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US Military never really trained for these types of dog and pony shows (discuss.online)
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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's common knowledge that soldiers don't walk in unison on bridges. It dates back to 1831.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge

Same thing happened in France twenty years later:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angers_Bridge

It also postponed the opening of a bridge in London by two years in 2000:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge,_London

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