After 60 continuous hours of concrete pouring, the construction of the world's largest caisson for a highway project, the Hannan Yangtze River Bridge's south anchorage caisson, was completed in Wuhan, ...

Almost two years ago in May 2023, a 77-year legacy of service was halted due to the death of two horses within the Caisson Platoon, Mickey and Tony, after they passed due to intestinal compaction.

FORT MYER, Va. (April 8, 2025) — Caisson Detachment, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) is riding into modernization with a new saddle. The detachment is embracing innovation while ...

With the wellbeing of the horses in mind, the caissons will be used no more than twice in a day, up to 10 times per week. Sanctuary Plans to Build Rescue for Retired Carriage Horses Following Deat ...

WASHINGTON − The Army announced Tuesday that it will resume using horse-drawn caissons for a limited number of funerals at Arlington National Cemetery this summer, three years after it suspended ...

Refusing to give up, the team began planning another caisson shaft, remaining confident they were close to solving the Money Pit mystery. In the island’s infamous swamp area, the team continued ...

After a two-year hiatus, the Army will once again use horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. The program will resume the first week of June, said Karen Durham-Aguilera ...

FILE - A U.S. Army Caisson team carries the remains of Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf ...

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 ...

Arlington National Cemetery will soon bring back caisson horses for some military funerals after implementing a nearly two-year pause to improve the herd's health, the Army announced Tuesday.

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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 ...