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Eh.... it rain(s)(ed) !!! But there was a march past with band playing in the morning.
Originally posted by kermit
It's January...
They were outside when they were held in May.
the first pic clearly shows there was no sign of rain.
unless its absolutely torrential rain - events like this should always happen outside and the decision to have it indoors should only be taken as a last resort fall back 'wet weather plan' if it is actually hammering down at the time of the parade.
they are soldiers (well - officers!) after all.
but withstanding that, fair play to them, they all look great and i wish them all the best in their army careers.
RGJ
...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman...Celer et Audax
So what/ of the many passing out parades held in the curragh every year how many would be rained on...a lot!
So ****ing what if their parade is held in a gym it dosen't matter if its held on the moon it still achieves the same thing.
"Fellow-soldiers of the Irish Republican Army, I have just received a communication from Commandant Pearse calling on us to surrender and you will agree with me that this is the hardest task we have been called upon to perform during this eventful week, but we came into this fight for Irish Independence in obedience to the commands of our higher officers and now in obedience to their wishes we must surrender. I know you would, like myself, prefer to be with our comrades who have already fallen in the fight - we, too, should rather die in this glorious struggle than submit to the enemy." Volunteer Captain Patrick Holahan to 58 of his men at North Brunswick Street, the last group of the Four Courts Garrison to surrender, Sunday 30 April 1916.
So what/ of the many passing out parades held in the curragh every year how many would be rained on...a lot!
are you on a different planet to me or something Jack? i know Ireland may be a little more 'moist' than the UK but how many pass out parades do you think we have every year in the England, Scotland, Wales - tenfold that of those in Ireland i should imagine and we manage ok.
So ****ing what if their parade is held in a gym it dosen't matter if its held on the moon it still achieves the same thing.
you can conduct the parade like a school assembly in a gym or you can conduct it like a proper parade on a parade square - i know which i would prefer no mater what the weather, as i alluded to before - these are soldiers after all.
Your secret is revealed..your not a BA soldier with extensive knowledge of the BA's recruiting sites...you're actually a boy scout (leader!?)
lol, my own boys are in the cub scouts but i leave the scout leader role to the RAF lads who do this as a 'secondary duty' and get reported on annually as such.
The cermony is only that...its just a ceremony...they'll remember the course a lot better than the ceremony in a few years down the line!
i dunno about you Jack but as one of the most important days in my life, i'll never ever forget the actual parade on the day i completed my basic training and passed off the parade square - the weather, the atmosphere, the noise of our boots digging into the ground as we marched past our parents, the shouting, the banging of the drum and the call of the bugle. it's not 'just a ceremony'.
i remember many parts of training but i certainly don't remember the whole course.
i've watched similar parades with the Canadian Army and a couple of other NATO armies who all did it on parade squares (sometimes in the rain) and i've taken part in many parades with my own army and i cringe at the thought of doing anything similar inside a school gym!
i still stand by my guns - your guys (and girls) deserved better on the day in recognition of their achievements and they should have done this parade outdoors on a parade square. parading in a gym like that makes the whole thing very 'mickey mouse' and this should not be the case due to the nature of the event.
lol yes terrier, i do feel strongly about this - maybe i'm just venting my frustration for the tens of hours over the past 21 years that i have stood and marched during parades in the rain or anything the British weather threw at us! - and i'm a just Rifleman from the 'Slack Jackets' where we never really experienced bullshit. i wonder what a proper Guardsman would make of all this! lol
but that's just my opinion for what it's worth anyhow, lets not go off thread.
As usual the irish army cant do anything right it seems......good ol' british army telling us how to do it
Of course, they should have played "land of hope and glory" or "Jerusalem", and while they're at it, why can't that uniform be more like the british one?
Them fuzzie wuzzies, they don't like it up 'em saahh!!
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