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98. Funny story about marching

I was in the medial group and one thing about marching is the medics aren't too good at marching. I was at Myrtle Beach AFB in the late 70s and the base held a Pass in Review (parade). Each group would march past the reviewing stand where the wing, base, and group commanders and their wives would be. Our first sergeant has us practicing the last hour of the duty day for four days to get ready for the Pass in Review. All the group units lined up in front of the enlisted dorms and marched to the flight line where the review was being held. Once there, we waited until the order to Pass in Review was given and then each of the groups would march with about 30 feet between them. When our group's turn came we marched down the flightline with man out of step, airmen bouncing up-and-down while marching, and just looking bad. As we came upon the reviewing stands, there was a line on the flightline which indicated when we would be judged. Observers told us as we came to the line everything fell into place with everyone in-step, no one bouncing, and we move as one unit. As soon as we past the final review line one of the med techs lost her shoe and stopped to pick it up causing problems for those behind her. After that our marching fell apart but we weren't under review.

Funniest thing at the time was we weren't aware one group would be chosen as the "best" and we won. When we heard that the next work day everyone had a good laugh about it.