With the wellbeing of the horses in mind, the caissons will be used no more than twice in a day, up to 10 times per week. Sanctuary Plans to Build Rescue for Retired Carriage Horses Following Deat ...

The Army will soon begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington ... the cemetery will be able to go up to about 20 caisson funerals a week. That number is still far short ...

The caissons stopped rolling in 2023, and the remaining horses were retired to Florida. The Army “pulled out all the stops” to ensure the new caisson detachment has new horses, custom gear and ...

"Everybody realizes that if we underfund this moving forward, we're going to go back to the same problems we had in the past," Bredenkamp said. While two squads have completed their training ...