{"id":57489,"date":"2024-10-20T20:38:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T18:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57489"},"modified":"2025-10-20T00:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:18:20","slug":"the-legionnaire-version-of-singing-in-the-rain-under-a-heavy-downpour-in-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/10\/20\/the-legionnaire-version-of-singing-in-the-rain-under-a-heavy-downpour-in-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"The legionnaire version of 'Singing in the Rain' under a heavy downpour in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been some debate recently about whether the military parade on 12 October in Madrid should have been cancelled due to heavy rain.<\/p>\n

The parade of FAMET helicopters that could not be seen on October 12 in Madrid<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe Spanish National Day parade and the PC-21s that could not fly in Madrid<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Most of the military personnel and veterans I have read these days agree on the same idea: the Spanish Armed Forces are not only ready to fight when the weather is good<\/strong>, but at any time and place where they are required to do so, and this also applies to parades. In fact, some military units took the heavy downpour that fell in Madrid as a party<\/strong>, showing that no rain can dampen their good spirits.<\/p>\n

An example of this was given by the legionaries of the Tercio \"Don Juan de Austria\" 3rd of the Legion<\/strong>, specifically the VII Bandera \"Valenzuela\", created in 1925. This unit did not march this year with its specific step of 160 steps per minute due to bad weather. However, the legionaries were cheerful and sang their barracks songs as they do every October 12th<\/strong> before starting to march. They were wearing their famous chapiris (the Legion's headgear) and their green twill shirts, completely soaked, but as cheerful as ever. The Youtube channel of @Pinelrucu<\/a> has shown it in this video:<\/p>\n