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The Army announced earlier this month that it has reinstated the use of caissons during military funerals at Arlington ...
Arlington National Cemetery will reintroduce caisson horses to some military funerals in June, after a two-year pause to ...
The long-held tradition will be phased in starting June 2 after nearly two years of work to improve the care of the horses.
Beginning the week of June 2, soldiers, their horses and the caisson will carry caskets for two funerals a day and a maximum ...
After a two-year hiatus, horse-drawn caissons will once again be an option at Arlington National Cemetery. The pause came ...
Operations were paused in 2023 over welfare concerns, but the Army undertook a comprehensive overhaul and now offers enhanced care, improved turnout lots, bigger stalls, rehabilitation tools, and inno ...
Tara Lunardi with Full Military Funeral Honors with Escort at Arlington National Cemetery in Section 8.” While the Army acknowledged the honors, the family says that the experience highlighted ...
The three-day event will pay tribute to fallen EMS and air medical personnel with public ceremonies and a formal memorial ...
For over 80 years, the family of Sgt. Frank J. Tedone, a Connecticut airman whose plane was shot down in World War II in 1943, never knew exactly where he was.
A decorated Air Force veteran of 27 years, Colonel Tara Lunardi’s burial followed months of legal struggles over what her family calls a "paperwork technicality." ...
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 ...