WEBVTT 00:00.280 --> 00:03.019 Uh Yes . So the horse attachment is 00:03.029 --> 00:05.579 primarily all about public relations , 00:05.590 --> 00:08.340 recruiting efforts uh and keeping and 00:08.350 --> 00:10.128 up with the standards and drill 00:10.128 --> 00:12.539 tradition of late 18 hundreds . Um 00:12.890 --> 00:15.180 Today we put on a show every Thursday . 00:15.189 --> 00:16.979 We do at 10 o'clock uh weather 00:16.989 --> 00:20.850 depending . Uh and we start out with 00:20.860 --> 00:22.749 drilling ceremonies . So drilling 00:22.749 --> 00:24.916 ceremonies , just like your formations 00:24.916 --> 00:27.082 with soldiers . Uh They accept it's on 00:27.082 --> 00:29.082 horseback . After that , we go into 00:29.082 --> 00:31.610 weapons utilization . Um And then we 00:31.620 --> 00:34.389 utilize the 1860 light cavalry saber 00:34.400 --> 00:37.349 1873 colt , single action revolver in 00:37.360 --> 00:40.750 the 1873 Springfield car being um just 00:40.759 --> 00:42.648 like they did back in the late 18 00:42.648 --> 00:46.500 hundreds . Uh Yes . So I started out in 00:46.509 --> 00:48.509 the military first four years , the 00:48.509 --> 00:50.342 Marine Corps . Uh I did an inter 00:50.342 --> 00:52.342 service transfer uh coming into the 00:52.342 --> 00:54.930 army spent about a year and a half uh 00:54.939 --> 00:57.909 as a Bradley gunner . And then I 00:57.919 --> 01:00.030 decided I wanna come out here because 01:00.030 --> 01:02.252 this is an amazing opportunity . Um And 01:02.252 --> 01:04.363 I'm really all about , you know , the 01:04.363 --> 01:06.252 he heritage and history . I think 01:06.252 --> 01:08.363 that's very important and key when it 01:08.363 --> 01:10.586 comes to uh units . Um when it comes to 01:10.586 --> 01:12.752 the military and , you know , being so 01:12.752 --> 01:15.809 old through the military , uh , I think 01:15.819 --> 01:19.389 it's important to keep that alive . Uh , 01:19.400 --> 01:21.750 honestly dealing with animals , I think 01:21.760 --> 01:23.816 dealing with animals , people . Uh , 01:23.816 --> 01:25.427 you get to see AAA different 01:25.427 --> 01:28.730 perspective of the army for sure . Um , 01:29.089 --> 01:31.519 so it's , it's very interesting to be 01:31.529 --> 01:34.029 able to take care of , uh , animals 01:34.040 --> 01:36.151 every single day . You know , because 01:36.559 --> 01:38.781 maybe it's like taking care of kids but 01:38.781 --> 01:41.059 it's like they , they can't talk right . 01:41.059 --> 01:43.226 So you have to put them first . Um And 01:43.226 --> 01:45.337 it's just fun . It's fun to work with 01:45.337 --> 01:47.559 the people that actually want to be out 01:47.559 --> 01:47.360 here , uh , because we do go through a 01:47.370 --> 01:50.569 trial process . Um And the people that 01:50.580 --> 01:52.691 are out here are the people that want 01:52.691 --> 01:54.889 to be . So it's , it's really fun 01:54.900 --> 01:57.067 working with those kind of people that 01:57.067 --> 01:59.289 have that motivation and drive to be at 01:59.289 --> 02:02.459 a place like this . Um Honestly the , 02:02.470 --> 02:06.300 the horses because , uh today , you 02:06.309 --> 02:08.253 know , we've got tanks , we've got 02:08.253 --> 02:10.309 helicopters , all those things , but 02:10.309 --> 02:12.476 the horses are what started it all for 02:12.476 --> 02:14.940 the cavalry . Um And I think that it's 02:14.949 --> 02:17.289 important to keep them alive . Uh , 