Throughout human history, certain warriors have achieved legendary status through their extraordinary battlefield accomplishments and leadership abilities. Their feats of strength, strategy, and ...

Throughout history, certain military commanders have demonstrated extraordinary tactical brilliance that transformed the art of warfare. These legendary leaders didn’t just win battles – they ...

Kabul, Afghanistan - The pounding of galloping horses and the thunderous growl of Stryker fighting vehicles may be generations apart but they both carry the troops, history and traditions of the ...

Twenty-seven cavalrymen charged a group of Japanese infantry at Morong, Philippines, on January 16, 1942. They scattered a substantial force of enemy soldiers and then held their position for five ...

The last charge by a United States cavalry unit took place in 1942 on the island of Bataan during World War II. Confronted with mounted troops, the Japanese scattered. The U.S. Cavalry began in the ...

The title of Howell Raines’ new Civil War book on Alabama troops who fought for the Union suggests it tells two stories. In fact it tells at least four, and while they don’t all pack the same punch, ...

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Here’s What You Need To Remember: Cavalry is now relegated to parades and other ceremonial duties, but how it disappeared should still be viewed as a portent to what could come in the future. While ...

They must have made an exotic sight in Moravian Bethlehem during the American Revolution, the two cavalrymen from central Europe. Not that the large number of aristocratic French military did not ...

Wyoming history came to life Saturday as the University of Wyoming U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corp mounted color guard rode their horses to practice battle tactics developed 150 years ago.

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