FORT MYER, Va -- Famous author Winston Churchill once wrote "No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle". The same can be said about the Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old ...

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY − At 6:30 a.m., the scrape of manure shovels and the shuffling of horse hooves echoed through the red-brick stable at Fort Myer. Soldiers from the caisson detachment in ...

For more than seven decades, the Caisson Platoon of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard," has provided horse-drawn caisson funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia ...

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The haunting image of a riderless horse trailing a flag-draped coffin symbolizes a fallen warrior. On Wednesday, that warrior will be a former commander in chief. The Army's Old ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army will soon begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery, phasing in the long-held tradition after nearly two years of work to improve ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has announced a long-term plan to address the health and well-being of horses supporting enhanced funeral honors at Arlington National Cemetery and to ensure the herd can ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army will soon begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery, phasing in the long-held tradition after nearly two years of work to improve ...