"Mustangs in the U.S. Army" Topic
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Tango01  | 25 Sep 2023 8:53 p.m. PST |
"Did you know that the U.S. Army still utilizes horse detachments for service today? While there is a long history of cavalry use in the U.S. Army, most cavalry units were disbanded after 1939. It was in the 1960s that the modern Army began re-establishing horse detachments, using animals for ceremonial traditions, parades, and training missions.
Some examples of modern horse detachments include the Mounted Color Guard at Fort Carson, Colorado; Commanding Generals Mounted Color Guard in Fort Riley, Kansas; the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Fort Irwin, California; First Cavalry Division Horse Detachment in Fort Hood, Texas; and the All-Volunteer Horse Detachment at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. While each of these horse detachments is unique, all still value the horse and U.S. Army traditions and many of them are using wild horses for remounts…"
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| Tango01 | 25 Sep 2023 8:53 p.m. PST |
"With my wargaming butterfly working overtime trying to keep up with me I had almost forgotten to mention the 18mm WoFun ACW collection that was passed over to me by Bob Cordery some while ago. Well, I was looking at the collection over the weekend – pondering a tie in with the ironclads rules before you ask – and to be honest it has everything I am likely to need except for mounted generals and dismounted cavalry. The Wofun website was not hugely helpful in this case as I could not find out how many sprues there are in in a box so a quick email later I received the pictures you see above…"
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