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Christopher Zimmerman's Blog – December 2010 Archive (1)

Cavalry at National Finals Rodeo

Our cavalry unit was detailed to carry the national colors in the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas last weekend. We were part of a "salute to the military" night on the fourth day of the competition. Acting as a mounted honor guard is a pretty simple task accept when it's done in an arena full of 18,000 screaming rodeo fans. We had to enter the arena through a tunnel which was dark, full of horses and bulls and people, and filled with a simulated fog for dramatic affect. The tunnel…

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Added by Christopher Zimmerman on December 9, 2010 at 10:53pm — 6 Comments

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