WASHINGTON − The Army announced Tuesday that it will resume using horse-drawn caissons for a limited number of funerals at Arlington National Cemetery this summer, three years after it suspended the ...

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY − At 6:30 a.m., the scrape of manure shovels and the shuffling of horse hooves echoed through the red-brick stable at Fort Myer. Soldiers from the caisson detachment in ...

WASHINGTON ‒ For the soldiers and horses carrying former President Jimmy Carter's casket to the Capitol, Tuesday is as high-profile and no-fail a mission as they get. The five soldiers and eight ...

A U.S. Army Caisson team carries the remains of Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, on Nov. 2, 2010. (Kevin Wolf/AP) The U.S. Army’s ...

Six Army Caisson horses living out their retirement at Equine Advocates were recognized on Veterans Day. The horse sanctuary farm in Valatie is home to a half-dozen former military working horses that ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Army Military District of Washington hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall for its interim stables for the Caisson Detachment during ...

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The Army's caisson detatchment was worn down by too many funerals, underinvestment and poor care. The Army euthanized two horses, Mickey and Tony, and in 2023 the rest were retired to Florida. By June ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...