Fieldcraft Mobility will be offering a tactical horsemanship course starting in October.
This will be a basic riding program in the first phase of Fieldcraft Mobility’s new mounted mobility section. This course includes basic horsemanship and riding as well as tactical movement considerations. It combines lessons learned from modern mounted combat operations, TTPs, and backcountry riding techniques to give students the ability to utilize an effective non-standard mobility platforms in a bug out scenario.
“Tactical horsemanship”… what can you say to that? What kind of mentality would find that interesting?
The kind of person who would unironically buy a MOLLE saddle and think that it looks cool.
That being said, all I can do is shake my head and laugh at anyone foolish enough to get taken for this. I bet it will be several times more expensive than a regular riding class and yet teach the same exact thing.
Amazingly, at least to those who are internet experts, USSOCOM runs an entire course on pack animals.
What’s more, in spite of the fact that most young men knew how to ride in the 1800s, the Army still taught courses on how to use and ride horses, in military environments.
I worked on a horse ranch for several years, trying to immediately assume I don’t know what I’m talking about because I’m critical of tactical rubber dog shit is disingenuous.
Yes, most men knew how to ride in the 1800s, but I doubt most of them were riding horses bred and trained for combat.
To touch upon USSOCOM teaching pack animal courses, I somehow doubt the same people going through that are going to be the ones paying out the nose for a “tactical” horse riding experience. Unless of course this class will simulate Napoleonic Era cavalry charges, cannon and all. Sign me up for that.
Those pack animal courses also have limited slots. A unit that needs the training for an upcoming deployment but can’t get into a dod school would benefit from this option. Will there be the ‘molle saddle’ crowd signing up for this? Maybe. There will probably also be people that know fuel resupply for razors won’t be available during infil but water and livestock feed procured from the local economy will be. Read the book Horse Soldiers and/or see the “Our Nation’s Response” statue in Manhattan to understand the utility or this course.
I was on a mounted enforcement unit when I worked as a police officer, we taught lots of different tactics crowd control, riots pedestrian contacts.
Folks that don’t live in big cities, for starters.
Good to see that Fieldcraft is thinking outside of the box and expanding skill sets.
Also for the haters.. worry not. It’s already sold out.
Only in America!!
So, not knowing how much this course costs, I’d still stay this is valuable instruction especially for those with large plots of land, rural law enforcement and SAR. A basic riding course is just that, a basic riding course. The application of tactics, marksmanship, etc. is a good offering for people who could potentially use these skills. I don’t see why people would have an issue with this. Especially people who grew up with horses. Not every course has to be universal for every person.
Will students have the opportunity to fix their own traumatic injury like they do in Fieldcraft’s firearms classes?
I mean props for thinking outside the box. While all the other retired SOF guys are trying to sling yet another kydex holster, something to do with molle, training or bug out something, these guys see the opportunity to blaze new trails. Once you start to see how valuable a “Combat Operations Colt Kit” is they will have to add all sorts of tactical must haves to it, paracord wrap starting first obviously.
This could be sort of interesting if there wasn’t such a hardcore “tactical” sell to it. Horses are cool, backcountry survival is cool, shooting from a horse is cool. I don’t really understand the need to have a “bug out horse” but I guess I’m not far enough down the world is ending pipe dream to really understand. I mean I still only carry a single pistol, I really should get a backup pistol before I start to criticize.
This is awesome! I’d be totally down to participate. I hear it’s sold out but is there any more information that’s available?
Sounds fun, I rode on a mounted enforcement unit when I was working as a police Officer. Tactics are different when working from the saddle as opposed to out of a vehicle or on foot. I would be interested in seeing their course outline.