A car waits as soldiers keep crossing the road
Military Exposed Shorts' repost turns a roadside delay into a fast-starting clip, with viewers supplying excuses for being late.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,855,303 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (123,779).
When Soldiers Tried Crossing The Road In Formation 😂🪖
The road ahead is full of soldiers, and the people inside the car are laughing in disbelief. Then someone tells the other person to look right. The camera turns, revealing a column stretching far down the roadside: this crossing isn't clearing just yet.
The footage, reposted by clips channel Military Exposed Shorts, drew an estimated 1.9 million views in its first day, far beyond the channel's usual start for a Short. It captures uniformed troops jogging across the vehicle's path in low light, with the occupants' running commentary providing the soundtrack.
Viewers are turning the delay into imaginary conversations with their bosses about why they couldn't get to work. Others compare the passing formation to a seemingly endless train arriving precisely when you're in a hurry. The comments came in roughly thirteen times faster than on the channel's usual first day.
Another upload, "When The Army Band Goes To War 🎺😂", also passed a million views. But the road-crossing clip needs no elaborate setup: the camera's turn to the right supplies the scale of the problem.
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Where next?
What viewers say
“Why were you late to work?” “Boss the 82nd airborne division all decided to go for a walk”
Edit: how the fuck dose this have over 3 k likes?@BigCountry1861See it on YouTubeSwitching to your secondary crossing guard is faster than reloading.
@TheVonjokerSee it on YouTube"Oh god there another train"😂
@xavierguzman4705See it on YouTube
2 more comments
WE’RE ALL JUST BLOCKIN THE STREET
@PonyJarCollectorSee it on YouTube"Look to the right"
"It's a whole other company!"@To_RueSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- Military Exposed Shorts
- Subscribers
- 139,000 ▲ 6,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 54,537,918
- Channel views, pace per day
- 2,585,802 (on a normal day: 6,935,907)
- Video published
- October 26, 2026
- Video views so far
- 2,638,837 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 2,504,087
The numbers
The road-crossing Short had an unusually large first day for Military Exposed Shorts, both in views and in comments.
💡 Test your knowledge
What does the camera reveal when it turns right in the road-crossing clip?
The camera pans right to show the long column extending down the roadside.


