Army Horses

[SlingerDun]

I pulled this post from a horse owners bulletin and couldn't believe what i was reading...

Hey I’m joining the army and I just wanted some input from other people who are in the army and have horses. Like what the stables on some bases are like. Is it cheaper to keep your horse on base or off. And anything else

Wow! The Army couldn't get rid of their surplus horses fast enough when trucks and tracked vehicles came about and mechanics replaced farriers. I know Ft. Meyer has a mounted color guard and funeral detail for Arlington and the Marine Corps has a 3 or 4 horse Palomino color guard and Pendleton has or had a dude string run by Marines fapped out on special services duty. But can an active armed forces employee, an E-1 no less keep their own horse on base anywhere in this country???

--->Dave

[FistFu68]

A'LOT OF THE U.S.ARMY ACTIVE DUTY BASES HAVE STABLES ON THEM,MOSTLY FOR THE DEPENDENT'S;NOMINAL FEE FOR ROOM@BOARD.

[DWG]

Is the "nominal fee" for the horses or the dependents?

[FistFu68]

(LOL)HELL I THINK YOU GET A DISCOUNT IF YOU MUCK YOU'RE HORSES STALL

[DWG]

(LOL)HELL I THINK YOU GET A DISCOUNT IF YOU MUCK YOU'RE HORSES STALL

If you do WHAT to a tall horse?

[FistFu68]

GET A WISE ARSE LT.TOO STUMP BREAK HER FOR 'YA(LMFAO)

[SlingerDun]

Sounds like a logistical quagmire when you have to pack your trash and move out. Boxed hay lunches for horses on MAC flights in the cargo deck and when you arrive at your new duty station the stables are full or non-existent. Equine special services canked due to budget cuts, didn't you get the memo?

--->Dave

[DWG]

Maybe taking their horse with them is in lieu of a signing bonus!

And Fist, I still wouldn't to that to a horse atall!

[Merc6432]

Heck, at the rate gas prices are jumping, I think they are going to have to expand their stalls for the flood of horse riders coming thru the gates. I just want to know where I am supposed to put the DoD sticker?

[Camper51]

Heck, at the rate gas prices are jumping, I think they are going to have to expand their stalls for the flood of horse riders coming thru the gates. I just want to know where I am supposed to put the DoD sticker?

Left front hoof, silly boy...

[ggyoung]

While at MB Hawthorn Nev. there were a lot of horse people there. The stables were in town and you had to pay a monthly fee to stable them. At Pendleton they had a lot of horses there but I believe that they were base property. I know that the horses the Marines get now come from the Nev. State Prisons wild mustang program. Utah Corrections has started its Wild Mustang program. So far they have about 500 horses and will soon be selling them.

[Artemis]

Hey we always need glue to.

[DWG]

Hey we always need glue to.

INCOMING!

[FistFu68]

WELL YOU KNOW THEM GENERALS DAUGHTERS LIKE RIDING SOMETHING ELSE BESIDE THE COTTON PONY ONCE A MONTH

[SlingerDun]

Another posting from a young military gal, probably Navy: livid at having to relocate herself and horse 2k miles from Whidbey Island only to find the boarding conditions appalling at the new facilities, wherever. She actually had to step down into and duck to proceed through one of the hatches, fencing in need of repair, bad hay and no covered arena for to ride Nutmeg!!!