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* [[Flashman|Harry Flashman]] buys a commission as a cavalry officer shortly after being expelled from Rugby and spends most of his career more or less in that service. He displays most of the lifestyle traits, as do many of his comrades.
* Cavalry officers show up from time to time in the ''[[Sharpe]]'' series; they usually show contempt for the title character, an infantry officer who worked his way up from being a common soldier.
* John Carter of [[John Carter of Mars|the Barsoom Cycle]] of books and...''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]'' is an ex cavalry-man of the state of Virginia in the American Civil War. In the film, he is forced into being one again for the state of Arizona (despite three escape attempts in the space of five minutes). He is an [[Officer and a Gentleman]] despite [[Perma
* ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' presents us with two modern flavors of this: The helicopter pilots, lead by Major Bruce "[[Nom De Guerre|Snake Shit]]" Crandall go so far as to wear [[Custom Uniform|Custom Uniforms]] complete with the classic western Stetson hats. Meanwhile, the "Air Cav" ground troops are lead by Lt. Colonel Hal Moore, a paratrooper who believes that an officer's place in battle is at the front of his mean, "where the metal meets the meat." Both of course, were [[Real Life]] military officers.
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