Haha, this sounds like a senior leader somewhere finding a reason to not do a formation run which don’t get me wrong, I am normally 100% behind, as I hate formation runs. Bane of my existence at Rucker when they decided to get the entire post all into a formation
I did March Back twice and Run Back twice (once as the training audience and once as cadre for each). Each was a good experience in its own way. I preferred the run, because it wasn’t as painfully slow even though it’s a slow run. It’s crazy by the time you’re an upperclassman and have done some other training (CFT, AASLT, etc) how slow and painful March Back feels compared to the first time you do it. I had to run up and down the line with my NCs when I did it the second time just as much to not hurt myself as to encourage them with the very carefully moderated pace it’s done at, seeing its most folks’ first 12 miler ever.
Now, I’m a pilot and will embrace the life of not rucking pretty much ever. It ruins the flow in the hair