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Military parades are hallmarks of authoritarian regimes.
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Washington is preparing for a major military parade to mark the 250th anniversary of the US Army.
Preparations for a massive military parade in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army on June 14, which also happens to be President Donald J. Trump’s 79th birthday, are in full swing this week at Fort Cavazos in Killeen, Texas.
Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division, 3rd Armored Corps were seen loading 28 M1126 Strykers armored personnel carriers, 28 M2A3 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 28 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks, and seven M109A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzers onto rail cars at Fort Cavazos bound for Washington.
Next month’s parade in D.C. is expected to be the largest and most expensive military parade in the nation’s capital since the June 8, 1991, National Victory Day celebration that marked the end of the Gulf War, with the cost estimate for the parade ranging from $35 million to $45 million, according to Pentagon officials.
The parade will also be the first in decades to feature tracked armored vehicles like tanks on the streets of Washington, D.C., with the Defense Department promising to place steel plates on the roads and equip the vehicles with rubber boots to prevent damage to roads and bridges along the parade route, one of the main concerns raised by city officials in both Washington and Arlington, Va
Lucky dogs! I was told at the time that planning norms for the 1970s was that CONUS armored units expected only half the tanks (M-60A1) to make it to the railhead.
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