The US Army Caisson team pulls the honored remains of a fallen veteran in the rain through Arlington National Cemetery to their final resting place. Six of the horses pull a flag draped casket on a black artillery caisson. Both Soldiers and horses are conscious that this is a serious and solemn final mission. They have the honor of carrying a comrade for his last ride to Arlington National Cemetery, where he will rest in peace with other honored soldiers. The solemn dignity which the riders and horses lend to this ceremony is neither accidental nor instinctive. Soldiers and horses train constantly for this duty. They are members of the Caisson platoon of the 3d United States Infantry “The Old Guard.”

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Continue ReadingThe US Army Caisson team pulls the honored remains of a fallen veteran in the rain through Arlington National Cemetery to their final resting place. Six of the horses pull a flag draped casket on a black artillery caisson. Both Soldiers and horses are conscious that this is a serious and solemn final mission. They have the honor of carrying a comrade for his last ride to Arlington National Cemetery, where he will rest in peace with other honored soldiers. The solemn dignity which the riders and horses lend to this ceremony is neither accidental nor instinctive. Soldiers and horses train constantly for this duty. They are members of the Caisson platoon of the 3d United States Infantry “The Old Guard.”

The US Army Caisson team pulls the honored remains of a fallen veteran in the rain through Arlington National Cemetery to their final resting place. Six of the horses pull a flag draped casket on a black artillery caisson. Both Soldiers and horses are conscious that this is a serious and solemn final mission. They have the honor of carrying a comrade for his last ride to Arlington National Cemetery, where he will rest in peace with other honored soldiers. The solemn dignity which the riders and horses lend to this ceremony is neither accidental nor instinctive. Soldiers and horses train constantly for this duty. They are members of the Caisson platoon of the 3d United States Infantry “The Old Guard.”

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Continue ReadingThe US Army Caisson team pulls the honored remains of a fallen veteran in the rain through Arlington National Cemetery to their final resting place. Six of the horses pull a flag draped casket on a black artillery caisson. Both Soldiers and horses are conscious that this is a serious and solemn final mission. They have the honor of carrying a comrade for his last ride to Arlington National Cemetery, where he will rest in peace with other honored soldiers. The solemn dignity which the riders and horses lend to this ceremony is neither accidental nor instinctive. Soldiers and horses train constantly for this duty. They are members of the Caisson platoon of the 3d United States Infantry “The Old Guard.”

The US Navy Ceremonial Band Baton held by the Drum Major is pictured here in a capture by @arlingtonmedia during ceremonial honors. The Navy Ceremonial Band performs music at official military and government functions as well as other special events. Led by the Navy Band drum major, the group’s varied duties include arrival ceremonies at the White House and Pentagon, changes of command, military retirement ceremonies and funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremonial band also supports the Navy’s mission by providing music for community events around the Washington area. Regularly staffed by approximately sixty musicians who rotate between the Ceremonial and Concert Bands, the Ceremonial Band’s size may vary from 15 to 99 pieces based on mission requirements. The ensemble is routinely augmented with members from other Navy Band performing groups when very large ceremonial bands are required. The Ceremonial Band provides support for more than 1,300 official ceremonies annually. Navy Band drum majors are keenly aware of the centuries of tradition the sash and mace represent. They truly are the leaders and mentors to which the entire band looks for guidance and direction on the command’s top mission priorities. They lead the way.

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Continue ReadingThe US Navy Ceremonial Band Baton held by the Drum Major is pictured here in a capture by @arlingtonmedia during ceremonial honors. The Navy Ceremonial Band performs music at official military and government functions as well as other special events. Led by the Navy Band drum major, the group’s varied duties include arrival ceremonies at the White House and Pentagon, changes of command, military retirement ceremonies and funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremonial band also supports the Navy’s mission by providing music for community events around the Washington area. Regularly staffed by approximately sixty musicians who rotate between the Ceremonial and Concert Bands, the Ceremonial Band’s size may vary from 15 to 99 pieces based on mission requirements. The ensemble is routinely augmented with members from other Navy Band performing groups when very large ceremonial bands are required. The Ceremonial Band provides support for more than 1,300 official ceremonies annually. Navy Band drum majors are keenly aware of the centuries of tradition the sash and mace represent. They truly are the leaders and mentors to which the entire band looks for guidance and direction on the command’s top mission priorities. They lead the way.

The US Navy Ceremonial Band Baton held by the Drum Major is pictured here in a capture by @arlingtonmedia during ceremonial honors. The Navy Ceremonial Band performs music at official military and government functions as well as other special events. Led by the Navy Band drum major, the group’s varied duties include arrival ceremonies at the White House and Pentagon, changes of command, military retirement ceremonies and funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremonial band also supports the Navy’s mission by providing music for community events around the Washington area. Regularly staffed by approximately sixty musicians who rotate between the Ceremonial and Concert Bands, the Ceremonial Band’s size may vary from 15 to 99 pieces based on mission requirements. The ensemble is routinely augmented with members from other Navy Band performing groups when very large ceremonial bands are required. The Ceremonial Band provides support for more than 1,300 official ceremonies annually. Navy Band drum majors are keenly aware of the centuries of tradition the sash and mace represent. They truly are the leaders and mentors to which the entire band looks for guidance and direction on the command’s top mission priorities. They lead the way.

