Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Hoss Fly #63711 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Tha dawg & tha donkey quacked me up!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 That was a seeing eye dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Hoss Fly #63711 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 That was a seeing eye dog. Thought it wer a "spotter" terrier? Think tha donkey waz a "Packin" mule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 It always amazed me what guys will do to keep their sanity under less than ideal conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Bit Bobb Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 nice @SS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 It always amazed me what guys will do to keep their sanity under less than ideal conditions. When ya can't laugh anymore, the end is nigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Ahh the stories I could tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I got a twinge or memory from the FUBAR STATEMENT. So many stories. Maybe some night when the snow is blowing and the wind is high, we should have a steel pot party and tell war stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Windshadow Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 There was something in the news in the last month or so about DARPA shelving development of a mechanical walking "mule" due to problems in testing ( the article seemed to hint at failed actual combat testing) at the end of it it said the army was looking into training real mule skinners for the first time in decades citing a need in current combat environments. I do wonder about a new recruit who was told by his recruiter that he would be shoo in for IT training and be trained for a good job when he got out only to find he would be a mule skinner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorado Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 What's wrong with mule skinners? My girlfriend is in a mule skinner post. Btw I barely know what a mule skinner is. lol A friend of mine in the army told me they commandeered a mule and wagon and turned it into a "Mexican Humvee". They mounted a 50cal in the wagon and had one of their injured guys ride it back to base while the others hoofed it back. I think he said that they're Humvee got hit and they had to improvise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Hoss Fly #63711 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Ahh the stories I could tell. Me too but I doubt I even member the better ones from "back then in a land far far away"---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Scatterbrain Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 There was something in the news in the last month or so about DARPA shelving development of a mechanical walking "mule" due to problems in testing ( the article seemed to hint at failed actual combat testing) at the end of it it said the army was looking into training real mule skinners for the first time in decades citing a need in current combat environments. I do wonder about a new recruit who was told by his recruiter that he would be shoo in for IT training and be trained for a good job when he got out only to find he would be a mule skinner! Actually, some of the higher-speed, lower-drag elements of the Army and Marines have been training with and using horses and mules in Afghanistan from very early in the campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Windshadow Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Amazing I guess the article I read in the dentist's waiting room was either behind the times or in a really old magazine.... I wonder if they copied the pack frames from times gone by as seen in various military museums or went high tech with carbon fiber... I will do a bit of googling.... surprised that a 'human interest' story like this does not get more press Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Actually, some of the higher-speed, lower-drag elements of the Army and Marines have been training with and using horses and mules in Afghanistan from very early in the campaign. Yup. This is a very good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 That was a seeing eye dog. .... is the dogs name "Spot" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Windshadow Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Yup. This is a very good read. Thanks for the tip I have ordered a copy from Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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