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 ...

JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. (Army News Service, Oct. 10, 2014) -- Before the sun peeks over the horizon, the Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), are already hard at work ...

A horse-drawn procession carried President Jimmy Carter's remains to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday during his state funeral, marking the first time the troubled unit has been used since the Army ...

The mission to carry a fallen service member to his or her final resting place with the Fort Sam Houston Caisson Section came to fruition in the wake of terrorism. Army Lt. Col. Karen Wagner, a ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A horse-drawn caisson from the Butler County Sheriff’s Office will carry the casket of Hamilton County Deputy Sheriff Larry Henderson to its final resting place in Spring Grove ...

The first version of the official song of the U.S. Army featured these lyrics: “Over hill, over dale, as we hit the dusty trail, And those caissons go rolling along …” If there was ever any question ...

JOINT BASE MYER, HENDERSON HALL, Va. (July 16, 2010) -- The caisson platoon of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) has instituted an adoption program that protects its horses from being ...

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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 ...