A U.S. Army Special Operations Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) rides horseback while leading a mule through Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest during the SOF Horsemanship Course at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., June 19, 2019. The purpose of the SOF horsemanship course is to teach SOF personnel the necessary skills to enable them to ride horses, load, and maintain pack animals for military applications in austere environments.

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