I had not intended to watch because of the US Open but when the parade came on at 6 I switched over whenever there was a pause in the open, and I have to say I was impressed. Unlike parades in N Korea or China or Iran, nobody was goose stepping. They actually looked more like the troops in Stripes.

And I liked that they had troops dressed in the attire from all the different wars we were in. From the Revolutionary War to Afghanistan. It reminded me of a something that I saw in Daytona a few years ago when they had some event that had vintage planes from the Wright Brothers biplanes to Jap zeros and present day jets. I pretty sure I commented on it at the time and it was awesome.

I enjoyed the tanks rolling with the soldiers waving to the crowd and the crowd waving back. And I found it interesting that in many cases the soldiers in the tanks consisted of a male and a female. I know that the present administration wants to keep women out of combat but they can certainly serve in a tank as well as a man. I don’t think they should be infantry on the ground but in a tank strength etc is irrelevant.

And I caught part if not all of Trump’s speech and it was really good and appropriate. He didn’t talk politics. He just emphasized the deeds of our army. I liked it.