"Bugler! Sound Charge!
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"Bugler! Sound Charge!
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!
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All we need now is a tomahawk coming from the other direction!
Added as an afterthought - its not often that the US military releases pictures of their cavalry running away from the Apaches.
Added as an afterthought - its not often that the US military releases pictures of their cavalry running away from the Apaches.
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"Bugler! Sound Charge!
Other than that - great picture
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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.
General Sir Nick Houghton said many 3 legged donkeys had been left feeling "cynical and detached" by the cuts.
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
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.... 
Here you go, 2 minutes in....
Here you go, 2 minutes in....
(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 Leonard Wood, as an acknowledgment of the fact that despite being a cavalry unit they ended up
fighting on foot as infantry.
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 Leonard Wood, as an acknowledgment of the fact that despite being a cavalry unit they ended up
fighting on foot as infantry.
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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.
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.
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... except you cannot eat a Tank.
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.
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 died in 2007, age 57, of natural causes.
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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.
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.
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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.
