[wildehunt]

I've been telling my students for years that horsemanship is a martial art ...
I once had a retired member of the U.S. military laugh at me
for saying so in the presence of a member of the Irish Army show jumping team...

I told a friend in the DoD in Germany, back in September that they would need horses over there..
He said they'd use Bradley's... (I'm sure they will...but..)

Thanks for this pic...
I'm going to hang it in my tack room..
Just goes to show..sometimes you have to "get Medieval on their a$$es".. literally..
Leave it to our Special Forces to do whatever works and get the job done..

Ride easy, cowboys...bless you

[Abn1508]

IT turns out that the SF, up until fairly recently (it probably got killed under Clinton) maintained a "muleskinner" training program, that is how to handle mules for pack transport.

Looks like time to expand their training basis.

[gnarledmaw]

Dont feel bad about the criticisms. Ive said in the past to various people that I thought we should permanently have a few horsemen available for special needs, especially given how far man portable firepower has become, but was always laughed at. Seems that I get the last laugh...

[tet68]

As we found out in Italy during WW II.sometimes you just need a mule to get where you want to go,expecially if you want to carry some freight along too.

Can anyone here guess how much munitions the VC brought down from the North on bicycles????

[Rubber Duckie]

I'd be willing to bet that the biggest share of these horse riding special forces grew up with horses, rodeo or other work related to handling these magnificent animals. If you want to progress beyond the point of a tourist on a dude ranch, it isn't something you learn with a few weeks of training.