1 00:00:00,009 --> 00:00:02,619 Let's go , candidates . Let's go . 2 00:00:03,390 --> 00:00:07,210 Hurry ups . My name is 3 00:00:07,210 --> 00:00:09,390 Captain Ian Cannon . I'm the Bravo 4 00:00:09,390 --> 00:00:12,489 troop commander for 1124 Cavalry in the 5 00:00:12,489 --> 00:00:14,489 Texas National Guard . I'm also the 6 00:00:14,489 --> 00:00:16,711 officer in charge of the Spur ride . So 7 00:00:16,711 --> 00:00:18,545 I put the whole thing together , 8 00:00:18,545 --> 00:00:20,656 planned it , and got it executed with 9 00:00:20,656 --> 00:00:20,290 all of the NCOs that helped out . So 10 00:00:20,290 --> 00:00:22,457 the Spur ride is all about tradition , 11 00:00:22,457 --> 00:00:24,290 cavalry tradition . It is a team 12 00:00:24,290 --> 00:00:24,264 building exercise . So we break them 13 00:00:24,264 --> 00:00:25,986 all down into teams . We split 14 00:00:25,986 --> 00:00:28,153 everybody up from across the troops to 15 00:00:28,153 --> 00:00:30,320 kind of spread the wealth . So we have 16 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:29,694 our sport company , our headquarters 17 00:00:29,694 --> 00:00:31,861 company , an infantry troop , and then 18 00:00:31,861 --> 00:00:33,805 two reconnaissance troops . Spread 19 00:00:33,805 --> 00:00:35,861 everybody across . They have to come 20 00:00:35,861 --> 00:00:35,784 together as a team with people they may 21 00:00:35,784 --> 00:00:38,165 not know or or may not know very well 22 00:00:38,444 --> 00:00:40,685 and with a wide variety of experience . 23 00:00:41,069 --> 00:00:43,180 And then we put them together through 24 00:00:43,180 --> 00:00:45,291 all these lanes , so some of them are 25 00:00:45,291 --> 00:00:45,220 going to be cavalry focused , some of 26 00:00:45,220 --> 00:00:47,276 them are going to be maintenance and 27 00:00:47,276 --> 00:00:49,498 support focused , and they just have to 28 00:00:49,498 --> 00:00:51,669 figure out what the task is and then 29 00:00:51,669 --> 00:00:53,891 accomplish that task . And we also have 30 00:00:53,891 --> 00:00:56,113 a land nav element to it where they had 31 00:00:56,113 --> 00:00:58,113 to actually navigate to each one of 32 00:00:58,113 --> 00:01:00,430 their lanes , different , different 33 00:01:00,430 --> 00:01:02,541 distances , so they had to plot their 34 00:01:02,541 --> 00:01:04,541 points . Some of them were about 89 35 00:01:04,541 --> 00:01:06,763 clicks apart , some of them were 3 or 4 36 00:01:06,763 --> 00:01:08,874 clicks apart , so varying movements , 37 00:01:08,874 --> 00:01:08,629 but we also did start off with a 12 38 00:01:08,629 --> 00:01:10,830 mile ruck march . So the spur , of 39 00:01:10,830 --> 00:01:13,108 course I mean it's it's a simple thing , 40 00:01:13,108 --> 00:01:15,330 right ? The actual spur itself , it's , 41 00:01:15,330 --> 00:01:17,552 you know what horse mounted cavalry and 42 00:01:17,552 --> 00:01:19,719 anybody who rides horses tends to wear 43 00:01:19,719 --> 00:01:19,419 just kind of help control the horse and 44 00:01:19,430 --> 00:01:21,809 and spur them on but the spur today , 45 00:01:22,190 --> 00:01:24,134 um , it is a symbol of the cavalry 46 00:01:24,134 --> 00:01:26,246 tradition , so it's something that we 47 00:01:26,246 --> 00:01:28,468 earn through doing these spur rides and 48 00:01:28,468 --> 00:01:30,523 of course your gold spurs are earned 49 00:01:30,523 --> 00:01:30,339 earned if you actually go to combat 50 00:01:30,339 --> 00:01:32,395 with the cavalry in it , but what it 51 00:01:32,395 --> 00:01:34,561 means is you . Through a spur ride you 52 00:01:34,561 --> 00:01:36,783 went through some sort of team building 53 00:01:36,783 --> 00:01:38,950 challenge to earn those spurs , so you 54 00:01:38,950 --> 00:01:41,061 came through as a team , you executed 55 00:01:41,061 --> 00:01:43,117 it , you accomplished this task . So 56 00:01:43,117 --> 00:01:45,450 just like anything else in the military , 57 00:01:45,450 --> 00:01:44,900 any other schools , courses , whatever , 58 00:01:45,150 --> 00:01:47,261 it , it is something you earn . So it 59 00:01:47,261 --> 00:01:49,372 is something you can walk away at the 60 00:01:49,372 --> 00:01:51,428 end of the day and say , hey , I , I 61 00:01:51,428 --> 00:01:53,539 met this challenge and I accomplished 62 00:01:53,539 --> 00:01:53,389 it . I , I defeated whatever it was 63 00:01:53,389 --> 00:01:55,056 that was gonna hold me back . 