Welcome to the 87th Cavalry

Salute to all...

The 87th Cavalry served as a Reconnaissance Squadron during the Battle of the Bulge (Check link below for Historical Intel)

To be a Cavalry Scout is to be the commander’s eyes and ears of the battlefield. To do this requires a unique soldier. He must be flexible, intelligent, resourceful, courageous, and crave danger to do the unique job of Scouting. Their units are tightly woven groups, able to depend on one another at any time, irrelevant of rank, which is critical to their survival. They take great pride in both their history and traditions.

The number of common and specialized skills that they are required to know, even at the lowest rank, outnumbers any other job on the battlefield. The job of gaining and maintaining contact with the enemy without being spotted, mounted or dismounted, and reporting all this intelligence to the commander so he can mass his forces to defeat them requires this tremendous amount of knowledge.

Because the Cavalry Scout is such an invaluable asset on the battlefield, he is not usually used in the traditional combat role. He fights as a last resort and rarely as a combat multiplier, but has a tremendous amount of combat resources available to him to insure his survivability. It is not unusual to see a young Cavalry Scout coordinating both direct and indirect fires to decisively engage and destroy the enemy because he is the one with the eyes on the target. The term " Recon** out front " exemplifies the dangerous job and continuous threat of exposure to the enemy while working on or behind enemy lines.

Here are a few of the duties of a Cavalry Scout:

Secure and prepare ammunition on scout vehicles
Load, clear and fire individual and crew-served weapons
Perform navigation during combat
Serve as member of observation and listening posts
Gather and report information on terrain, weather and enemy disposition and equipment
Collect data to classify routes, tunnels and bridges
Employ principles of concealment and camouflage

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So what does it take to be apart of 87th_Cav?

-We are a realistic Gaming Troop
-We use the Battle Buddy system(link below)
-For a unit to be strong we must be as one, team work is a must for success.
-We follow the 7 Army Values (link below) and expect everyone who is 87th to do the same.
-Treat everyone with dignity and respect, this is just a Game.
-We do not get involved with in-game Politics...if you have a issue, settle it on the Battlefield.
-Disrespect, Cheating, Racism,and anything else that would be considered as unethical will NOT be tolorated! and will result in a perminate Ban from 87th_Cav.


If you wish to Join us, send us a request permission of 87th_Cav Tags.

Thank you for your time and hope to see each and everyone of you on the Battlefield,

Hooah!
87thCav_DethKlok



The Seven Army Values[www.history.army.mil]
The 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron[www.criba.be]
Battle Buddy System[en.wikipedia.org]