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Chuck
Forum Admin
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 Posted - 04/06/2006 : 6:52:57 PM
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Here are the updated pictures of the US Special Forces using the saddles we sold them. Kinda makes me want to get back in the military.
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Chuck
Horse Saddle Shop
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PaintGal
Trail Boss (Moderator)
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fracturedbones
Clinician
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Posted - 04/06/2006 : 7:56:38 PM
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Chuck: those are incredible photos! Man, what a way to get horse time though!!! Do you know if they shipped the horses from the US? Was curious.
Thank you so much for sharing those pictures! If you are on emailing terms with the troops, please thank them for me for a job well done...behind them 100%...heroes all. Pictures really bring it home. |
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Hook
Trail Boss (Moderator)
Canada
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Posted - 04/07/2006 : 10:55:22 AM
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Thanks Chuck.
The Pictures are Awesome.
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Hook(ed)......on Horses
Hooks Riding Log 2010
"The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life. " Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
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FLOOPER
Trail Boss (Moderator)
USA
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Posted - 04/07/2006 : 11:28:38 AM
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| Those are incredible. Wonder how the horses react if the guys have to fire their weapons while riding....I sure would hate to take an unscheduled dismount onto some of those rocks! OUCH!! |
Flooper
"I'm a man. I can change. If I have to. I guess."
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Hook
Trail Boss (Moderator)
Canada
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Posted - 04/07/2006 : 2:08:24 PM
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Originally posted by FLOOPER
Those are incredible. Wonder how the horses react if the guys have to fire their weapons while riding....I sure would hate to take an unscheduled dismount onto some of those rocks! OUCH!!
Seem like a good thing to have when riding alone in less than desirable areas. |
Hook(ed)......on Horses
Hooks Riding Log 2010
"The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life. " Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
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Edited by - Hook on 04/07/2006 2:11:32 PM |
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FLOOPER
Trail Boss (Moderator)
USA
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Posted - 04/07/2006 : 4:09:35 PM
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Originally posted by Hook
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Originally posted by FLOOPER
Those are incredible. Wonder how the horses react if the guys have to fire their weapons while riding....I sure would hate to take an unscheduled dismount onto some of those rocks! OUCH!!
Seem like a good thing to have when riding alone in less than desirable areas.
Definitely...I was just wondering if they train the horses not to spook at gunfire...I'm sure they do. I"m guessing they're smart enough to think of things like that!! |
Flooper
"I'm a man. I can change. If I have to. I guess."
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beccajane
Trainer
USA
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Posted - 04/07/2006 : 5:53:40 PM
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Flooper...
I was wondering the same thing. But did you see the guns??? Is that not a machine gun? I saw the mounted shooting demonstration at HHF and was so impressed, but can you IMAGINE the noise that one of those would make?
Thank you so much, Chuck, for posting these pictures! Wow. I never imagined that there was even a mounted unit over there. Thank them for me too! |
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appygirl
Clinician
USA
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Posted - 04/07/2006 : 11:55:45 PM
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And who said the calvary doesn't exist anymore?
Thanks for sharing the pics, Chuck; they are great. Can't wait to see if any of these photos or perhaps a video segment surfaces on prime time. I can point and exclaim, "Oooh, oooh, oooh, I know where those saddles came from!"
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Appygirl
Man does not have the only memory,
The animals remember,
The earth remembers,
The stones remember,
If you know how to listen, they will tell you many things.
- Claude Kuwanijuma - Hopi Spiritual leader
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tagnrocky
Clinician
USA
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Posted - 04/08/2006 : 08:33:30 AM
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| Cool! Thanks for posting the pictures. I can't believe the machine guns on horseback! |
Nancy (and Tag & Rocky)
Free & easy down the trail I go......
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shadowgirl
Beginning Rider
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Posted - 07/07/2006 : 09:04:49 AM
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| That is soo cool thanks for posting the pics!! |
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Horsecrazygirl
Clinician
USA
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Posted - 10/19/2006 : 10:44:37 AM
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Interesting but not surprising in the least.
I have heard that it can cost 5 thousand to send a horse overseas.
I guess I'm not going to do that any time soon!
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"In the steady gaze of the horse shines a silent eloquence that speaks of love and loyalty, strength and courage. It is the window that reveals to us how willing is his spirit, how generous his heart."
"The back of a horse gives you the freedom from all life's challeges." H.Z.
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Michael M
Tenderfoot
USA
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Posted - 01/31/2007 : 09:35:32 AM
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Hey All,
I am new here, and figure I must be missing something as I don't see but 2 horses and no guns whatsoever. As far as the Army calling it Calvary, unless they have officially re-activated very recently, they only maintain a show unit, though the various Special Forces do go horse back riding when necessary.
Where can I see the many horses and guns?
Thanks,
Michael M
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Originally posted by beccajane
Flooper...
I was wondering the same thing. But did you see the guns??? Is that not a machine gun? I saw the mounted shooting demonstration at HHF and was so impressed, but can you IMAGINE the noise that one of those would make?
Thank you so much, Chuck, for posting these pictures! Wow. I never imagined that there was even a mounted unit over there. Thank them for me too!
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PaintGal
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