can someone give me a rundown on the history of troop inspection?

>>3326076
>I mean you can't actually tell the quality of troops from how pretty they can look. You can tell by how little the fuck up, how detail oriented they are, etc.

A prepared soldier is a disciplined soldier. An organized army able to actually put on a show like inspections or parades has it's poop in a group. It's good for (local and troop) morale as well as scaring others. It's good for practice.

>>3326076
It comes from a time when the commander might want to make sure equipment, clothing, and food are actually getting to the troops, and enough training is going on that they know how to make a few basic moves. Only seeing with his own eyes can assure him that the quartermaster isn't starving them for his own profit, the weapons are in good repair, how many can stand up rather than lie in the infirmary, etc.

It's an actual inspection? I thought they generals and heads of state just kind of take a casual stroll as a formality.

Is there a penis inspection element?

>>3327060

no, serious military inspections are nothing like this, think paperwork out the ass

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>>3327060
>an actual inspection
Not in the sense you mean it.
That is part of what I am interested in, how it evolved from however it started, to heads of state or generals strolling part honer guards.

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>>3327055
I can see that here
>>3326086
And in pic related.
Where their full gear is loaded out and easy to see if they are outfitted right. And they are in combat uniforms, not dress.