August 11, 2007 by Lance
My old stomping ground…Hoooaaaah!
If you want to join the service, and you absolutely want to meet the enemy face to face, become a Cavalry Scout. It’s about 2.5 months of pure hell, followed by a few years of pure hell. But it has a proud history and a proud tradition. The day you graduate, when they pin those crossed sabers on your lapel, you’ll truly be a man. And nobody can ever take that away from you.
Like I said, Hoooaaaah!
Paratus et fidelis!
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Posted November 4, 2008 by Lance
Great video! I’m going to Basic in a month and can’t wait to become a scout.
Yeah? Let me know what you think about it 2-3 weeks into the training. I went through it in the older, tougher days. Cav school used to be hell. I’m sure it still is. Good luck and get ready to have your body transformed into a killing machine. By the way, stay away from the Striker and take the Bradley if you have a choice. 19D10D3 all the way.
Tell Ft. Knockers I said, Hello!
Hoooooaaaaaa!
Best of luck to you Jesse and God Bless.
My friends and family send their thanks to you. You’ll be part of a proud tradition. It’s for a good cause. And might makes right.
If you want to be a real man, don’t be anything like me. Be like Lance! He’s the real deal!
If you want the next best thing, be an airborne scout. For christ['s] sake ride a parachute not a
b[B]radley! Of course, in my case, everybody rides my ass[xxx] Bracketed interjections are corrections of fundamental English language discovered and corrected by Lance, TMQ2 Administrator, Veteran.
If you want to join the Army and have it easy because you’re a pussy, do what I did, go Airborne Infantry (of course, I only lasted 3 months until they stamped me a “COWARD” and dishonorably discharged me. I have a new career now and guaranteed for life. I’m a dishwasher!
strick9paratrooper@yahoo.com
Airborne Infantry is a piece of cake, even when compared to Cav or Intel. Intel is hard for need of a big brain. I’m a DAVPRM. Been there, done that. Scouts do Bradleys, M1s, Hummers, Oh58s, Strikers etc. And 75% of all Rangers, SF, and other SpecOps were previously Cavalry, not AB Infantry. So you need to flush out your Kevlar Stick-boy. And Cav are required to do jump school or Air Assault anyway. That’s how come we know AB Infantry pussies are all hot air. We may be legs, but our legs are bigger and so are our dicks. Just ask your women.
hey bud, just wondering where you got your facts from, 75% is a pretty big percentage that i am 100% positive you pulled out of your ass. As an 11B, i find it intersting how all you POGs feel the need to compare yourself to infantrymen. why not just be proud of the job you do based on its own merit. also, as an infantryman, i had the pleasure of serving as a recce team leader in a scout troop in a rsta squadron. i enjoyed working with them and observing a concept of operations different than the infantry way i grew up with. i also enjoyed teaching them the infantry way of things. either way, i made some life long friends in the scouts, and would go to war with those men again anyday. i dunno, i got on here to rant and rave but as i typed i realized that im not angry about the dumb shit you wrote. you just really need to get your facts checked, and oh by the way, they send infantry to augment the scouts because we can do that job as well as our own, but they never send scouts to infantry platoons, and thats a fact im 100% on. maybe ill kick you off your stool at fiddlers green and drink your beer while im on my way to hell with engineers, artillery and marines. Duncan, Not TMQ2 administrator, Veteran.
