Beginning the week of June 2, soldiers, their horses and the caisson will carry caskets for two funerals a day and a maximum ...

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 ...

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.

In a statement, Renea Yates, acting superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, said using the caissons in a more limited way will be disappointing to some families, but it "allows us to ...

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 ...

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