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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 ...
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.
Among the 14 people killed in the New Orleans attack: a warehouse manager, an account executive, an aspiring nurse and two loving parents.
New Year’s celebrations in New Orleans turned tragic early Wednesday after a terrorist mowed down revelers on the city’s iconic Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 and injuring dozens of ...
An RCMP regimental funeral will typically include a procession, a church service or public service, and either an interment or graveside ceremony for burials or chapel ceremony for cremations. [1] The procession includes a charger (a riderless horse ), a bearer party commander, eight casket bearers , an insignia bearer if there are insignia to ...
A 15.1 hands (61 inches, 155 cm) black Morgan-American Quarter Horse cross, [1] [2] [Note 1] Black Jack served in the Caisson Platoon of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). He was the riderless horse in more than 1,000 Armed Forces Full Honors Funerals (AFFHF), the majority of which were in Arlington National Cemetery .
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 ...
The New Orleans Police Department said the attack occurred despite the force being "staffed 100%" for New Year's Eve and the Sugar Bowl, a college football game played annually on New Year's Day.