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The caisson detachment at Fort Myer, adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, assumed duty to escort funerals in 1948. It followed the tradition of using a caisson, three, two-horse ...
In the United States, there are several types of military funerals such as those performed at Arlington National Cemetery, which include and omit certain components depending on the status of the deceased (active, retired, veteran, rank/occupation). [4] Standard honor military funerals include the following: A military chaplain for family members.
A final component of a state funeral, as is typically offered during military funerals for fallen veterans, is the folding of the flag of the United States and its presentation to the next of kin. The flag draped over the casket is meticulously folded twelve times by a total of eight honor guards, four on each side of the casket.
The United States Army Caisson Platoon of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment "The Old Guard" transports the flag-draped casket of Sergeant Major of the Army George W. Dunaway on a horse-drawn limbers and caissons during a military funeral procession at Arlington National Cemetery, 2008.
Olivia Turner kisses Klinger, a retired military working equine, at a farm in Zebulon, N.C. on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Turner adopted Klinger, a horse formerly with the Army caisson platoon, in ...
A military official (at left) speaks with Becky Lynn, a hospice nurse who helped organized a mass gathering for the funeral of a WW II Navy veteran who died on Dec. 1, 2024. The veteran, Stephen ...
The horse, sometimes caparisoned in black, follows the caisson carrying the casket. [1] A riderless horse can also be featured in parades (military, police or civilian) to symbolize either fallen soldiers, fallen police officers or deceased equestrian athletes. [2] A motorcycle can be used as a substitute for a horse though such practice is ...
Hundreds of strangers attended the Friday afternoon funeral of a 78-year-old man who served in the Vietnam War but died homeless and without family.