U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Cavalry Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, begin the warm-up of the traditional spur ride held in Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, October 24, 2024. The Spur Ride is a long-standing Cavalry tradition for candidates to earn their way into the Order of the Spur. The ride consisted of over 20 miles of rucking, 10 intellectually and physically demanding testing lanes, and intense corrective training. During the ride, soldiers carried an array of items on themselves to replicate sensitive items, to instill the practice of never leaving their s.i. for adversaries to capture. These items ranged from fragile eggs symbolizing the fragile glass of night...
