French Army Signals Band in Virginia Tattoo NATO Parade, 2019

The band plays a drumming routine on the march. Nice solid old style sounding drums, typical French military band percussion

[@scoott2620]

Pleins de polynésiens aussi dans ce contingent ;) Bisous à eux et à la Polynésie.

[@olivierbeyer2719]

J'ai connu a adjudant polynésien. Ce dernier a mis une rouste mémorable à quatre délinquant dans un train, en revenant de permission ! Il m'a laissé un excellent souvenir

[@abdeldoudou]

ça me fait penser au " gendarmes a new York " avec louis de funés et Galabru 🤣🤣🤣😂

[@rico67boss]

Arrête un peut la bédave et apprécie la Polynesie a sa juste valeur épave...!!!

[@paigeleigh2554]

Wonderful

[@KimPhilby203]

Class..

[@nathanbarh7615]

🇫🇷🇫🇷💪🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@philyip4432]

Free advertisements for Starbucks!

[@toshe.6690]

who or what is that aging orange thing waddling about in front?

[@1978Lucent]

I don't understand this caption ? French Army Signals Band in Virginia Tattoo NATO Parade, 2019 - who signals what to whom ?

[@captainzorikh]

It may be a band of the signals corps.

[@rrows5803]

@@captainzorikh It is !

[@3trandonneur640]

Le 15 du Pacifique.

[@hudstone4732]

Ils viennent reprendre la louisiane

[@abdeldoudou]

la France envahit les states . yééés .🤣

[@perryrush6563]

You can't have the Louisiana Purchase back. ;-)

[@abdeldoudou]

@@perryrush6563 yes , because the french are funny 😄

[@rrows5803]

@@perryrush6563 OW c'mon, we buy it back for.. Twice the price we sold it ! :D

[@abdeldoudou]

@@rrows5803 no, France has no more money, it must pay retired employees😄

[@jean-noelthomas]

Des wallisiens?

[@stephanearthaud8308]

Legal aliens ?

[@declanmurphy6427]

Is the one in the grass skirt a prisoner or what?

[@thornil2231]

lol

[@XxJay71xX]

This regiment is from french Polynesia, France is a really vast country that span into 12 timezones so quite a lot of regiment have their own cultural identity, from example regiment from french polynesia do hakas and yes, sometimes wear grass skirts. And they're some of the most respected soldiers of the army.

[@user-hg8dg8qi7c]

Vivogupe patre

[@romeimperiale2010]

pas très fière de mon armée française sur ce coup la ,ça manque de gueule ,et mauvaise tenu pour certain ,j'ai un peu honte la ! en plus au usa,pas de quoi faire peur.

[@Heimrik01]

L'esprit est là !

[@felixlechat7130]

@@Heimrik01 moi aussi je suis d'acc.....l'uniforme et le képi ..........nul , béret et tenue camouflée oui. moi ancien musicos au 42 R T (F F A ) en 67

[@Rhustorm]

Ils auraient pu faire un chant quand même 😅

[@montceau]

Ils étaient supposer faire peur aux usa ?? Commentaire complètement stupide.

[@theogarnier4785]

@@montceau bien sûr, on doit montrer que l'on est un allié puissant

[@carlhicksjr8401]

OK, a couple things here. I'm a lifelong military historian and a US Army veteran. I'm also a Civil War reenactor who marches in three parades a year with my unit, two on Independence Day and one on Veterans Day. So I've been to more than one 'dog and pony show'. I have more than a vague notion of what I'm talking about here. 1. Why is it that most content creators just love showing the band and almost never the troops? The troops are the reason why the frikkin' band is there to begin with, and you rarely if ever see the band doing the dangerous stuff... not to say that they don't work hard, they do, but you're not gonna see a military bandsman walking a patrol in the back ass of nowhere. 2. In this particular band's case, the drummers did a good job [it's special kind of miserable trying to march in step when the frikkin' drummer is off], but the rest of the band had the military bearing of wet mop. I don't know who is in charge of them, but somebody needs to put some backbone in them. They weren't 'marching', they were 'strolling along in step'. You don't have to march like you're in a North Korean military parade, but at least have enough pride in yourself and your unit to look the part when you're in front of the public.

[@jimspink2922]

I dont know about the French Army but in the Australian Army members of the bands are also trained first aiders to a very high standard and stretcher bearers. Also the band members of the Royal Marines in the UK are also do the Marines Commando Course as well so they are fully combat trained as well.

[@carlhicksjr8401]

@@jimspink2922 Isn't the RM band members unique then? As I understand it [and there is high likelihood I'm wrong here], most of HM's band members go to Band School primarily and then have a secondary orientation course for the band they're joining. After all, the Bugles of the Rifles is gonna be very different than the Band of the Guards. But RM bandsmen are fully qualified replacements for a Marine line company?

[@mikec9810]

I agree with your second point - they were just ambling along. Their gold epaulettes are almost comical, they are so big. And as for the scruffy bloke in camouflage shambling along rolling up his sleeves, he was an absolute disgrace and shouldn't have been allowed out in public.

[@carlhicksjr8401]

@@mikec9810 If the old gent in camo was a veteran of the unit allowed to march with them, well, I'm fine with that. Like I say, I march in three parades a year and I haven't had to pass a PT test since a good deal *before* this century kicked off 😁 But yeah, the rest of the band looked like a prime example of what my old platoon sergeant called 'be-bopping down the Goddamn street like a pimp on payday'... lol!

[@mikec9810]

@@carlhicksjr8401 The RM bandsmen/women do not undertake the full commando course . according to the Royal Navy website. Their non-musical role is Play an important role in the Royal Marines Band Service’s vital medical and logistical function, supporting the Royal Navy and 3 Commando Brigade all over the world

[@dagothsowa2916]

😂Les Français,ça parade,Whathelse?

[@georgiamule]

One overweight elderly man in sloppy camos and one in a grass skirt. Uniforms with more gold trim than an Ethiopian corporal. What, image, exactly, are they trying to project?

[@allesiao]

Not sure😂

[@yahoo463]

God knows, but I've have given anything to be there and run into the street screaming the German's are coming, the Germans are coming then see them scattering...

[@reinach77]

@@yahoo463 you're so funny

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

France has a lot of Soldiers and Sportsmen (especially rugby) from French polynesia and New Caledonia. The guys must be one of the Oldest veterans there.

[@ErickHumboldt]

@@yahoo463 🤮🤮

[@murderouskitten2577]

there is something missing here. Oh , i know , french army not hosting white flag :D

[@milenaauregan718]

Oh my god that old joke. It's hugely dispectful hurtful and not even funny.

[@td412]

like in Vietnam? or Syria ?

[@IoannesHoBaptistes]

@@td412 I think they forgot Afghanistan and Irak...

[@IoannesHoBaptistes]

Let's hope the next time our army will host the white flag will be because the King of France has return (which is the real origin of the white flag, the King's coats of arms)

[@hudstone4732]

oh you mean that royalist white flag they rised up on yorktown when saving your ass from the british?

[@arbiabta7165]

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