I see the lefties are cheering that "horses and bayonets" line even though it's misleading (vanity)

[oneprolifewoman]

And what do you know? The Marines still use horses too! So much for Obama scolding Mitt about now knowing anything about the military as it is today!

[FlingWingFlyer]

[oneprolifewoman]

The horse photo I intended to link: Marine photo library

[MacMattico]

My brother, a Marine, was very disturbed that the POTUS didn’t know that bayonets and horses are still used.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I had a bayonette when I was in the Army. We still have horses and mules, too. How is it that the commander of our military doesn’t know that?

Jerry Bruckheimer Shopping Afghanistan War Story HORSE SOLDIERS
http://collider.com/jerry-bruckheimer-horse-soldiers/130077/

Soldiers get horse training before Afghan tour
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/09/ap-army-afghanistan-soldiers-get-horse-training-before-deployment-090510/

[Nailbiter]

ping for book to get

[angelsonmyside]

I posted this on my facebook page just to watch a few liberal heads explode, lol

“Monument honors U.S. ‘horse soldiers’ who invaded Afghanistan
By Alex Quade, Special to CNN
updated 8:03 PM EDT, Thu October 6, 2011”

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/us/afghanistan-horse-soldiers-memorial/index.html?fb_action_ids=3296956042579&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

[bigbob]

I will be disappointed if the RNC is not running an ad featuring this within 24 hours:

Yes, Mr. President, bayonets are still important to our military"

[ConservativeStatement]

Cheering something that has no depth, the Democrat way.

[TigersEye]

Now now, the pResident is right about how modernized our military is. We have these things called satellites and computers now that let you watch consulates burn down in real time.

[funfan]

Maybe if the Ambassador would have had bayonet instead of the drone watching what happened he would still be alive.

[funfan]

Maybe if the Ambassador would have had bayonet instead of the drone watching what happened he would still be alive.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’ll bet the Taliban got as big a laugh out of this as the Obamanoids did. They don’t have ships that airplanes land on and ships that go under the water.

[FlipWilson]

Binders and Bayonets!! Obama Biden ‘12

[Yosemitest]

I have a deceased friend that was a "Top Secret" Army Sniper, and on his last tour to Afghanistan, he was only issued 216 rounds for the whole year.
He said one third of his kills, were silent missions, crawling into the enemy's camp while they were sleeping and slitting the throats of every other enemy.
The bayonet is a very well used tool in today's military.

The bayonet is a very well used tool in today

[Stonewall Jackson]

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It's slightly off-subject; but did you know that the VMI cadets are the only military institute students who are allowed to march with fixed bayonets. The Charge of the Corps of Cadets at the Battle of New Market during the Civil War earned them that right and honor.

[tanknetter]

Ok this may just turn out to be a big f'in deal.

There's a monument at the WTC commemorating the US Special Operations soldiers who following 9-11 rode into combat in Afghanistan on horseback.

The monument is called "De Oppresso Liber" and an article on the unveiling can be found here.

More importantly, the keynote address at the commemoration was given by none other than Vice President Biden:

[Catsrus]

Let’s see - we now have Big Bird, Binders, Bengyazhi, and bayonets. Does that pretty much sum up zero’s plan for the next 4 years?

[deks]

BAYONET

Mission: Defeat the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. Also used as a general field and utility knife.

ENTERD ARMY SERVICE: M6 (1957), M7 (1964), M9 (1987)

Description and Specifications:

The M6 bayonet-knife is used as a bayonet on the M14 series rifle and as a hand weapon. The M7 bayonet-knife is used as a bayonet on the M16 series rifle, the M4 carbine and as a hand weapon. The M9 multipurpose bayonet system is used as a bayonet on the M16 series rifle, on the M4 series carbine, as a hand weapon, as a general field and utility knife as well as a wire cutter together with its scabbard, and as a saw.

http://www.army.mil/factfiles/equipment/individual/bayonet.html

[deks]

 

Bayonet Training

Photo by Department of the Army
May 21, 2007

Pvt. Jose Hernandez, 25, plunges his M16A2 rifle with fixed bayonet, into a tire target on the practice range during Army basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C.