Special Forces - Horse

A Special Forces soldier, on horseback, attending the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Mountaineering Program. Special Forces learn many aspects of mountain warfare, including the use and care of of pack animals such as mules and horses. Many of the Green Berets attending the courses at the program will be members of a mountain team, a specialized ODA within a Special Forces battalion.

Special Forces have operated on horseback in Afghanistan. In the early stages of the special operations campaign in Afghanistan, 2001, CIA Special Activities operatives and members of the 5th Special Forces Group travelled on horses alongside members of the Northern Alliance.