LIFEOFMIND: Dang while a young Marine I said the same thing to my Gunny…….I shined a lot of Brass after that LOL His answer was…It’s the Navy way… then I shined galvanized trash cans cause that was the Marine Corps way….I just shined cause I learned that questioning Military tradition only led to more shining.
Cohesive unit manuvers on the battle field are taught on the parade grounds. That and Esprite de Corps and Gung Ho. Makes the ship look squared away too!
On topic My mother-in-law woulda pulled the plug >Grin<