THE LAST SUCCESSFUL cavalry charge in military history took place in Poland on March 1, 1945—more than a decade before the first man-made object would exit Earth’s atmosphere. So it might come as a surprise to learn that the U.S. Space Force—the sixth and newest branch of the military, created by President Donald Trump in 2019—has a stable of decidedly earthbound “military working horses” at the Vandenberg Space Force Base on California’s Pacific Coast.
That makes about as much sense
