Re: RC: US "calvary" in Afghanastan

["Beth Gunn" <happyhoofprints@hotmail.com>]

Oops, twice!  Swamps! and Cavalry! from the French word "cavalerie" (looked
it up in the dictionary:))
We saw live footage of the "riders" on the news last evening.  They seemed
to stay aboard ok, and ride with their legs shot out in front , like really
sitting back in the saddle.  Could have been "hotdoggin'" for the sake of
the camera:)
I bet they have very close relationships with their horses, being so hard to
come by, and life depending on it.  Reminds me of stories about General Lee
and Traveler...
Beth Gunn
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynne Glazer <lynne@glazer.org>
To: Beth Gunn <happyhoofprints@hotmail.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: RC: US "calvary" in Afghanastan


> You speak of cavalry, not calvary.
>
> At 9:45 AM -0500 11/16/01, Beth Gunn wrote:
> >Just watched press interview on airplane with Secretary of Defense,
> >Rumsfeld....Has pictures of our own special forces guys on horses
> >and getting the job done!  Made a delighted comment about seeing
> >orders cross his desk for saddles, bridles, and feed...
>
> I think that's way cool, wonder how well they ride?  Get the mounted
> cavalry troup from Ft. Huachuca out there maybe to help with the
> provisioning.
>
> >Would be interested to find if our government adds calvary training
> >to basic training camps for all our military?
>
> The Army still calls their fast-moving forward tracked units "armored
> cavalry" and the lead tracks "scouts".
>
> >A lot of horses were lost here in the Francis Marion Forests during
> >conflicts with the British during Revolutionary War...some really
> >horrific tales.  A lot of swaps here, although not presently as we
> >have been in drought for past few years.
> >Beth Gunn
>
> Swaps?
>
> Lynne
>