The return of the historic Arlington Horses Kaison after renewing 28 million dollars

the American armyThe Caisson Detachment returned to the Armington National Cemetery this week for the first time in two years. In Section 62, the festive horses unit that transported old warriors and service members to the final resting place was accompanied by the remains of the soldier Bernard Koran, who was killed in World War II.

Koran died in 1942 after the Japanese captured them. He was buried alongside other prisoners of war in the common grave 723 in the Philippines. He was returned to the United States after his remains were identified by the American army last year. It was decided that the holy lands of Arlington are the final place of rest.

The ceremony represents the return of the Caisson detachment after a two -year comment. The program faced tremendous reform after the death of Khailan within 96 hours of each other due to the bad living conditions.

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The American army family is part of the third infantry regiment, also known as the old goalkeeper, who is responsible for guarding the grave of the unknown soldier. Caisson horses withdrew the Cabbette of war in America to their final place in the Armington National Cemetery for more than 70 years. This is a military tradition of the Minister of the Army And DriscollWho served in an armored infantry unit in Iraq, the clearer dating back to hundreds of years.

“The Kayson units in the army belong to hundreds and hundreds of years, when armies and armies want to show respect and love for their soldiers, and the soldiers who served with honor and soldiers who died in the war,” Drskol said in an exclusive interview with Fox News.

Caisson was stopped in May 2023, while the army achieved concerns that the horses used to withdraw the Kisson were suffering from dangerous living conditions and neglect.

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“We had two horses to die within four days of each other,” Drskol said. “Thus we did a temporary stop for all operations, and the army took a closer look at the reason for this. What they found is that these horses and their care fell as a kind of cracks.”

In February 2022, two Kaison, Mickey and Tony horses died within 96 hours of each other. Both were eliminated due to bad conditions and nutrition. Tony is found to manipulate 44 lbs of gravel and sand while Micky suffers from an unmistakable disease. Two other horses died during the year, raising fears within the army and depriving families of this festive tradition.

“We did not do a special job as an army in all cases of ensuring that the training was good and that horses were taken care of, so we took a temporary stop. It was assumed that it was originally a stand of 45 days at that time as a government and sometimes armyDrskol said, “I spanned me.”

The Caisson unit lived in stables in Fort Maeer in Arlington, Virginia at the time. A report by the American army found that the conditions between the elderly horses in dilapidated stables located in Fort Meyer, which were built in 1908, were insufficient to house festive horses. Low -quality straw horses were fed, routinely suffered from parasites from standing in their own stools. They ate their feeding from the ground in a lot of clay covered with gravel and construction waste, according to the report.

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“We had to rehabilitate many of our horses and what we found was years of investment. After the point where they could still continue the mission, so we had to retire them, then we had to buy new horses … We found that we lack an experience to take care of these horses. “

He supervised the comprehensive reform of the unit.

“The problem was not clear overnight. This was contracts of investment. We understood that the deviation of gravel was a big problem because there was a nutrition on the ground. We did not have the right mats in the stalls, and therefore the gravel can easily become with straw or with a ground cover, and thus we raised all feed from the ground, we have nutrients hanging in the interior of the stalls. Brednkamp explained that postalcamp explained that the rubber mat is also there again to prevent stones from being taken by horses.

The army set out to find the best horse coaches in the country.

“We have brought these external experts. We have created a plan. We have invested 28 million dollars in the past two years,” Drskol said.

Lieutenant Colonel Jason Crowford is a veterinarian in the trained army who was riding horses throughout his life. Croford was upgraded to become a new caby for secession earlier this year.

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“We now have civilian coaches in our teams, on every individual group, as well as in our leadership,” Crovord explained.

The day of dentistry was when Crawford presented the Fox News crew around the newly renewed stable.

“We have made dental procedures on all these horses, and we have put them in a good routine now, and this is one of the other big changes, it is truly fixed about their care,” said Crowford.

Caisson unit must carefully choose their horses. The unit will make up to two funerals per day, an increase of 10 a week on the difficult sidewalk of the Arlington National Cemetery.

“Unlike some other microcredit horses, they will be on concrete and sidewalk. So the presence of a really strong feet for them to move actually across the cemetery is very vital. The largest thing we look at is to be tall, width, and they have good, strong, solid back and solid legs.”

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“The way I look at anything with horses, especially in military animals, is an extension of us. This is an extension of what we can do our capabilities. Anything, as you know, whether it is a dog working in the battlefield or if it is a horse we use in the Arlington Cemetery.”

The army restored the Caisson unit to its long role after renewing the stables, and repairing the care of Caisson horses using the best practices it learned from the best horse and francin experts in the country.

“I would like to say, although this horse cannot speak, I think he will say that he lives one of the best life of any horse in our country, “said Drickol.

“As an old warrior for a period Arlington National CemeteryIt is a clear symbol of American determination and honor. “