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08H Army Equestrian

Current service use not established

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Overview

An Army Equestrian cares for, trains, transports, rides, and drives military working equids while supporting military funerals, mounted color guards, historical events, recruiting, and public outreach. MOS 08H replaced the D2 military horseman identifier in March 2026 and currently serves infantry Soldiers in grades E-5 through E-9.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: ST 91

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-17

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: smartbook-611-21-ch10c-fy2025 (source date 2025-12). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Equid health checks and basic first aid
  • Horse training and harness driving
  • Stable and equestrian equipment maintenance
  • Equestrian support for funerals and ceremonies

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Animal Caretakers

Military equid husbandry, grooming, health checks, and stable maintenance transfer directly to civilian horse-care work.

How to prepare: Create a sample daily horse-care checklist covering feeding schedules, signs of illness or injury, and stable sanitation for caretaker applications.

What the civilian work involves
  • Feed and water animals according to schedules and feeding instructions.
  • Examine and observe animals to detect signs of illness, disease, or injury.
  • Do facility laundry and clean, organize, maintain, and disinfect animal quarters, such as pens and stables, and equipment, such as saddles and bridles.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 08H Army Equestrian

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 08H (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank enlisted, authority codeType enlisted

    Supports: Equid health checks and basic first aid, Horse training and harness driving, Stable and equestrian equipment maintenance, Equestrian support for funerals and ceremonies, Animal Caretakers (O*NET 39-2021.00)

  2. O*NET: Animal Caretakers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Animal Caretakers (O*NET 39-2021.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 08H

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