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Army to honor 1st Cavalry Division with new unis against rival Navy

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"Army to honor 1st Cavalry Division with new unis against rival Navy
By: J.D. Simkins
Army’s uniforms for the 120th rendition of one of college football’s most storied rivalries have arrived.

Just hours after Under Armour and Navy unveiled the Midshipmen’s uniforms for Dec. 14′s Army-Navy game, the Black Knights, in partnership with Nike, released a set designed to honor the historic 1st Cavalry Division and pay homage to the birth of airmobility during the Vietnam War.

“We honor the past by re-telling the story of the ‘first team!’” the official release read.

“A story of valor, courage, and sacrifice. Inspired, humbled, and motivated by the soldiers that came before us, we don their patches, adopt their mottos, and hold their deeds close to our hearts.”"


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Army to honor 1st Cavalry Division with new unis against rival Navy
 
dave8383 said:
"Army to honor 1st Cavalry Division with new unis against rival Navy
By: J.D. Simkins
Army’s uniforms for the 120th rendition of one of college football’s most storied rivalries have arrived.

Just hours after Under Armour and Navy unveiled the Midshipmen’s uniforms for Dec. 14′s Army-Navy game, the Black Knights, in partnership with Nike, released a set designed to honor the historic 1st Cavalry Division and pay homage to the birth of airmobility during the Vietnam War.

“We honor the past by re-telling the story of the ‘first team!’” the official release read.

“A story of valor, courage, and sacrifice. Inspired, humbled, and motivated by the soldiers that came before us, we don their patches, adopt their mottos, and hold their deeds close to our hearts.”"


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Very nice.....I retired from the 2/12th Regiment, 1st Cav Division...nice to see the 12th Cav regimental crest on the helmet.

The colors are a clear nod to the Vietnam era color schemes.
 
Better than the 101st I guess.
 
ecofarm said:
Airborne units have movies not football games.
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Well, we got Apocalypse Now (1–9 Cavalry), and We Were Soldiers Once… And Young, ( 7th Cav)….not exactly The Longest Day, but they were noteworthy/
 
Bum said:
Well, we got Apocalypse Now (1–9 Cavalry), and We Were Soldiers Once… And Young,….not exactly The Longest Day, but they were noteworthy/
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I knew as soon as I made the quip that "napalm in the morning" was comin' my way.
 
ecofarm said:
I knew as soon as I made the quip that "napalm in the morning" was comin' my way.
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:mrgreen:

Get the surf boards, boys...
 
dave8383 said:
"Army to honor 1st Cavalry Division with new unis against rival Navy
By: J.D. Simkins
Army’s uniforms for the 120th rendition of one of college football’s most storied rivalries have arrived.

Just hours after Under Armour and Navy unveiled the Midshipmen’s uniforms for Dec. 14′s Army-Navy game, the Black Knights, in partnership with Nike, released a set designed to honor the historic 1st Cavalry Division and pay homage to the birth of airmobility during the Vietnam War.

“We honor the past by re-telling the story of the ‘first team!’” the official release read.

“A story of valor, courage, and sacrifice. Inspired, humbled, and motivated by the soldiers that came before us, we don their patches, adopt their mottos, and hold their deeds close to our hearts.”"


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They need to put the bulges over the ears on the helmets. Then they'll look more like the Vietnam era flight helmets.

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ecofarm said:
I knew as soon as I made the quip that "napalm in the morning" was comin' my way.
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Wasn't there a recent one, about dudes in the mid east, on horses?

I assume, due to the horses, they were cavalry...
 
KevinKohler said:
Wasn't there a recent one, about dudes in the mid east, on horses?

I assume, due to the horses, they were cavalry...
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They should forever wear first cav on their right shoulder.
 
KevinKohler said:
Wasn't there a recent one, about dudes in the mid east, on horses?

I assume, due to the horses, they were cavalry...
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That was 5th SFG, ODA 595, not Cav....the movie was 12 Strong.
 
