Comments on: Porter rides again http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2010/01/porter-rides-again/ Wed, 16 May 2012 14:07:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cincinattus Jr. http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2010/01/porter-rides-again/comment-page-1/#comment-4201 Cincinattus Jr. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:36:05 +0000 http://kingsofwar.org.uk/?p=3223#comment-4201 I don't know if mules count in this discussion (I always get confused when trying to understand the Mendelian aspects of mules vs. donkeys etc.), here is an interesting article about current efforts for some US forces to renew their lost experience in using 4 legged military vehicles. http://www.marsoc.usmc.mil/news/MWTC.htm I don’t know if mules count in this discussion (I always get confused when trying to understand the Mendelian aspects of mules vs. donkeys etc.), here is an interesting article about current efforts for some US forces to renew their lost experience in using 4 legged military vehicles.

http://www.marsoc.usmc.mil/news/MWTC.htm

]]> By: Formerly Grant http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2010/01/porter-rides-again/comment-page-1/#comment-4199 Formerly Grant Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:39:45 +0000 http://kingsofwar.org.uk/?p=3223#comment-4199 To start I have to admit I don't get the saying. I assume it means to get rid of what you don't need while keeping something important. On the horses I'm not certain what can be done with them. Not many people in the U.S know how to ride a horse anymore, much less how to ride them into battle. We can assume that this can be somewhat offset by relations with Afghan's, where horses are probably used just as often as tanks, but I don't know how easy it will be to re-institutionalize them. That isn't to say that we shouldn't try to use them, simply that I don't see an easy solution. To start I have to admit I don’t get the saying. I assume it means to get rid of what you don’t need while keeping something important.
On the horses I’m not certain what can be done with them. Not many people in the U.S know how to ride a horse anymore, much less how to ride them into battle. We can assume that this can be somewhat offset by relations with Afghan’s, where horses are probably used just as often as tanks, but I don’t know how easy it will be to re-institutionalize them. That isn’t to say that we shouldn’t try to use them, simply that I don’t see an easy solution.

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