It builds teamwork.
It is still a VERY good way of pushing physical fitness.
It is part of the “discipline” of the military life. Discipline in this sense is not the immediate unthinking response to order, but part of the self discipline of paying attention to what is going on around you. With a good drill instructor drill and marching is like an exercise in mindfulness. Attention to the surroundings, attention to what the people around you are doing, focus on just walking and moving as a unit.
The idea of being able to do a formation and wheel and fire volleys into your flank and then respond to a frontal attack is not necessary, but getting 80 people in order and from place A to place B in an organized, timely fashion does still occur on base.
Ever been to a place were 100+ people are trying to get in line and enter a building? Yeah marching and drill discipline is perfect for that.
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