Re: RC: US "calvary" in Afghanastan

[Lynne Glazer <lynne@glazer.org>]

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