For two centuries I have kept our nation safe, purchasing freedom with my blood. To tyrants, I am the day of reckoning; to the oppressed, the hope for the future. Where the fighting is thick, there am I…I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
I was there from the beginning, meeting the enemy face to face, will to will. My bleeding feet stained the snow at Valley Forge; my frozen hands pulled Washington across the Deleware. At Yorktown, the sunlight glinted from the sword and I, begrimed…saw a nation born. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
Hardship…and glory I have known. At New Orleans I fought beyond the hostile hour, showed the fury of my long rifle…and came of age. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
Westward I pushed with the waggon trains…moved an empire across the plains…extended freedom’s borders and tamed the wild frontier. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
I was with Scott and Vera Cruz…hunted the guerrilla in the mountain passes…and scaled the high plate. The fighting was done when I ended my march many miles from the old Alamo. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
From Bull Run to Appomattox, I fought and bled. Both Blue and Grey were my colors then. Two masters I served and united them strong…proved this nation could right a wrong…and long endure. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
I led the charge up San Juan Hill…scaled the walls of old Tientsin…and stalked the Moro in the steaming jungle still…always the vanguard. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
At Chateau-Thierry, first over the top, then I stood like a rock on the Marne. It was I who cracked the Hindenburg Line in the Argonne, I broke the Kaiser’s spine…and didn’t come home till it was over, over there. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
A generation older at Bataan, I briefly bowed, but then I vowed to return. Assaulted the African shore…learned my lesson the hard way in the desert sands…pressed my buttons into the beach an Anzio…and marched into Rome with determination and resolve. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
The English Channel, stout beach defenses and the hedgerows could not hold me…I broke out at Saint Lo, unbent the Bulge…vaulted the Rhine…and swarmed the Heartland. Hitler’s dream and the Third Reich were dead. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
In the Pacific, from island to island…hit the beaches and chopped through swamp and jungle…I set the Rising Sun. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
In Korea, I gathered my strength around Pusan…swept across the frozen Han…outflanked the Reds at Inchon…and marched to the Yalu. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
In Vietnam, while others turned aside, I fought the longest fight. From the Central Highlands to the South China Sea I patrolled the jungle, the paddies and the sky in the bitter test that belongs to the Infantry. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
Around the world I stand…ever forward. Over Lebanon’s sands, my rifle steady aimed…and calm returned. At Berlin’s gates I scorned the wall of shame. I spanned the Caribbean in freedom’s cause, answered humanity’s call. I trod the streets of Santo Domingo to protect the innocent. In Grenada I jumped at Salinas and proclaimed freedom for all. My arms set a Panamanian dictator to flight and once more raised democracy’s flag. In the Persian Gulf I drew the line in the sand, called the tyrant’s bluff, and restored right and freedom in 100 hours. Duty called, I answered. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
My bayonet…on the wings of power…keeps the peace worldwide. And despots, falsely garbed in freedom’s mantle, falter…hide. My ally in the paddies and forest…I teach, I aid, I lead. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
Where brave men fight…there I fight. In freedom’s cause…I live…I die. From Concord Bridge to Heartbreak Ridge, from the Arctic, to the Mekong, to the Caribbean. Always ready…then, now, and forever. I am the Infantry! Follow Me!
Actually infantry units do have their own scouts
hey i am 23 yrs old and leave for basic to fort knox to become a cav scout in 3 weeks.. and advice or tips or anything you can dish out would be greatly appreciated. a lil scared nervous and excited..
Listen up. Click here for a taste of what’s to come, but first, you have some things to learn:
1. NO MATTER what you do, keep your thoughts to yourself. Never let anybody know what you’re really thinking unless you have something patriotic to say.
2. WHENEVER asked how you’re doing by anyone, always bark out a resounding “outstanding sir,” or “outstanding sergeant major.” Do this especially when standing for inspection using their respective rank, of course.
3. REMEMBER, no matter how hard it gets, all you have to do is grunt through it, It does end. It’s a capsulized space of time. All you have to do is hang in there until it’s over and pass. There are no A’s through F’s. There is only pass or fail. So pass.
4. Never ever go on sick call unless you’re dying, and then go ahead and pass out and let them take care of you. This way you look tough and aren’t a complainer.
5. Whenever they have you killing time by cleaning your weapon, never run up early to say your weapon is clean. They will always find dirt. The exercise is all about killing time, so just look like you’re cleaning your weapon, sit back and enjoy the break because that’s all it is.
6. Never ever, no matter what, ever, give your weapon up to anyone unless ordered to do so by an OFFICER. They’ll (the NCOs) test you by trying to bluff you into giving your weapon up easily. If you do, you will do many push-ups and be labeled a shit-bird. If you don’t let them jerk it away from you or talk you out of it, they’ll label you a hard-charging trooper.
7. Remember these things when you’re in Cav school and remember I went through it too. I was there in Alpha Troop, 5/15th Cav.
8. This will be the toughest thing you ever did in your life. Take your time and learn the shit the right way because you will definitely be in combat shortly after graduation. Cavalry are the ass kickers and name-takers of the army.
9. The day you graduate and they pin those crossed sabers onto your chest, you’ll truly be a man and part of a long American history. I cried like a baby I was so proud. Later, join the Order of the Spur. Be proud to be Cav. They are the best combat soldiers in the army, bar none.
10. Keep your fucking head down when under fire. Heroes are the dead skinny red-heads from Kansas. Remember your training and you’ll be okay.
11. While in Cav school, if you get internet time, tell your Cav brothers to visit us at tmqblog.com. And come visit us after you graduate. Tell us how you are.
12. Never ever give up or give in. Once Cav, your life has deeper meaning than you’ll ever know. You’ll be a member of a very exclusive club and be my brother. If you fail, then you’ll be a failure the rest of your life.
