By June, the Army plans to have three squads trained for funeral ceremony duty. Each squad will have 11 horses. WASHINGTON − The Army announced Tuesday that it will resume using horse-drawn ...

The Army said Tuesday that it was partially ... in which certain deceased service members are conveyed to their graves in horse-drawn artillery wagons, or caissons. Funding was boosted, Bredenkamp ...

The unit was in its final days of practice, preparing for the return June 2 of carrying deceased troops by horse-drawn caisson wagon to their ... part of the Army’s 3 rd Infantry Regiment ...

which are horse-drawn wagons used to transport a funeral casket, have returned to Arlington National Cemetery (ANC). The return of these wagons had been delayed for more than a year as the Army ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON − The Army announced Tuesday that it will resume using horse-drawn caissons for a limited ... Caissons are wagons that had been used to carry artillery to the front and fallen ...