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If you weren't in the military and don't know what a change of command ceremony is, let me try and break it down for you.
Imagine you work for a company. And that company's CEO is retiring.
The company now creates a mandatory event that you and every other employee are required to attend.
Bleachers will be set up for the executives and their families to set in. Every other employee will be required to stand infront of the bleachers while the CEO gives a speech about how great the company is and all the great things it has done. The new CEO will then come up and give a speech about how great the company is, how great the last CEO is, all the great things the company did under the previous CEO and all of the great things he will do as CEO.
All of the non-executive employees just stand quietly while the executives talk about how great the company is.
This event is mandatory. Not showing up will result is harsh punishments.
This kind of egotistical circle jerking is incredibly toxic, out dated, and unfortunately still happens regurally in the miltiary. I am of the opinion that the military needs to stop doing this kind of toxic nonsense. It serves no purpose I am aware of and only makes lower ranks hate their lives and hate their command.
I'm welcome to hearing legitimate reasons from people. What purpose do change of command ceremonies serve? Does a purpose even exist beyond ego stroking pogs?
Isn't it more like a public agreement to transfer power
Like "Hey everyone, you should follow this guy instead of me, this is me publicly saying that I am no longer in charge"
If you suddenly were told you had to follow directions from someone else, and it was just unannounced, you'd question it right? Obviously there's a spectrum between 0 ceremony and a mandatory transfer of power event, but it does seem that anything that isn't 0 ceremony does have some point.
Maybe the ceremony could change, but it does seem to exist for a reason
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