I tell ya. One of the things I miss most about basic training was the parade field. Getting in sync with your platoon was fun. I love watching a good marching unit in parades ... Too bad that marching isn't cared about generally in HS marching bands. I'm trying to get the local HS to be more interested so that they can enter and win some competitions. But I really don't think the teachers give two sh!ts about that.
When doing my national service our intake did 22 miles in six and a quarter housers in the dead of winter with a break halfway to fire 40 rounds on the fireing range
