A butt for dreary jests, a homely beast to look upon, the U.S. mule—4,500,000 strong—is again coming into his own. Farmers, threatened with a tractor shortage, are buying mules. The U.S. Army is ...
The idea seems like a simple one, not to mention a good one: equip the U.S. army with camels instead of horses or mules to ease movements and operations in the ever-expanding Western territories of ...
Modern firefighters use high-tech drones to monitor fires, sophisticated aircraft to patrol burn areas and GPS to share dangerous locations in the blink of an eye. They also use old-school mules. Fire ...