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Horsemanship Returned A)Bridgeport, Calif. The men emerged over the crest of a ridge and guided their horses along a tree line,
Horsemanship Returned A)Bridgeport, Calif. The men emerged over the crest of a ridge and guided their horses along a tree line,
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2014-12-26
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Horsemanship Returned
A)Bridgeport, Calif. The men emerged over the crest of a ridge and guided their horses along a tree line, skirting a wide meadow. They picked their way along narrow trails, climbing higher into the Sierra until a scene of snowcapped peaks and a green valley unfolded beneath them. The men, Special Forces soldiers dressed in jeans and other civilian clothes, led their horses into a thick stand of pine trees, where they dismounted and let the horses drink from a clear mountain stream before breaking out their own rations.
B)At this remote training area high in the Sierra, the U.S. Marine Corps is reviving the horsemanship skills that were once a key part of the nation’ s armed forces but were cast aside when tanks and armoured vehicles replaced them. The need to bring these skills back was driven home in Afghanistan in 2001, when the first Special Forces soldiers to arrive found themselves fighting on horseback alongside tribesmen in rugged terrain without roads. Many had never ridden a horse before. "We don’t want to reinvent anything," said Marine Capt. Seth Miller, the officer in charge of formal schools at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Centre. "These are skills that were lost."
C)Marine instructors are teaching the students, most of them Army Special Forces soldiers, how to control horses, care for them and load packs. The students are taught how to calculate routes and distances for rides and what to look for when purchasing horses from locals. For example, checking teeth is a good way to determine age and avoid getting ripped off by a farmer trying to pass off an ancient mule or horse. In a throwback to the old Wild West days, instructors are considering training soldiers in how to shoot from a moving horse.
D)No one is talking about bringing back the cavalry, but horses are an effective way for Special Forces and other small units to move around the battlefield, instructors said. They can travel long distances quietly and don’ t require the gasoline and massive logistics(后勤)trains that restrain motorized forces.
E)For all its advantages in technology, the U.S. military has been dragged into the most primitive of fights in Iraq and Afghanistan, driving home the point that technology isn’t always the answer. "We get caught up with what’s new and high-speed," Miller said.
F)On a recent morning, 13 students packed their mules and horses shortly after sunrise at base camp, preparing for a 14 mile ride that would take them high into the Sierra, mountains that were familiar to gold prospectors more than a century ago. Students ride a total of about 110 miles during the 16-day course. "My bottom’ s going to be sore," said Air Force Tech Sgt. Jeryd Leuck, who specializes in search and rescue operations, as he prepared to mount his horse, Chesty. Leuck said that before he started the course, his riding experience was a childhood pony ride. The students mounted horses and picked their way up a steep, shrub-covered slope that would take them out of the base camp.
G)Six mules were part of the patrol. The animals are remarkably efficient. Mules can carry several hundred pounds and walk up to 55 miles a day, requiring nothing more than grass and water. "This has been proven to work," said Marine Maj. Sven Jensen, operations officer for the training centre, pointing to a group of men resting by their horses and mules. "This has worked for the last 3,000 years."
H)The Marine Corps, which takes an almost perverse pride in a Spartan lifestyle, has offered a mule-packing course here since the 1980s. It launched the horsemanship training about three years ago after receiving requests from Army Special Forces soldiers. It’s the only such course in the military, and demand is high.
I)USA TODAY was allowed access to observe training as long as it didn’t identify by name or photograph the faces of the Special Forces soldiers taking the course. Because they go on covert missions, Special Forces soldiers request they not be identified. The only requirement for students is that they are part of the special operations community, since they would have the most use for the training.
J)Tony Parkhurst, director of the horsemanship and mule packing course, built the curriculum by delving into old cavalry manuals and studying American Indian tactics and techniques. "The Indians were actually better than our cavalry," Parkhurst said. "They were phenomenal guerrilla fighters."
K)Cavalry officers in the 1800s had to calculate things such as how far horses could march, how much food they consumed and how best to pack them with equipment and weapons. The pack saddle used for mules here would be recognized by Genghis Khan’ s army, Parkhurst said.
L)The Marines have stopped at nothing in an effort to recapture the skills lost when the military turned to mechanized warfare. Not many people know how to shoot from a moving horse these days, so the Marines turned to Annie Bianco, who goes by the name Outlaw Annie and is a leading practitioner of the small but growing sport of cowboy mounted shooting. She fires a six-shooter at targets from a galloping horse. A couple of instructors from the training centre visited her ranch in Arizona.
M)Bianco knows how to desensitize horses to the sound of gunfire. "Horses are flighty animals," she said. "Their first response from gunfire is to try and get away from it." What instructors have discovered is the horses of today are softer than their ancestors, who ploughed fields and carried riders over vast distances. "We ’ve bred them and made them more athletic over time," Bianco said. "That’ s made it more difficult to find the well-rounded horse."
N)Most of the horses used at the course are former mustangs, or wild horses, trained by people in the Northern Nevada Correctional Centre. The animals are both well-rounded and cheap.
O)Although the Pentagon is turning back to age-old techniques, it is hardly giving up on technology. In fact, it’ s trying to make a robotic version of the mule. The $62 million program is called the LS3, or legged squad support system. The instructors seem sceptical that technology can improve much on the real thing. Parkhurst said, "I can buy a whole load of mules for $60 million."
Marine instructors are teaching students how to take care of horses and how to calculate routes and distance for rides and how to buy horses.
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C
解析
此句意为:海军教员们现在在教学生们如何照顾马。如何计算骑马的线路和路程以及如何买马。根据题干中的Marine instructors可以定位到C段。题干是对文中Marine instructors are teaching the students,most of them Army Special Forcessoldiers,how to control horses,care for them and load packs.The students are taughthow to calculate routes and distances for tides and what to look for when purchasinghorses from locals.的同义转换。
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