I had no idea this was happening:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-hooper/post_709_b_688571.html
Wow. Now this is something wild. The Cavalry learning, well, cavalry tactics from re-enactors who have preserved the accurate battle studies. Amazing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-hooper/post_709_b_688571.html
The value of lost skill sets is a lesson the DOD learned in Afghanistan in 2001 when Special Operations Groups turned in supply lists with the unusual requests for horse feed. Sixty years earlier the Army's last Chief of Cavalry General John Herr had correctly predicted tactical horsemanship was not obsolete in the modern army.
Soldiers conducting missions in the northern mountains of Afghanistan suddenly found themselves needing those cavalry skills. Horses and pack animals were the only efficient means of taking the battle to the enemy in the rugged country.
The DOD was at a loss, but the soldiers adapted. They learned tactics from the Afghan rebels in the field. They began appearing in the crowds at Civil War reenactments and entering the U.S. Cavalry Association's Annual National Competitions.
The living history events featuring period correct cavalry tactics became a classroom of sorts for members of the Special Operations Forces needing to learn hands-on horsemanship. The experience has reopened the book on the use of horses in modern American combat and the role they will play in the future.
Wow. Now this is something wild. The Cavalry learning, well, cavalry tactics from re-enactors who have preserved the accurate battle studies. Amazing.