I received a message from the Garrison Headquarters this morning inquiring about a report of B Troop horses being taken off post on Memorial Day. This was big news as our horses are restricted to post until the Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) panic is over. According to the report, a "B Troop trailer full of horse" left the post for a short time and then returned. This was a scandal of big proportions because the gate guards are not supposed to let any horses on post until the epidemic is over. If you take a horse of the fort, it will not get back on.
I explained that if anyone moved any horses off post it was without my knowledge or authorization. Furthermore, we were not tasked to support any ceremonies on Memorial Day. Soon, I received a call from the security people asking about the incident which apparently was reported by one of their gate guards who was traveling to work and allegedly saw one of our trailers moving down the road. The incident didn't take place on Memorial Day but the day before. I checked our pasture feed logs and vehicle dispatches and asked the troopers if they knew of any trailer movements during the weekend. No one saw anything of the sort and our records showed that all horses were accounted for at the time of the incident. I asked the local stable staff and people who board horses next to us and they likewise saw nothing. It would be hard to miss a B Troop trailer moving out of the stables because there is only one road in or out and our trailers are distinctively marked.
I continued to receive questions about the incident as rumors spread like wild fire. I filed my report stating that there was no evidence anywhere indicating that a B Troop trailer had moved at any time during the entire Memorial Day weekend. I'm not sure what the guard saw, but it wasn't one of our trailers.
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