The Army's Old Guard caisson unit resumes operation for President Jimmy Carter's funeral. It had been suspended for ...

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 ...

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 is extending the suspension of horses leading caissons during funerals at Arlington National Cemetery through June 2024 due to their health. The initial pause, which began in May, for the ...

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 Win McNamee/Getty After a two-year hiatus, the Army will once ...

A proposed bill would give VA more latitude to exhume the remains of veterans convicted of serious crimes who are buried in national cemeteries. Here, an Army caisson team carries the remains of 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 ...

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 ...