02:17.789 --> 02:19.567 because without them , we there 02:19.567 --> 02:21.733 wouldn't be a cavalry . Uh That's what 02:21.733 --> 02:24.050 makes up the cavalry . So honestly , 02:24.059 --> 02:27.960 the horses overall . Yeah . So first 02:27.970 --> 02:30.192 find finding out about the , the unit , 02:30.440 --> 02:32.496 the heritage and the history was the 02:32.496 --> 02:34.960 biggest thing for me . Um And also I'm 02:34.970 --> 02:37.559 kind of a country boy . So being a part 02:37.570 --> 02:39.570 of something that I kind of grew up 02:39.570 --> 02:41.792 around , uh , was important to me and I 02:41.792 --> 02:44.070 think there's a lot of knowledge and a , 02:44.070 --> 02:46.070 a wealth of knowledge to be able to 02:46.070 --> 02:48.237 learn something like this , especially 02:48.237 --> 02:50.403 in the military . Um , you can't , you 02:50.403 --> 02:52.626 can't just do that anywhere and joining 02:52.626 --> 02:54.792 the military . Uh , you know , there's 02:54.792 --> 02:56.903 only a certain percentage of people , 02:56.903 --> 02:59.126 they say 1% . So , like doing something 02:59.126 --> 03:01.126 like this in the military is even a 03:01.126 --> 03:03.237 smaller percentage and it's something 03:03.237 --> 03:05.910 to be proud of and it's important . So 03:06.029 --> 03:08.251 the relationship I have with my horse , 03:08.251 --> 03:10.418 uh , it's kind of funny . He's kind of 03:10.418 --> 03:13.179 a crazy horse . Uh He's really 03:13.190 --> 03:15.134 unconfident , not a very confident 03:15.134 --> 03:17.301 horse . Uh , not very many people like 03:17.301 --> 03:19.301 to ride him because he just doesn't 03:19.301 --> 03:21.468 respond well to a lot of people . Um , 03:22.330 --> 03:25.229 when he first got out here , he was ok , 03:25.240 --> 03:28.380 he wasn't super great . Um , people 03:28.389 --> 03:30.445 struggled to put a saddle on him and 03:30.445 --> 03:32.611 just to get him to do things . Uh , he 03:32.611 --> 03:34.667 got , he kind of progressed a little 03:34.667 --> 03:36.889 bit and digressed at the same time . He 03:36.889 --> 03:39.520 had some injuries . But , uh , he , he 03:39.529 --> 03:41.751 was a horse that just kind of stood out 03:41.751 --> 03:43.869 to me . Um And I kind of like the 03:43.880 --> 03:47.470 craziness , I guess in a sense . So I 03:47.479 --> 03:49.535 just over , over time riding him , I 03:49.535 --> 03:51.646 just built that relationship with him 03:51.646 --> 03:53.701 and that bond and it kind of settled 03:53.701 --> 03:55.923 him down a little bit , uh , because he 03:55.923 --> 03:55.589 began to trust me and I began to trust 03:55.600 --> 03:58.509 him . Um , at first I didn't like 03:58.520 --> 04:00.631 teaching people . At first I didn't , 04:00.631 --> 04:02.853 I've always been kind of a , more of an 04:02.853 --> 04:04.853 introverted person but I think that 04:04.853 --> 04:06.910 when you teach people , you start to 04:06.919 --> 04:09.669 learn a lot more . Um , and without 04:09.679 --> 04:11.735 teaching somebody , you're not gonna 04:11.735 --> 04:13.901 learn really anything , you may know a 04:13.901 --> 04:16.012 lot of knowledge but you're not gonna 04:16.012 --> 04:18.179 have those skills and qualities , um , 04:18.179 --> 04:20.346 that you will learn whenever you start 04:20.346 --> 04:22.235 to teach people because it really 04:22.235 --> 04:25.200 starts to set in . Um , so I would say 04:25.399 --> 04:26.799 exactly . Just that . Yeah .