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 program, long an Arlington tradition, was suspended after several equine deaths and reports of neglectful treatment of ...

The Army will soon begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. Here, a caisson ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Beginning the week of June 2, soldiers, their horses and the caisson will carry caskets for two funerals a day and a maximum of 10 a week. Caissons are wagons that had been used to carry artillery ...