Beasts of Burden

An old solution to getting the ammo to the troops courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps. Video description states:

Published on Dec 6, 2012

“It’s early. The horses and mules need feeding. It’s going to be a long day up on the mountain. There’s a new group of guys in and they look pretty clueless. It’s going to take some time to get them trained up. What may seem like a typical day in the life of a ranch hand is actually a day in the life of Sgt. Justin Head, a Marine whose piece of the Corps is to teach Marines a tactic that predates the Marine Corps by more than 1,000 years…Animal Packing.”

Featuring:
Sgt. Justin Head — “I’m riding a horse around in the Sierra Nevada’s. So, it really can’t be too bad.”
Assignment: Animal Packer Course Instructor Original MOS 0311
Location: Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif.

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About Roger Young

Roger "Bear" Young served with the Silver Spurs as a Scout crew chief and Line Chief from Dec '69 through Nov '70. Upon his return to the "world" he served at Hunter AAF as a Cobra Periodic Inspection team leader. He founded the Spur website in Sept 1997.
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