The Army announced earlier this month that it has reinstated the use of caissons during military funerals at Arlington ...

Caisson Detachment, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) is riding into modernization with a new saddle. The ...

This National Cemetery tradition has been reinstated on a limited basis following a revamping of the Old Guard caisson horse ...

Beginning the week of June 2, soldiers, their horses and the caisson will carry caskets for two funerals a day and a maximum ...

Operations were paused in 2023 over welfare concerns, but the Army undertook a comprehensive overhaul and now offers enhanced ...

The Army said Tuesday that it was partially resuming its horse-drawn caisson program for funerals in Arlington National ...

The Army will soon begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery, phasing in the long-held tradition after nearly two years of work to improve the care of the ...

Two horses were euthanized in 2022 due to poor living conditions and feed; the program was suspended for two years just a few ...

Arlington National Cemetery will soon bring back caisson horses for some military funerals after implementing a nearly two-year pause to improve the herd's health, the Army announced Tuesday.

1 - Builders construct a water-tight caisson, over fifty feet long and nine feet high. It is made of oak timbers and covered with plate iron. Contained within the caisson are three open-bottomed ...

FILE - A U.S. Army Caisson team carries the remains of Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf ...