Honor guard preserves Fort Riley cavalry heritage
Fifteen Fort Riley soldiers form a ceremonial mounted honor guard to showcase frontier cavalry life at public and post events. Led by Sgt. 1st Class Greg Sutton, the unit includes volunteers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, the 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, and the 937th Engineer Group. Members travel from Iowa Texas Oklahoma and the Dakotas to Fort Riley for 12 to 18 months with daily tasks like mucking stalls and caring for the mounts.
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Fort Riley celebrates 150 years with sesquicentennial symposium
The Fort Riley post marks 150 years of service with a September symposium at Kansas State University titled Perspectives on Fort Riley's Place in U S National Defense and American Life and Times. For details, contact 785 532 6730 or 532 7004. The piece also describes Trooper School training for honor guard recruits and daily duties at the Fort Riley cavalry post, including stable work, PT, and maintenance tasks across about 60 acres and five buildings.
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Institute For Military History and Twentieth Century Studies
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Olina
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Frontier duties at Fort Riley shaped by routine and fatigue
Soldiers at Fort Riley lived by strict post orders prioritizing drills fatigue duties and guard details over combat. Day begins with reveille and roll calls then mess, target practice, and heavy labor such as construction and maintenance to be done by troops. Fatigue details dominate until taps and lights out with some pay extra for labor.
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