Army scales down Military Working Equid program for warfighting priorities

[Timber Rattler]

https://www.army.mil/article/286815?fbclid=IwY2xjawLXR_NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFlbmJ4ano1aEluT3BEVjlpAR5oCAcVh8Jt5dmMQWr6bfq03WCVFEIEtpkY4rV-CU2n2Lj8hjBpK99RGeY7kA_aem_SBCWyunei9rWPFvPWyXkXQ

The U.S. Army is streamlining its Military Working Equid program to align more resources with warfighting capability and readiness. MWEs include horses, mules, and donkeys owned by the Department of Defense and housed on Army installations.

Starting in July 2025, the Army will sunset ownership, operation and materiel support of MWE programs at Fort Irwin, California; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; and Fort Hood, Texas. However, MWE programs will continue with The Old Guard caisson units at the Military District of Washington and Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Concentrating the MWE program with The Old Guard will allow the Army to achieve significant cost savings while retaining the program for national ceremonial duties.

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Short-sighted and stupid.

How the ‘Horse Soldiers’ helped liberate Afghanistan from the Taliban 18 years ago



https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/10/18/how-the-horse-soldiers-helped-liberate-afghanistan-from-the-taliban-18-years-ago/

[Smokin Joe]

When my Dad was in Korea, a lot of the terrain they fought in was too extreme for motor vehicles of any type. The solution: Mules.

This is indeed shortsighted and foolish. There are parts of the American Wast which are the same. If we ever have to fight a war here...