Operation Cowboy: When U.S. Cavalry and Germans Fought Together in WWII to Save 1,200 Horses from the Soviets
American soldiers and German troops fought Waffen-SS units together in Czechoslovakia on April 28, 1945. The mission was to rescue some of Europe’s rarest horses before the Soviet Red Army arrived. Operation Cowboy stands as one of only two documented occasions during World War II when U.S. and Wehrmacht forces fought alongside each other against […]
3 Soldiers, 4 Caisson Horses Injured During Training Exercise at Virginia Army Installation
Three soldiers and four horses were injured during a training exercise Monday afternoon at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, the Army confirmed to Military.com. At around 2 p.m. Monday, the caisson detachment — a ceremonial unit responsible for transporting the remains of service members and veterans to their final resting places at Arlington National Cemetery […]
Traumatized Soldiers Find Solace Grooming Horses in the Black Forest
FRANKFURT — In a remote corner of Germany’s Black Forest, the echoes of war linger in the minds of Bundeswehr soldiers, grappling with trauma years after their withdrawal from Afghanistan. Mike, a military captain and specialist in imaging reconnaissance, is among those affected. He provided crucial coordinates in mid-July 2013 that led a US Air […]
Arlington Horses Are Getting Improvements After Deaths. But Other Army Animals Also Face Poor Conditions, Review Found.
The Army said Wednesday it has a long-term plan to rehabilitate the horse platoon tasked with funeral services for fallen service members following the deaths of four animals last year. But a recent service-wide Army review also found poor conditions for horses, mules and donkeys maintained at various facilities across the country — the latest […]