"Bugler! Sound Charge!

[SASless]

I love this photo.....brings back memories of Cambodia 1970.....11th Armored Cavalry Regiment lined up along the Cambodian Border Sanctuary areas. All the units faced the border....then some Fool sounded "Charge" over the Tactical Net....and off they went. I guess I watched way too may Western films or something.....it was GREAT!


https://sphotos-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1150956_664830000193682_1922579984_n.jpg

[500N]

Very good indeed.
Someone has done some fine work with Photoshop !

[TBM-Legend]

Horse cavalry - multi-tasking, single pilot { be your own gunner } ops...

[Wensleydale]

All we need now is a tomahawk coming from the other direction!:O


Added as an afterthought - its not often that the US military releases pictures of their cavalry running away from the Apaches.

[Tankertrashnav]

"Bugler! Sound Charge!


Strictly speaking he would be a trumpeter - not a bugler. The infantry used bugles, the cavalry used trumpets. I assume this was following the practice in the British army.

Other than that - great picture :ok:

[CoffmanStarter]

I assume this was following the practice in the British army.


Lets hope the aircrew aren't wearing mess spurs then :}

[gr4techie]

Caption to the photo... Government cutbacks hit the mechanised infantry hard, as they can no longer afford their Bradley / Warrior IFV's and forced to swap them for reject 3 legged donkeys from Findus.

General Sir Nick Houghton said many 3 legged donkeys had been left feeling "cynical and detached" by the cuts.

[beardy]

Were the horse mounted cavalry ever used outside the USA mainland?

[diginagain]

Were the horse mounted cavalry ever used outside the USA mainland?
26th Cavalry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States))

[beardy]

Fascinating stuff, and exceedingly brave. Were they prepositioned to defend the Philpines against a potential Japanese attack?

[ORAC]

I can remember watching a Chinese NBC training film back in the 70s. It had a cavalry charge with both men and horses wearing respirators charging with drawn swords with a nuclear mushroom cloud in the background.... :ooh:

Here you go, 2 minutes in....

9rd9ylueyBY

[Lonewolf_50]

(The Rough Riders)

The 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments
raised in 1898 for the spanish American War. It was also called "Wood's
Weary Walkers" after its first commander, Colonel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)) Leonard Wood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Wood), as an acknowledgment of the fact that despite being a cavalry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry) unit they ended up
fighting on foot as infantry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry).
Much to TR's chagrin, the rough riders didn't ride so much as walk.

[sitigeltfel]

I assume this was following the practice in the British army.

Nah, just Prince Harry and his mates trying to get one up on the Polo field.

[SASless]

The Horses and Mules became vittles in the Philippines....thus the Cav proved useful.

It is interesting to note that many of our best Armored Officers were Horse Cavalry immediately prior to WWII.

The Tactics are not that much removed from Horse to Armor....except you cannot eat a Tank.

[CoffmanStarter]

... except you cannot eat a Tank.

I dont know but this chap might have had a go !

http://didyouknow.org/graphics/people/michellotito.jpg

Man Ate Aircraft ...

An inquest into the death of Brit Frederick Edwards in 1933 found 200 nails, 36 staples and 3 penknives in his stomach. But he didn’t even have half the appetite of Frenchman Michel Lotito, whose stage name was “Mr Eat All.” Michel ate 18 bicycles, 15 shopping carts, 7 TV sets, a computer, numerous razor blades and, believe it or not, one Cessna 150 light aircraft. The aircraft meal was not fast food, though; it took him two years, 1978 – 1980, to munch through the delight. He finished the shopping cart in four-and-a-half days.

On average, Lotito ate 2 lb (almost a kg) of glass and metal a day (as seen in the Mr Eat All video). His strange diets certainly was enough to get him into the Guinness Book of Records section of unusual skills. Only bananas and hard-boiled eggs made him feel sick, he said.

Michel Lotito (http://didyouknow.org/man-ate-aircraft/)

Michel died in 2007, age 57, of natural causes.

:eek:

[langleybaston]

Strictly speaking he would be a trumpeter - not a bugler. The infantry used bugles, the cavalry used trumpets. I assume this was following the practice in the British army.

Nearly.

The cavalry trumpeter [sic] used the trumpet in barracks and camp, but the bugle in the field .............. louder, lighter and simpler. Photos abound of the mounted trumpeter with trumpet and bugle.
So the order would be "Trumpeter!" but he would tootle on the bugle.

[Wensleydale]

The cavalry trumpeter [sic] used the trumpet in barracks and camp, but the
bugle in the field .............. louder, lighter and simpler. Photos abound of
the mounted trumpeter with trumpet and bugle.
So the order would be
"Trumpeter!" but he would tootle on the bugle.


Indeed! If you visit the Lancers' Museum in Belvoir Castle you can see the bugle that sounded the "Charge of the Light Brigade". (Hairs on the back of the neck stuff if you're into that sort of thing).

[Tankertrashnav]

I stand corrected LB. Here's the bloke who sounded the Charge of the Light Brigade at Sebastopol proving you right!

(Rare!) Trumpeter Lanfried - The Bugle of Charge of the Light Brigade (Re-enacted in 1890) - YouTube

[Courtney Mil]

as they can no longer afford their Bradley / Warrior IFV's

I think you'll find it's Chelsea now, not Bradley. :E

[rarelyathome]

Courtney,

truly brilliant!!:D

[SASless]

LB.....we Americans are simple folk you recall.....tis the Bugle for us....only the Bugle. Ever wonder why they are called "Bugle Calls" and not "Trumpet Calls"?

[Lonewolf_50]

TTN:great find! Thanks.

Courtney: I laughed, I did. :ok:

[SASless]

Good thing I had just set the coffee cup down and had not taken a gulp when I read Court's post.....

[Finnpog]

@Courtney - Tee Hee.

I saw the start of this thread and was reminded of the story told here (and elsewhere) of the USMC Harrier squadron at Red Flag drawing & fitting bayonets to their steeds before Charging.

[SASless]

When one hears the command "Fix Bayonets!" in Combat.....nothing good is going to follow afterwards! :uhoh:

[langleybaston]

as an aside to an aside, the British army manuals are entitled "Trumpet and Bugle Calls". As any fule kno, the trumpet is keyed of course.

[smujsmith]

I do know, with respect to bayonets, and from my studies of Dads Army, that "they don't like it up em, you know" !

Smudge :ok:

[MightyGem]

Here's the bloke who sounded the Charge of the Light Brigade at Sebastopol proving you right!

After years of watching John Ford westerns, I have say that I prefer the US version of the Charge call:

The Bugle Cavalry Charge - YouTube

[Old-Duffer]

Courtney,

Great one but too subtle for some!

O-D

[Courtney Mil]

First time I've ever been accused of being too subtle. Must have been the wine!