Return of the US Animal Corps?

[Grey Havoc]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtKbBRrvf4U

 

[Grey Havoc]

Interestingly, Regimental Horse Platoons proved very useful in the United States Zone Constabulary for both patrol and search & seizure operations.

Here is an updated link and an additional paper on the subject:

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a463841.pdf

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a606055.pdf

 

[uk 75]

The Mule gets a bad name but served the US until 1956

Army Mules: The Beast of Burden in War

Mules served in large numbers with U.S. Army forces during World War II.

warfarehistorynetwork.com

 

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The Germans demonstrate why mules can still be pretty useful

Pack animals - the German Mountain Infantry Brigade

The German Mountain Infantry Brigade is the last brigade in the Bundeswehr that uses horses and mules. The mules are used to carry heavy loads and supplies to troops in the mountains.

www.nato.int

 

[shin_getter]

Dog Cloning For Special Forces: Breed All You Can Breed

Decision analysis of whether cloning the most elite Special Forces dogs is a profitable improvement over standard selection procedures. Unless training is extremely cheap or heritability is extremely low, dog cloning is hypothetically profitable.

www.gwern.net

Amazing deep dive into dog cloning. Elite SF clones of DOOOOM is here~

 

[Grey Havoc]

Scientists Grow Mouse Embryos In a Mechanical Womb - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: The mouse embryos looked perfectly normal. All their organs were developing as expected, along with their limbs and circulatory and nervous systems. Their tiny hearts were beating at a normal 170 beats per minute. But these embryos...

science.slashdot.org

 

[Grey Havoc]

Ultrasound Reads Monkey Brains, Opening New Way To Control Machines With Thought - Slashdot

sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: The most advanced mind-controlled devices being tested in humans rely on tiny wires inserted into the brain. Now researchers have paved the way for a less invasive option. They've used ultrasound imaging to predict a monkey's intended eye or...

science.slashdot.org

 

[Grey Havoc]

Retired Sheriff and His K9 Partner Die on Same Day

Midge, a rat terrier Chihuahua, was by Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland's side for 16 years.

www.insideedition.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

The guards caring for Chernobyl's abandoned dogs

The descendants of pets abandoned by those fleeing the Chernobyl disaster are now striking up a curious relationship with humans charged with guarding the contaminated area.

www.bbc.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1399795965163315203

View: https://twitter.com/AnimalbeingBros/status/1399795965163315203

That poor sod is probably getting demoted, if he hasn't been already.

 

[Grey Havoc]

An old post of mine from another thread:

Back in 1964, a RAND paper predicted that the breeding of intelligent animals (apes, cetaceans, etc.) for low-grade labor would be possible by the year 2020. They also predicted possible uses for such animals in reconnaissance and other 'ground-combat tasks'.

Super-Intelligent Ape Chauffeurs by the Year 2020 — Paleofuture

Before it became a magazine, The Futurist was launched as a newsletter in 1967. The second issue was released in April of that year and is filled with some amazing predictions of yestermorrow. The "cover story," if you will, is by Glenn T. Seaborg (the dude who discovered pl

www.paleofuture.com

A link to the mentioned RAND paper can be found here: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,8219.msg186080.html#msg186080

 

[uk 75]

Fire in the Hole!

 

[Grey Havoc]

US woman left behind in Kabul with 130 rescue dogs thanks to DOD no-fly animal policy - Washington Examiner

A Tennessee woman who owns an animal rescue center in Kabul was not allowed passage home by the Department of Defense because she carried a disabled puppy in her arms — one of 130 animals she was ordered to leave behind in the final days of airlifts.Charlotte Maxwell-Jones refused to board the...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Kabul animal rescue tried to save pets who couldn’t get out of Afghanistan

A Kabul-based animal rescue tried to get dozens of dogs and cats out before American troops left but they weren’t allowed on military aircraft

nypost.com

Pentagon Denies It Left Military Dogs Behind in Afghanistan

Photos showing 150 dogs in cages lined up at the airport are of animals belonging to a group called Kabul Small Animal Rescue, the Pentagon said.

www.military.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Magawa, the landmine-sniffing hero rat, dies aged eight

Magawa was awarded a gold medal for heroism for clearing landmines in Cambodia.

www.bbc.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

The US Has a Bomb-Sniffing Dog Shortage

Finding high-quality detection canines is hard enough—and the pandemic only dug a deeper hole.

www.wired.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Royal Navy plea for funds to adopt puppy

Aviators from 845 Naval Air Squadron took in the dog during a storm and plan to bring her to RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset as their mascot

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Scott Kenny]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/military-dog-captured-by-taliban-fighters-who-post-video-of-their-captive/2014/02/06/c8d0f8f0-8f44-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html

It also means that their handler abusing them gets charges not of animal cruelty, but of assaulting a superior.

Here in Brazil, we have an elite unit for jungle warfare.

The Amazon rainforest is one of the most inhospitable places on human life, making even the most dense tropical forests appear fields and prairies. Highly humid and hot, soggy terrain, difficult and preclude the use of transportation vehicles. Only the canoe and helicopters can be used there.

CIGS - Buffalo Project
Hiram Reis e Silva, Itacoatiara, AM, January 3, 2011. (remained snipped for space)

Those look like African Cape Buffalo, which are some of the meanest creatures on God's green earth!

 

[Arjen]

Brazilian water buffalo - rather more docile.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Four injured by blood-covered runaway horses in London

Runaway military horses charged through central London injuring four people during rush hour on Wednesday morning.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Gallery: Runaway military horses cause chaos in central London

www.telegraph.co.uk

Don’t punish the horses for charging through London

A Household Cavalry horse is not your average horse. Carefully selected and trained, these equine allies embody grace and discipline

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Grey Havoc]

Blood-soaked horse Vida may never serve again after London rampage injuries

Vida and Quaker, two of the Household Cavalry animals that bolted, causing rush-hour chaos, require surgery after incident

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Grey Havoc]

Inside the Household Cavalry – where horses are 16 hands high, carry 16 stone and work for 16 years

The corps recently saw disaster as their horses went rampage, but they are the centrepiece of Britain’s martial pomp

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Grey Havoc]

Injured Household Cavalry horses to join King’s Birthday Parade

Two of the animals hurt in London stampede are still recovering but all are expected to make full return to service

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Grey Havoc]

Military horses get loose in central London (again) - and crash into taxi

Animal then casually trots away with another horse before both are stopped on Vauxhall Bridge and taken back to barracks

www.telegraph.co.uk