Horse soldiers monument
U.S. Special Operations Forces ride into northern Afghanistan in October 2001 on horseback
Posted on 10/22/2012 11:09:29 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Editor's note: Freelance war correspondent Alex Quade spent nearly 18 months in Iraq and Afghanistan covering U.S. special operations forces on combat missions, including for CNN.
Demossville, Kentucky (CNN) -- The U.S. special operations teams that led the American invasion in Afghanistan a decade ago did something that no American military had done since the last century: ride horses into combat.
"It was like out of the Old Testament," says Lt. Col. Max Bowers, retired Green Beret, who commanded the three horseback teams.
"You expected Cecil B. DeMille to be filming and Charlton Heston to walk out."
Bowers spoke while sitting in the rural Kentucky studio of sculptor Douwe Blumberg, along with three of his former "horse soldiers."
They, along with 30 fellow commandos on horseback, are the inspiration for a new monument that Blumberg is creating, dedicated to the entire U.S. special operations community.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/us/afghanistan-horse-soldiers-memorial/index.html
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It’s war.
Whatever works.
Horses ... bayonets too?
Horse soldiers monumentU.S. Special Operations Forces ride into northern Afghanistan in October 2001 on horseback
Lotsa bayonets and horses too! More pictures and links here...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2948823/posts?page=31#31
Or...
Ya’ll don’t let zerO’s bitchy comment get under your skin and run around trying to show he was wrong. It doesn’t matter.
Just like when Obama and Biden were douchey in the other debates, the only people who thought it was “awesome” were the loony left... like people at DU etc.
This did not change anybody’s mind.
This is a real winner! On one end, the face of the steed who brought them, in the middle, it honors the men who served, on the stern, the guy who in CINC right now. It’s a three-fer!
Not sure about us Yanks, but the Brits like their bayonets. There have been several stories of their use in Afghanistan in several battles. Here is one.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0bd_1249524865
“In May 2004, approximately 20 British troops in Basra were ambushed and forced out of their vehicles by about 100 Shiite militia fighters. When ammunition ran low, the British troops fixed bayonets and charged the enemy. About 20 militiamen were killed in the assault without any British deaths.”
Not sure about us Yanks, but the Brits like their bayonets. There have been several stories of their use in Afghanistan in several battles. Here is one.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0bd_1249524865
“In May 2004, approximately 20 British troops in Basra were ambushed and forced out of their vehicles by about 100 Shiite militia fighters. When ammunition ran low, the British troops fixed bayonets and charged the enemy. About 20 militiamen were killed in the assault without any British deaths.”
Amazing!
I'm sure he's right about horses, bayonettes - I'm not so sure.
Talk show guest today (105.9 FM, 630 AM Washington DC) described the large number of bayonets present in today’s Army.
To be fair the comment Romney made was the size of the Navy. Talking about the use of land based weapons such as horses and bayonets was a complete miscomparison.
Romney could have fired back and said that the Navy’s combat role has expanded since 1916 substainally to support ground operations, partly because it was covering for obsolete weapons systems such as “horses”.
Revelation 19:17-19
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small.”
19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army.
Tick tock...
Gotta be American.
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