What's the verb for troop movement, when a unit of soldiers travel by foot together? [closed]

March is the standard verb.

In US military slang, the verb used is "hump," especially when grueling and/or carrying a rucksack. (e.g., We humped 15 klicks back to base.)

If it's a speedy march at twice the standard pace, the idiomatic verb is "double-time it." (e.g., "In 1966, we double-timed it in formation — full gear — packs, rifles, everything — to the top — 18 minutes.")

A verb for "march" that involves kicking one's leg forward, high, and straight is "goose-step," like what the Nazis did but also many other militaries do and have done.

Hike

to walk or march a great distance, esp. through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, etc.

A company commander once told me : "Hiking is the best conditioning for endurance...""

...and hiking is what we did a lot of. Sometimes we did mountain trails, but always around 10K with a 40-60 lB pack. I think we called it humping it for the way we looked after.

You can say that they "march", (such as in Roman times against wide-spread frontiers), but modern Infantry do not actually move in cadence (march). This type of warfare pretty much died out after the American Civil War..."Marching" would defeat the whole purpose of silence and stealthiness.

Marching in cadence produces a very regular thumping sound in the sub-soil, and as any old tracker will tell you, it announces your presence from miles away depending on the moisture content of the soil...

Para-military training exercises such as in Boy Scouts, Ranger training, RAT-SAR etc. may include these anti-tracking methods, but maybe they are also considered "cowboys and Indian" stuff these days...I hope not. For me at least, I learned a lot about the environment and our impact on it from an early age.