Jesse Berney @jesseberney.com · Mar 12 National Guard units are still wandering around DC, and as far as I can tell they do... nothing. But this morning I saw a group of four CamoKids walking down the street, and when they got to the corner they did a little formation, and I just thought it was the funniest thing.
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They’ve been doing this on metro platforms. Six arrayed in a circle all facing out.
lol, if I didn’t know better , I’d say they were cosplaying being in Vietnam back in the 1960s.
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I hope the really tall guy and the short girl are best friends.
That is some mighty fine alt text.
What on earth are they still doing there?
Mom always said "look both ways before crossing the street"
🙄
Stepping stones.
Interesting, the only city that still has National Guard troops is DC. They aren’t there for now. They are there for post election action.
That’s cute how they arrange themselves by height.
They needed all four of them to escort that single can of white monster back to the office. Ought to get a vending machine installed
Not sure why but I can’t stop laughing at this
Fuckin dorks
Their marriage is not recognized in any of the 50 states
Each group of four forms a limb, and the limbs all join up into a super-pedestrian to take on larger threats
It's actually six of em. The big one is a triple stack.
They look like a group of cartoon dogs, different shapes and sizes and looks. That was just my first thought.
The littlest one is cool af though its so obvious they were sent with them as the baby sitter
Look, it’s trash duty in DC or it’s Qom. I know I’d be making myself look busy
The short one looks like she is soooooooo tired of this shit. 😂
Four stupid fucks that will end up on an insurance commercial.
I think there might need to be a remedial training on 'I got your six' because buddy at six seems to be checking out the niner as well
S/M/L/XL
what dorks!
Looks like a dad corralling his three kids before they cross the street
Stretch looks near the 6'8" NG height limit too
Lol overlapping fields of fire
Very pleasing combination of heights here. Nice composition.
Crossing Guard
"What the hell is this?" "Concrete pulled up from the median, Sergeant." "Oh. Right. Carry on."
"make sure you look in both directions before you cross the street" "Which both?!?!!"
In another life they were a spiral staircase 🤭 btw love the alt description 😉
They look miserable Good
Looks like their posing for a zombie movie cover
Well bless their hearts. Love to see commitment to some good ol' fashioned live action roleplay.
Maybe someone is approaching with a sandwich?
They might get ambushed by a pigeon if they don’t do it
conducting ocular pat downs in a 360-degree threat environment
okay babies now let’s get in formation
I love the height difference between the tallest guy and the shortest guy, it's like:
Do you think they organized themselves in order of height?
Avengers … (sigh) assemble
never know what might burst out of a Bank of America
boots only do this when they're in distress (underpaid and being made to do bullshit patrols)
Baffling array of heights on display here
This would be a great premise for a movie!
DANGER FROM EVERY DIRECTION
They must be bored to death.
Temu avengers assemble
i'm currently re-watching the new doctor who, and just watched "angels take manhattan" last night. i think this is formation is intended to make sure they don't turn their back on any weeping angels.
how useful
Tell these homies this ain't Fallujah and grow a pair.
For maximum effectiveness they should be holding hands.
They are concentrated here in my neighborhood, Dupont Circle, specifically. Why? No one knows. The danger level on the streets here is hysterically low, and they look like utter fools, even though I know most of them don't want to be here.
lol hands in pockets, ready for action!
not pictured: the danger 😂
Cosplaying as a set of Penrose Stairs
It looks like a platformer where character has to jump from smallest to larger and you end up having to double jump to get on the largest.
this is not funny, soldiers only do this when they are extremely stressed
It appears they have formed a spiral staircase.
embarrassed for them.
ya gotta be watching your six. ya gotta be staying frosty. things of this sort
It looks like they’re working on a cheer
I love that they’re sort of in height order lmao
Imagining the steadicam circling them as they each say their clipped and dramatic lines
God they must be bored. Still seeing clumps of them at Union Station all the time, which is such a strange spot to patrol. I have yet to witness any trouble there other than the leaky roof. Or maybe the time someone threw up what looked like a quart of tomato soup in the middle of the terminal
The nazis aren’t scared enough
They look like they're about to begin a very coordinated dance.
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