13. Be a HARD-CHARGER and nothing less. It’s a mind game. Win it.
14. Forget this new, lame “hooah” shit. BARK LIKE A GIANT. HOOOOOAHHHH!
Got it?
I’ve been there, done that. Join me and my Cav brothers and get your ass back alive, okay? Earn those crossed sabers.
Paratus et fidelis
Thank you for this description of Cav Scouts and the Crossed Sabers. My 38 yr old son just text messaged me he just received his “crossed sabers” Now I know what has happened. I knew he was working for them–just not sure all the meaning. He has already seen combat in Iraq and Afhganistan-4 hash marks. 2 Army Comm.,2 Presid. comm.m Bronze and Silver star–has only been in 4 yrs. He was recon with a Marine combat team in Iraq even though he is Army–he wears both patches.
I am the proud mother of a Cav Army Scout with the crossed sabers. I know my only child is a MAN.
Thanks again
and Thank you for serving so galantly.
Respectfully,
Scarlett Cooley
I wish for your brave son to come home alive and in one piece.
Hey Lance, what are the physical requirements for Cavalry Scouts? I’m only a Sophmore, but my one dream is to be a Cavalry Scout.
No metal screws or plates on bones, pass the rigid army physical, no asthma, clean drug screening, score high enough on the ASFAB test, be physically fit…and I mean REALLY physically fit. No Felonies, and whatever they’ve added since my days.
Check out these sites for more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry_Scout and http://www.usarmy.com/65/cavalry-scout-expert-in-army-reconnaissance/
Lance, You say no asthma, and while this may be a dumb question, I HAVE to ask it. I have been diagnosed with asthmatic bronchitis and am still in the army reserve. My dream was to be 19D. Is there any possible way under the sun, by grace of God, or any other miracle for me get past this and be accepted into scout school?
I’ve shed my tears at being rejected from Ranger School, but I need to be a soldier and a warrior. There’s no other way without misery.
Ask your recruiter or Meps Doc. I went through it in the 80s. It was tougher to get in and tougher to graduate back then. Nowadays, they’re not quite so picky. Good luck!
To Be a Scout you can not have any lung probloms, In my class right nw (im on christmas Exodus) around 6 guys have been discharged for asthma. I have passed Basic nw im movieing into AIT nw. But hey have fun man its been really fun so far
-Scouts out
I am prior service, and am going into the Scouts. I ship out this Oct. 21. I am very anxious/excited to get the privilege to serve my country again…especially in this capacity. (I have previously been turned down from Spec. Forces because of bad vision).
However, I am not a young’n anymore. 31 yrs. old. I am already running 8:15 minute miles with plenty of push-up and sit-ups and am also lifting weights like a man possessed, but I would love to go in already in great shape…not just good. I know that no matter what I do, it will be a challenge to graduate anyways…which is great. But I love to plan ahead and get a lot of the pain over with now. I have considered long and rigorous hikes with a 30-40 lb. rucksack to help, but what else would you recommend?
Looking forward to training, (obviously), and to hearing from your expertise. And thanks for serving.
Sincerely,
Ticson
Thanks. Just show up. They’ll transform your body. They don’t use the army’s age PT charts. They expect you to test out at the 18-year-old standards no matter what your age. 8-minute miles won’t work. I cut mine down to around 6 and I was 30, almost 31 when I graduated from Scout Training. It’s rough and long. But being prior service, I smoked those young guys. At least it was tough when I went through it. Ft. Knox is a serious combat arms post with Infantry, Scout and Armor training. I hear the army is easier these days.
And read my comments above which explain more about it.
Good luck!
Lance,
You’re right. Cav is the shit. Infantry is full of pussy crybabies. LOL
I ship to Ft. Knox on 25 January to undergo 19D training. I’m proud to have the opportunity to go Scout. This is for my uncle who fought in Vietnam and my buddy Matt who still dreams of his Scout days in Iraq and Afghanistan. To quote Matt: “They (the Army) say I’m too sick (mentally) to fight but I’m a Scout and I’ll keep trying to get back in it.”
Good luck, Roughneck7. Good luck with “agony” and “misery.” Those are two hills you’ll have to run and all FT. Knockers grads know them well.
Paratus et fidelis!
I signed p for scout calvary. Seriously cant wait to go to training.
Unfortunatly i have to finish my 15 collage credits before ic an leave almost done few months left.
Funny me and my friend signed up together he went infintary i went scout calvary.
Lol he thinks his bad ass going infintary saying us scouts jst give them intel and they do the job. So dose every other wack ass infintary sargent at our recruiting station lol
Im going to fort knox on march 23 for 19d. im a little nervous but more anxious. i like everything iv’e heard on here.