64 00:01:58,809 --> 00:02:01,889 My name is Vasquez Matthew and I'm a PD 65 00:02:01,889 --> 00:02:04,069 too . The spur ride , it was pretty 66 00:02:04,069 --> 00:02:07,080 difficult at first , the 12 mile , uh , 67 00:02:07,250 --> 00:02:09,361 pushed through it , and then the next 68 00:02:09,361 --> 00:02:11,528 day I didn't expect for all the points 69 00:02:11,528 --> 00:02:14,729 to be really far , like 6 miles away 70 00:02:14,729 --> 00:02:17,007 from each other . I didn't expect that . 71 00:02:17,007 --> 00:02:19,173 I thought I think it'd be way closer , 72 00:02:19,173 --> 00:02:21,396 but you know we kept on pushing through 73 00:02:21,396 --> 00:02:23,562 it , and I'm glad we , we got here and 74 00:02:23,562 --> 00:02:25,673 got our Spurs . I enjoyed it . It was 75 00:02:25,673 --> 00:02:27,580 definitely . Not your everyday 76 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:30,020 experience , but I enjoyed every part 77 00:02:30,020 --> 00:02:32,339 of it with my team and my lane Walker 78 00:02:32,339 --> 00:02:34,399 that helped me go through all that . 79 00:02:36,259 --> 00:02:38,537 I am Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Moran . 80 00:02:38,537 --> 00:02:40,759 I command the Mars men , 1st Squadron , 81 00:02:40,759 --> 00:02:42,759 124th Cavalry Regiment , Texas Army 82 00:02:42,759 --> 00:02:45,190 National Guard out of Waco , and we are 83 00:02:45,190 --> 00:02:48,190 out here doing a spur ride , which is a 84 00:02:48,190 --> 00:02:50,246 sort of a point of pride for cavalry 85 00:02:50,246 --> 00:02:52,412 troopers , not cavalry scouts . I have 86 00:02:52,412 --> 00:02:54,246 all branches out here doing it . 87 00:02:54,246 --> 00:02:56,412 Mechanics , medics , even the chaplain 88 00:02:56,412 --> 00:02:58,357 is having a crack , although we're 89 00:02:58,357 --> 00:03:00,523 cutting him slack on weapons . What it 90 00:03:00,523 --> 00:03:02,746 consists of is it starts with a 12 mile 91 00:03:02,746 --> 00:03:04,357 stroll through the Fort Hood 92 00:03:04,357 --> 00:03:06,357 countryside . Avoiding AH 64s which 93 00:03:06,357 --> 00:03:08,523 have kindly been provided by the first 94 00:03:08,523 --> 00:03:10,579 Cav aviators . The whole thing lasts 95 00:03:10,579 --> 00:03:12,579 about 56 hours , ends with the Spur 96 00:03:12,579 --> 00:03:14,801 Olympics and the Spur board , and if at 97 00:03:14,801 --> 00:03:16,690 the end of it all they are deemed 98 00:03:16,690 --> 00:03:18,857 worthy , they are presented with their 99 00:03:18,857 --> 00:03:20,912 spurs that they are then expected to 100 00:03:20,912 --> 00:03:22,746 wear at any other future cavalry 101 00:03:22,746 --> 00:03:23,746 occasions . 102 00:03:27,789 --> 00:03:29,990 I'm Precious Hunt , Bravo Troop 124 103 00:03:29,990 --> 00:03:32,190 calf . I was a part of the Spur ride . 104 00:03:32,350 --> 00:03:34,461 It's really hot , a lot of bugs , but 105 00:03:34,461 --> 00:03:36,683 really proud of my team . We were the , 106 00:03:36,683 --> 00:03:38,683 we're the only team to make it with 107 00:03:38,683 --> 00:03:40,794 everybody left that we started with . 108 00:03:40,794 --> 00:03:43,017 Uh , the Spur Olympics was definitely a 109 00:03:43,017 --> 00:03:42,669 curveball . Didn't expect that at the 110 00:03:42,669 --> 00:03:45,100 end . Um , I love doing the lanes . I 111 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:47,211 love learning , learning new things . 112 00:03:47,211 --> 00:03:49,378 So it'd be a little fun , soak it up . 113 00:03:49,750 --> 00:03:53,509 Happy to finish this . Oh yeah , big 114 00:03:53,509 --> 00:03:55,565 time . Really happy to hear my Spurs 115 00:03:55,565 --> 00:03:57,787 with the right foot . Are you married ? 116 00:03:57,787 --> 00:03:59,898 Lift your left foot . Look down . Are 117 00:03:59,898 --> 00:04:03,660 you married or single ? Hey , 118 00:04:05,449 --> 00:04:07,671 you guys had a way better pass rate and 119 00:04:07,671 --> 00:04:07,820 a bigger number .