marching

thumb|US Naval Construction Battalion NMCB-1 (Seabee (US Navy)|US Navy Seabees) marching in route. thumb|370th Infantry Regiment, US Army, in route-step march toward the mountains north of Prato, Italy, (the [[Gothic Line) – April 1945.]]

Marching refers to the organized, uniformed, steady walking forward in either rhythmic or route-step time; and, typically, it refers to overland movements on foot of military troops and units under field orders. Marching is often performed to march music and is typically associated with military and civilian ceremonial parades. It is a major part of military basic training in most countries and usually involves a system of drill commands. It can also be used as a general term to describe a protest in which protestors move such as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a watershed moment in the civil rights movement.