01/08/2025
Good luck to this team of amazing patriots and horses this week! Feeling honored to have been a small part of a remarkable team
The Army's Old Guard caisson unit resumed operation for President Jimmy Carter's funeral. The horse unit’s operation had been suspended by the Army in May 2023 following the deaths of two horses used to haul caissons in funerals at Arlington National Cemetery.
“We are executing our flagship mission,” said Lt. Col. Branden Quintana, commander of the Caisson Detachment, part of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment known as The Old Guard. “There’s no better way for us to pay our respect and honor the former president. It’s something we feel in the center of our heart, the pit of our stomach. This is the pinnacle.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/06/jimmy-carter-funeral-caisson-military-horse-unit/77488420007/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
