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A loaded march is known as a forced foot march in the US Army. Less formally, it is a ruck march in the Canadian Armed Forces and the US Army, a tab (Tactical Advance to Battle) in British Army slang, a yomp in Royal Marines slang, stomping in Australian Army slang, and a hump in the slang of the United States Marine Corps.
Historically, 16th through 19th centuries, a forced march was not an extra speed march, but rather a double march; a second march during the heat of the day, as follow up of the morning march from sunrise to mid-day.
The meaning of FORCED MARCH is a march (as of a military force) greater in extent than the distance usually covered and often carried out under difficulties (as increased pace or restricted halts).
forced march (plural forced marches) A movement on foot by soldiers or prisoners of war, who must, in order to satisfy a military requirement, travel at a speed or in adverse conditions that would normally tire them excessively.
Known as "forced marches" or "humps," these events are basically fast-paced walks over rough terrain with a backpack at least 45 pounds in weight.
Forced March to capture Benghazi In February 1941 during an African offensive, British forces conducted a forced march of 150 miles in just 30 hours moving time through sand storms. They smashed into a fleeing Italian army, overwhelming superior numbers, trapping thousands of Italian soldiers heading for Tripoli.
The Bataan Death March was Japan's brutal forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war during World War II. The 63-mile march began on April 9, 1942, with at least 72,000 POWs from the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines.
