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DON'T LOCK YOUR KNEES!! This four word order was drilled into us in basic. Of course there were numb skulls who didn't heed the warning and passed out. They only did it once. They were sick at their stomachs, light headed, and pale as a white crayon. I remember that order to this day. When I realize my knees are locked, I quickly relax them. This a short story about soldiers who knew better but dropped like flys anyway.
Don’t lock your knees in formation. Just don’t.
Anyone who has served has at some point been forced to endure a ceremony where you are required to stand painfully at parade rest for what feels like an eternity. Some suggest it’s a myth that locking your knees causes fainting. These people are wrong.
Whether you land face first in the pavement, or into the arms of your brothers in arms, there is nothing quite as embarrassing as passing out in formation. However, here are six soldiers who did just that.
Don’t lock your knees in formation. Just don’t.
Anyone who has served has at some point been forced to endure a ceremony where you are required to stand painfully at parade rest for what feels like an eternity. Some suggest it’s a myth that locking your knees causes fainting. These people are wrong.
Whether you land face first in the pavement, or into the arms of your brothers in arms, there is nothing quite as embarrassing as passing out in formation. However, here are six soldiers who did just that.
6 Times Soldiers Passed Out In Formation
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Yep.....
Saw a guy in front of me last DWE and he was locking his knees, and you could see it in the back of his trousers. He kept bobbing forward......tsk tsk tsk.
Saw a guy in front of me last DWE and he was locking his knees, and you could see it in the back of his trousers. He kept bobbing forward......tsk tsk tsk.
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SFC William Farrell
SGT (Join to see) - My brother used to pass out in church all the time Keith. Always nice to hear his head hitting the hard oak chairs! I think it left permanent damage!
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SFC William Farrell
SGT (Join to see) - We're twins, were in Nam together Keith. Im the older twin so i can be that way! LOL
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You were in Nam together? Were you in the same unit? I thought that wasn't done anymore.
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A long time ago when I was a young Sergeant E-5 we were on the Parade Field at Fort Stewart, Georgia. I was a Scout in 2-34 Infantry, and our 24th Infantry Division was doing a Change of Command in the hot Georgia summer sun. Some moron decided we should all have our bayonets on our M16 Rifles, needless to say the medics were busy that day stitching up the wounded who were stabbed in the back by soldiers who passed out.
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I'm very familiar with that summer heat in Georgia MSG Tom Earley. When I took Airborne training at Benning, it was in May, approaching June. I was fortunate in that I came from the same atmosphere here in Houston.
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I remember those days SGT (Join to see). We had to learn the deference between correct military posture and exaggerated posture which puts lots of stress on soldiers. As a company commander at Fort Benning I never had any heat casualties because we ensured every soldiers drank enough fluids and knew how to stand at attention properly.
I have taken part in hundreds of formations, parades and pass-in-reviews as an enlisted man, then as a cadet at USMA and as an infantry officer.
I have taken part in hundreds of formations, parades and pass-in-reviews as an enlisted man, then as a cadet at USMA and as an infantry officer.
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It was an important part of training LTC Stephen F.. There were companies not as fortunate as yours were. Their leadership was lacking.
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