Why do US military forces not go on parade marches like those of other countries? Is there a historical reason for this?
I asked pretty much this exact question a while ago:
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2o2bv7/why_doesnt_the_us_do_military_parades/
A bunch of interesting tidbits but unfortunately no real substantiated explanation even though it was front paged for a while.