Military Channel Set to Air ‘Horse Sense and Soldiers’ Special
…Up,” the moment at which a wild horse will trust and accept human contact. It is an emotional and striking metaphor for how these soldiers can work through and cope…
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Veterans and Soldiers Honored at Morgan Show
The Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show will dedicate a night of performances to military veterans and soldiers. This year’s Grand National takes place October 9-16 in Oklahoma…
Horseback Riding for the Soul
…Units provide complex care for wounded soldiers. The program provides medical care, rehabilitation and transitioning ? either back to the Army or into civilian life. While soldiers are in the…
Equine at War
I just finished reading a neat little book by Susan Bulanda, called Soldiers in Fur and Feathers. While that description might seem to leave out horses and donkeys, they are…
The Cavalry Rides Again in IHSA
…because the horses were needed in Washington for the war effort. Shortly afterward instruction began again. Then in 1907, 30 years after the first black cadet graduated, the Buffalo Soldiers,…
Researchers Uncover 17th-Century Dutch Horse Burial
…cavalry. Another possibility is the 1673 siege of Maastricht by soldiers of French “Sun King” Louis XIV. That battle is considered a milestone in siege warfare, because of how the…
Book Review: The Perfect Horse
…footnote. Instead, as the war was drawing to an end and Russian and Allied troops were closing in on the Nazis from two sides, American soldiers happened to capture a…
Trail-Ride into Old West History
[PHOTOGALLERY uniquename=”galleria-azur”] Lincoln County, New Mexico, is a land embedded in history. Billy the Kid, Kit Carson, Black Jack Pershing, the Buffalo Soldiers, and the Apache all rode here. The…
London: The Most AmazingGames Ever
…and they were great. The soldiers who checked us through X-ray and bag search every morning were unfailingly polite and efficient, as well as friendly. Their professional demeanor was many…
The Man Behind the Legend — Buffalo Bill
…years as a hunter and Army scout. And likely drawing from his father’s brave example, Will would later employ African American buffalo soldiers in his Wild West shows and advocate…