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

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 ...

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

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

The Army will soon begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. Here, a caisson team carries the remains of Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley during burial ...

In May 2023, a 77-year legacy of service was halted due to the death of two Caisson Platoon horses, but the program has been reformed and revitalized.

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.

Still, some of the workers died. They were victims of caisson disease. This condition, also known as the bends or decompression sickness, is caused by the formation of gas bubbles in the body.

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 ...

It is inspired by the Ming Dynasty caisson ceiling in the Wanchun Pavilion of the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The caisson is a key element of Chinese wooden architecture.

Here, a caisson team carries the remains of Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley during burial services at the cemetery in 2010. (Kevin Wolf/AP) The Army will soon begin limited use of horse-drawn ...