Caisson Platoon

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U.S. Army unit ceremonial military unit

The Caisson Platoon is a ceremonial unit of the U.S. Army that conducts horse-drawn military funerals and related honors, primarily at Arlington National Cemetery.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Caisson Platoon canonical 3
Tomb Guard Platoon 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Army unit ⓘ
ceremonial military unit ⓘ
associatedWith United States Army Military District of Washington ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army Military District of Washington
basedNear Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
ceremonialFunction Arlington National Cemetery honors ⓘ
funeral escort for fallen service members ⓘ
state funerals support ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
garrison Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall ⓘ
hasSubunitType horse care sections ⓘ
rider sections ⓘ
support sections ⓘ
heritage U.S. Army field artillery caisson tradition ⓘ
honorsRenderedFor U.S. presidents in state funerals ⓘ
members of the U.S. Armed Forces ⓘ
senior military leaders ⓘ
veterans eligible for burial at Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
language English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableFor care and training of ceremonial horses ⓘ
horse-drawn casket processions ⓘ
precision ceremonial drill ⓘ
operatesAt Virginia ⓘ
Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C. area
partOf 3rd Infantry Regiment (United States) ⓘ
surface form: 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment

The Old Guard ⓘ
performs casket movement by horse-drawn caisson ⓘ
escort of honor for remains ⓘ
graveside ceremonial support ⓘ
primaryLocationOfDuties Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
primaryRole conducting horse-drawn military funerals ⓘ
rendering military honors ⓘ
responsibleFor daily care of ceremonial horses ⓘ
maintenance of ceremonial tack and equipment ⓘ
training riders and drivers for ceremonial missions ⓘ
serviceArea National Capital Region ⓘ
serviceBranchType active duty ⓘ
symbolizes U.S. Army ceremonial tradition ⓘ
respect for fallen service members ⓘ
tradition mounted escort units in military funerals ⓘ
use of caissons to transport caskets ⓘ
typeOfCeremony full honors funerals ⓘ
special ceremonial events ⓘ
standard honors funerals ⓘ
uniform U.S. Army dress blue uniform ⓘ
usesEquipment caparisoned horses ⓘ
horse-drawn caisson ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) → subUnit → Caisson Platoon ⓘ
The Old Guard → hasSubUnit → Caisson Platoon ⓘ
3rd Infantry Regiment (United States) → hasSubUnit → Caisson Platoon ⓘ
3rd Infantry Regiment (United States) → hasSubUnit → Caisson Platoon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb Guard Platoon