Posted on 10/24/2012 7:48:39 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
But Romney's statement about navy ships was false.
False, false, false.
Its really tough keeping up with the MSM's lies.
If memory serves, he said will be if the defense cuts go through.
The army used my horses to train troops on how to pack and ride in the nearby mountains and foothills here in Montana before their deployment to Afganistan.
I remember seeing a picture of some special forces, riding horses with the Afganies early on in the Afgan war...it was a thrilling site. Horses can go in some envoirments that machines cannot and many tribes in the middle east still are proud of their horseman ship...Youtube also has a great video of (I think it is the mongolians) using trained golden eagles to bring down wolves...I was not aware that you could train golden eagles like you do falcons...
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Not the best picture, it's a great statue. Green Beret on a horse, not protecting the site of 9/11.
As to golden eagles, several threads about Old Abeof the 8th Wisconsin
who I frequently misidentify as a golden eagle. Of the few actual photos
it's an easy mistake I guess, the white isn't as prominent till they're older.
Interesting pictures. Is that horse an arabian, it appears to have that saucer face that an arabian does...if you get a change to watch the utube of golden eagles taking down a wolf its facinating....they sent one eagle out after the wolf and when it needed help, they sent the other out and they worked as a team....But another interetsting thing is their horses were quite small, and their outerwear was wolf hide.....GG
Bald eagles get their white heads at 4 years old...The U. Of Alaska has a rapture rehab center and years ago my daughter and I took a side trip...some of the raptures they can release, some are so damaged they stay at the center...If I remember correctly many get caught in electric or phone lines and end up with broken wings....up close they are beautiful. They also had several types of Owl that they were rehabing..
The composition of those ‘ships’ was predicated on supply and transportation tasks and the ships the Army had were not intended or prepared to fight naval battles.
Comparing Army ‘ships’ to Navy ‘Ships’ strictly based upon quantity is worthless because of the different nature of their assigned tasks.
Another consideration worth mentioning is that many of the Navy ships then as now perform mostly as protection for the large ‘Capital’ ships and not as assault ships.
The Capital ships of WW II were the Battleships along with the many Aircraft Carriers while today's Navy no longer has Battleships to escort and protect and the number of carriers of various types has been drastically reduced.
The WWII carrier classifications in include 3 CVS (46,000 tons), 21 cvs (30,000) tons &, 9 CVL (30,000) tons, and 90 CVE (small escort carriers) aka “Combustible, Vulnerable and Expendable,” .
The actual number of carriers during WWII varied depend on status (Built, commissioned, Lent to GB, sunk, or decommissioned).
For further info on the CVE or “jeep” carriers, see: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=3
For further info on the other carrier types see: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/carriers.asp I find the info on the CVEs or "Jeep Carriers" fascinating and perhaps still a very useful concept because they would allow the larger and much more expensive CVN carriers of today to concentrate primarily on "force projection" by taking on the tasks of "force protection" at a much lower cost per ship.
The CVEs also served as aircraft transports being able to carry many more aircraft than the CVNs alone to immediately make up for aircraft lost or damage in a battle.
Depending on how the CVE is configured, they can contribute to fleet defense or go on assault missions not far from the fleet. Basically, the CVEs can be an example of Romney's philosophy of more smaller ships rather than much fewer very expensive ships.
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