Hey guys, don't worry about the donkeys, just load the wagon!!

Posted by: J. Cheatham at August 23, 2005 09:56 AM

The US military has really never gotten rid of pack animals completely. We used them in WWI (We still had horse cav) WWII in Burma and the Pacific quite a bit, In Nam it was not unusual for SOG and groups with similar missions to us pack animals.

My guess is the Pentigon does not have a problem with the idea of pack animals at all. It's a long tradition with our military.

Posted by: The Cenobyte at August 22, 2005 10:03 AM

Do the donkeys get body armor like the military doggies do?

(Seriously, I think that news kicks ass. So to speak.)

Posted by: Edward Liu at August 19, 2005 04:21 PM

Whatever it takes!!! Get Some Marine Corps!!!

Posted by: m.pierce at August 19, 2005 01:41 PM

But the problem is in afghanistan most people for some odd reason think the country is deserts when it isn't. It's nothing but mountains. So to get most suplies up to the op's or other places it's either by helo or donkey. They have proven very useful. And it's a whole lot better then telling your troops hey guys where going to have to spread this stuff out and carry it ourselves. Tell that to a mortar unit that has about 200 rounds that need taken to the top of a mountain that a humvee can't get too. And the military does offer a course where they teach people how to load donkeys and animals.

Posted by: eric ward at August 19, 2005 11:16 AM

Yeah, but can you mount a ma deuce on a donkey?

Posted by: Maurs at August 18, 2005 05:18 PM

The Marines using donkeys instead of Hummers in Afghanistan.

That must be a real kick in the a** over at the Pentagon.

ALLONS,
Byron Skinner
"Stewart's Platoon"

Posted by: Byron Skinner at August 18, 2005 02:43 PM

Fraud on the V/C-22 "Ospery", how could such a thing happen.

I'm shocked.

ALLONS,
Byron Skinner
"Stewart's Platoon"

Posted by: Byron Skinner at August 18, 2005 02:39 PM