Bum said:
That was 5th SFG, ODA 595, not Cav....the movie was 12 Strong.
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Gotta love it:


"Horsemen

The various SF teams that were in Afghanistan or would soon arrive split into smaller three-man and six-man cells to cover more ground. Some of them quickly found themselves on borrowed horses, in saddles meant for Afghans much lighter and shorter than American Green Berets. Most had never ridden before, and they learned by immediately riding for hours, forced to keep up with skilled Afghan horsemen, on steeds that constantly wanted to fight each other.

But that's what Green Berets do: They adapt. They overcome. "The guys did a phenomenal job learning how to ride that rugged terrain," said Nutsch, who worked on a cattle ranch and rodeoed in college. Even so, riding requires muscles most Americans don't use every day, and after a long day in the saddle, the Soldiers were in excruciating pain, especially as the stirrups were far too short. They had to start jerry rigging the stirrups with parachute cord.

"Initially you had a different horse for every move ... and you'd have a different one, different gait or just willingness to follow the commands of the rider," Nutsch remembered. "A lot of them didn't have a bit or it was a very crude bit. The guys had to work through all of that and use less than optimal gear. ... Eventually we got the same pool of horses we were using regularly."

Nutsch had always been a history buff, and he had carefully studied Civil War cavalry charges and tactics, but he had never expected to ride horses into battle. In fact, it was the first time American Soldiers rode to war on horseback since World War II, and this ancient form of warfare was now considered unconventional.

"We're blending, basically, 19th-century tactics with 20th-century weapons and 21st-century technology in the form of GPS, satellite communications, American air power," Nutsch pointed out."


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First to go: Green Berets remember earliest mission in Afghanistan | Article | The United States Army
 
dave8383 said:
"Army to honor 1st Cavalry Division with new unis against rival Navy
By: J.D. Simkins
Army’s uniforms for the 120th rendition of one of college football’s most storied rivalries have arrived.

Just hours after Under Armour and Navy unveiled the Midshipmen’s uniforms for Dec. 14′s Army-Navy game, the Black Knights, in partnership with Nike, released a set designed to honor the historic 1st Cavalry Division and pay homage to the birth of airmobility during the Vietnam War.

“We honor the past by re-telling the story of the ‘first team!’” the official release read.

“A story of valor, courage, and sacrifice. Inspired, humbled, and motivated by the soldiers that came before us, we don their patches, adopt their mottos, and hold their deeds close to our hearts.”"


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Great looking uniforms.
 
dave8383 said:
Gotta love it:


"Horsemen

The various SF teams that were in Afghanistan or would soon arrive split into smaller three-man and six-man cells to cover more ground. Some of them quickly found themselves on borrowed horses, in saddles meant for Afghans much lighter and shorter than American Green Berets. Most had never ridden before, and they learned by immediately riding for hours, forced to keep up with skilled Afghan horsemen, on steeds that constantly wanted to fight each other.

But that's what Green Berets do: They adapt. They overcome. "The guys did a phenomenal job learning how to ride that rugged terrain," said Nutsch, who worked on a cattle ranch and rodeoed in college. Even so, riding requires muscles most Americans don't use every day, and after a long day in the saddle, the Soldiers were in excruciating pain, especially as the stirrups were far too short. They had to start jerry rigging the stirrups with parachute cord.

"Initially you had a different horse for every move ... and you'd have a different one, different gait or just willingness to follow the commands of the rider," Nutsch remembered. "A lot of them didn't have a bit or it was a very crude bit. The guys had to work through all of that and use less than optimal gear. ... Eventually we got the same pool of horses we were using regularly."

Nutsch had always been a history buff, and he had carefully studied Civil War cavalry charges and tactics, but he had never expected to ride horses into battle. In fact, it was the first time American Soldiers rode to war on horseback since World War II, and this ancient form of warfare was now considered unconventional.

"We're blending, basically, 19th-century tactics with 20th-century weapons and 21st-century technology in the form of GPS, satellite communications, American air power," Nutsch pointed out."


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One of my instructors in the Q Course was a former ODA 555 member. They were one of the other teams that went in with 595 shortly after 9/11.
Had some pretty cool pictures of him on horseback.
 
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