Army's Top Horses Help Heal America's Wounded Vets
Injured Soldiers Attend Weekly Riding Sessions
By CHRISTINE ROMO and STEPHANIE WAS
For more than 60 years, the Caisson Platoon has been part of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, the nation's oldest active infantry regiment and the Army's "premiere ceremonial unit." escorting America's fallen to their final resting places in Arlington National Cemetery...with honor and pride.
And now, this "old guard" is taking on a new role by helping to heal America's wounded veterans with the help of the horses.
Injured soldiers are transported from Walter Reed Army Medical Center each Thursday morning to the platoon's base in Fort Myer, Va., for weekly horse riding sessions.
Some soldiers are just learning to walk again; others are on prosthetics.
For them, the riding has proven to be therapeutic and shown dramatic results , according to the program's directors.
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