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Soldiers heading for Afghanistan get pack animal training in Wyo.
Helena Independent Record ^ | 02/04/06 | RUFFIN PREVOST

Posted on 02/04/2006 3:17:02 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4

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1 posted on 02/04/2006 3:17:05 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4
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To: SAMWolf

During the air preparation of the big “push” in Italy by the U.S. Fifth Army, the men, mules, and armor of the 10th Mountain Division and supporting tank units move forward between 8:30 A.M. and 9:10 A.M., 14 April 1945. Bologna, Italy.

2 posted on 02/04/2006 3:29:38 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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To: historian1944
World War II vets like return to mule use
3 posted on 02/04/2006 3:32:11 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4
muleskinning

Did they consult Al Gore? Gore, by his own admission has an extensive history of muleskinning, plowing the steep hillsides of his native Tennessee.

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4 posted on 02/04/2006 3:40:44 AM PST by csvset
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

Whatever it takes...the Merrills Marauders...


5 posted on 02/04/2006 3:43:51 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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VET CARE — New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, Kiwi Base medics, Cpl. Hurferd and Lance Cpl. Kelly Roberts help veterinarians give de-wormer medicine to a donkey during a Coalition Medical Assistance mission in a village near Bamian city, Kahmard district, Afghanistan, June 14, 2004. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Army Spc. Gul A. Alisan

6 posted on 02/04/2006 3:51:55 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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During Operation Mountain Resolve, civil affairs was able to help lighten the load of 10th Mtn. Div. soldiers by acquiring donkeys from a nearby village. Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Greg Heath / 4th Public Affairs Detachment

7 posted on 02/04/2006 3:55:13 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Special Operations Animal Support Services

8 posted on 02/04/2006 4:01:19 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Merrill's Marauders move to the front via the Ledo Road. (DA photograph)

9 posted on 02/04/2006 4:17:42 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

If they could just hike up into those mountains and find the bearded one...then hang him upside down from a street lamp like Mussolini....


10 posted on 02/04/2006 4:35:14 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Street lamp? Streets?


11 posted on 02/04/2006 4:44:49 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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Beasts ease burden of quake victims
12 posted on 02/04/2006 4:55:42 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

It's nice to see our military being very flexible. God Bless them all.


13 posted on 02/04/2006 5:16:10 AM PST by AmericaUnite
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To: Cannoneer No. 4
“In the Middle East, everybody has donkeys,” he said. “The old saying is a mule can live on rock pile.”

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HEY !! GET THE HELL OFF OF ME !!!

14 posted on 02/04/2006 11:31:52 AM PST by Rockpile
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

Any word on how much (in terms of weight) a mule can pack?


15 posted on 02/04/2006 11:34:58 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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Depends on the mule.


16 posted on 02/04/2006 12:21:45 PM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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To: 1rudeboy

General Crook could get his to carry 400 lbs.

17 posted on 02/04/2006 12:33:27 PM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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To: 1rudeboy
The average weights carried would generally range within two hundred and three hundred pounds; although, in some instances, they have been far in excess of this.
18 posted on 02/04/2006 12:45:08 PM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

thanks


19 posted on 02/04/2006 12:51:45 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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Llamas join Israeli troops on frontline
20 posted on 02/04/2006 1:17:33 PM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
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