years that I was active duty!
In basic at Lackland they had formations and parades every Sunday. For some reason that was never explained I was appointed as a Chaplain’s Assistant which meant that I got to march any and all recruits in basic to the chapel every Sunday morning. The services and return march to their barrack’s area was just long enough to arrive just after the morning parades and formations were over.