1st Lt. Kathleen King, member of 26th Mounted Operations Detachment, “We’re a fully-mounted rescue team on horseback. Since we are mounted, we can cover terrain a little bit faster than people on the ground. And our visibility is a little bit higher, we can see things better than someone on foot, and we can get into terrain that’s a little bit tougher than people traveling. It’s a little bit quicker and a little bit more visibility. Sunny is a rope horse that I have, but he’s really docile enough where I can do pretty much anything, so he’s a good sport. I’ve been riding since I was about four years old, so I’ve tried different things, jumping, show jumping for a while, then I got into quarterhorses and kinda more of the Western scene and break-away roping. I retired from the Army Reserve and I still wanted to do something and I found out about the State Guard. I’m actually a bio chemist, so I went into their Environmental Science Compliance Officer, and then I heard about this detachment, and I said “Horses, you gotta sign me up! I feel fortunate. Today we’re practicing for an actual incident. The scenario is an airplane that’s been downed and so we need to help provide support to find it and if there’s any casualities or people alive, so today we’re practicing, getting all our gear together and riding as a unit to see how things work out, what we need and what we don’t need.”
| Date Taken: | 06.11.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 06.14.2021 15:24 |
| Photo ID: | 6688956 |
| VIRIN: | 210611-A-LH373-343 |
| Resolution: | 5472x3648 |
| Size: | 3.79 MB |
| Location: | US |
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