The caisson unit belongs to the 3rd Infantry Regiment, also known as "The Old Guard." The regiment is part of the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region/U.S. Army Military District of Washington.

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The caisson — a ceremonial wagon that bears the casket — is drawn by four specially trained horses. The processions are considered an integral part of traditional full-honor military funerals ...

Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is returned to its former name without the Confederate namesake, as the Pentagon honored WWII Pvt. Roland Bragg of Maine.

The U.S. Army has a horse stable on Fort Myer for the horse-drawn caissons used during military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. The caisson program was suspended in 2023 after two horses ...

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“He did something that everybody in the military questions whether they would ... Breault was taken away to a hyperbaric chamber for Caisson's disease, also known as “the bends” or ...

editor and publisher of Military Images Magazine, said during an episode of his "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" video series. "... Wagons and caissons had made the roads impassable ...