The Spur Ride is one of several connections that modern cavalry units maintain to connect with their western heritage. Cavalry soldiers honor their cowboy origins by reciting the reenlistment oath ...

The spurs will be dispersed to Cavalry units across the installation ... generation to operate their family’s business, Renton Western Wear, that had been open for 62 years before the siblings ...

Cav scouts, as they’re often called, are the only soldiers who wear a black cowboy ... the earliest cavalry scout units in the Army. According to the Army, the Order of the Spur dictates that ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Army News Service, June 4, 2009) - When the cavalry switched ... wear black Stetson cowboy hats, specifically the type worn by members of the Order of the Spur, but to earn ...

After being covered in dust, sweat, dirt and blood, three officers emerged from the West Texas desert last week and were given their spurs and Stetson cowboy ... an Army Cavalry Spur Ride, a ...

These three objectives are what Tackaberry hoped would define the first 17th and 73rd Cavalry Regiments’ joint Spouse Spur Ride. As a matter of tradition, members of cavalry regiments complete a ...

Soldiers with 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment hike up Monte Kaolino during the unit's spur ride in Hirschau ... are the only soldiers who wear a black cowboy hat, aptly named a cav hat.