Pioneers who settled in the west Texas wilderness to farm and raise livestock stuck it out for generations, struggling with the natural elements, including droughts, as well as defending themselves ...

FORT STEWART, Ga. — The “Mustang Squadron,” 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conducted a combined arms live-fire exercise for the first time ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Cavalry was all but useless after the opening weeks of the First World War, at least on the Western Front. The static trench lines made it impossible for cavalry to ...

While the German Army of the world wars has drawn substantial attention in the literature, some of its components have been neglected. The branch that perhaps has been most ignored, was the cavalry.

Sgt. Todd Gildersleeve, Cpl. Mark Valle, and Maj. Matthew Bohman describe the dedication and discipline required to maintain a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter Jun. 19 on Marine Corps Air Station ...

But the now professor of military history at Ohio State University says the essentials of cavalry “remains the same” as it was 160 years ago, a point he plans to illustrate assessing the Gettysburg ...

A line of Army scout cars rolled out of Fort Bliss, down a rutty road, and out on the Texas plain. Beyond the stubby noses of the cars stretched wave on wave of “bondocks” (sand hummocks, topped by ...

Not since the Civil War had U. S. cavalry engaged in maneuvers on the scale of those conducted last week on 120 square miles of terrain in and about Marfa, Tex. Some 280 officers, 4,000 men, 3,200 ...

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