[GreenLanternCorps]

Strictly speaking this is not Cavalry. Cavalry troopers are trained to fight both mounted and dismounted. These soldiers are riding their mounts to the battlefield and then dismounting. That makes them Mounted Infrantry not Cavalry.

[Dengar01]

Hey I was getting excited. I want to see our troops shooting the Taliban while on the horses, I think that would be pretty cool.

[DeaconBenjamin]

Call them dragoons?

[Shooter 2.5]

Or Dragoons.

[SuziQ]

That makes them Mounted Infrantry not Cavalry.

You mean we have American Lighthorsemen? Way Cool!!

[El Gato]

These soldiers are riding their mounts to the battlefield and then dismounting.

How do you know they'll dismount to fight? Most of the time they probably will, but maybe not always. I've seen pictures of Chinese or Mongolian troopers riding very similiar horses, full gallop and firing an AK in full auto. A Double Dose of Rock n Roll, as it were.

Fighting afoot would technically make them Dragoons, although historically, especially in America, Dragoons often fought mounted and Calvary sometimes fought afoot, blurring the distinction.

[sneakypete]

These soldiers are riding their mounts to the battlefield and then dismounting.

Some were reported yesterday to be leading a charge on Taliban positions on horseback. I call that a Calvary charge.