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Continue ReadingThe US Navy Ceremonial Band Baton held by the Drum Major is pictured here in a capture by @arlingtonmedia during ceremonial honors. The Navy Ceremonial Band performs music at official military and government functions as well as other special events. Led by the Navy Band drum major, the group’s varied duties include arrival ceremonies at the White House and Pentagon, changes of command, military retirement ceremonies and funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremonial band also supports the Navy’s mission by providing music for community events around the Washington area. Regularly staffed by approximately sixty musicians who rotate between the Ceremonial and Concert Bands, the Ceremonial Band’s size may vary from 15 to 99 pieces based on mission requirements. The ensemble is routinely augmented with members from other Navy Band performing groups when very large ceremonial bands are required. The Ceremonial Band provides support for more than 1,300 official ceremonies annually. Navy Band drum majors are keenly aware of the centuries of tradition the sash and mace represent. They truly are the leaders and mentors to which the entire band looks for guidance and direction on the command’s top mission priorities. They lead the way.

A US Air Force bugler stands in wait at a Full Honors service in Section 25 during a rainstorm in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Continue ReadingA US Air Force bugler stands in wait at a Full Honors service in Section 25 during a rainstorm in Arlington National Cemetery.

A US Air Force bugler stands in wait at a Full Honors service in Section 25 during a rainstorm in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Continue ReadingA US Air Force bugler stands in wait at a Full Honors service in Section 25 during a rainstorm in Arlington National Cemetery.

Our @arlington.media team is honored with the task of capturing the service of your loved one at Arlington National Cemetery. Our highly qualified and diligently trained team works their hardest to ensure the best product possible. Once the bugle fades and the last clops of the caisson are heard in the distance, some of the most meaningful tangible things left from your loved one’s service is the footage and images captured by our team to remember this day of honor in Arlington. Our photographers and videographers are highly trained professionals. Our video packages include at least three professional broadcast-quality 4K ultra-high-definition Sony cameras, not a handful of GoPros or iphones on tripods. Our acquisition and editing practices meet or exceed the production requirements of broadcast companies like National Geographic, BBC HD and Discovery HD. It is our honor to be trusted with this meaningful day and we hope that our media can live on for generations to come, to serve as a sacred memory of your loved one and their service and sacrifice.

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Continue ReadingOur @arlington.media team is honored with the task of capturing the service of your loved one at Arlington National Cemetery. Our highly qualified and diligently trained team works their hardest to ensure the best product possible. Once the bugle fades and the last clops of the caisson are heard in the distance, some of the most meaningful tangible things left from your loved one’s service is the footage and images captured by our team to remember this day of honor in Arlington. Our photographers and videographers are highly trained professionals. Our video packages include at least three professional broadcast-quality 4K ultra-high-definition Sony cameras, not a handful of GoPros or iphones on tripods. Our acquisition and editing practices meet or exceed the production requirements of broadcast companies like National Geographic, BBC HD and Discovery HD. It is our honor to be trusted with this meaningful day and we hope that our media can live on for generations to come, to serve as a sacred memory of your loved one and their service and sacrifice.

Our @arlington.media team is honored with the task of capturing the service of your loved one at Arlington National Cemetery. Our highly qualified and diligently trained team works their hardest to ensure the best product possible. Once the bugle fades and the last clops of the caisson are heard in the distance, some of the most meaningful tangible things left from your loved one’s service is the footage and images captured by our team to remember this day of honor in Arlington. Our photographers and videographers are highly trained professionals. Our video packages include at least three professional broadcast-quality 4K ultra-high-definition Sony cameras, not a handful of GoPros or iphones on tripods. Our acquisition and editing practices meet or exceed the production requirements of broadcast companies like National Geographic, BBC HD and Discovery HD. It is our honor to be trusted with this meaningful day and we hope that our media can live on for generations to come, to serve as a sacred memory of your loved one and their service and sacrifice.

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Continue ReadingOur @arlington.media team is honored with the task of capturing the service of your loved one at Arlington National Cemetery. Our highly qualified and diligently trained team works their hardest to ensure the best product possible. Once the bugle fades and the last clops of the caisson are heard in the distance, some of the most meaningful tangible things left from your loved one’s service is the footage and images captured by our team to remember this day of honor in Arlington. Our photographers and videographers are highly trained professionals. Our video packages include at least three professional broadcast-quality 4K ultra-high-definition Sony cameras, not a handful of GoPros or iphones on tripods. Our acquisition and editing practices meet or exceed the production requirements of broadcast companies like National Geographic, BBC HD and Discovery HD. It is our honor to be trusted with this meaningful day and we hope that our media can live on for generations to come, to serve as a sacred memory of your loved one and their service and sacrifice.

Taps originated in the military during the Civil War, when Union General Daniel Butterfield wanted a more solemn call to signal the day’s end. Together with Oliver Wilcox Norton, they wrote the tune we use today, to honor the men in camp at Harrison’s Landing in Virginia, and it was made official following the war. After taps is performed, the ceremonial band plays America the Beautiful while the flag is folded and presented to the family. There are so many requests for funerals at Arlington that families can wait up to eight months to bury their loved one. But when a soldier is killed in action, they move to the top of the list. Earlier this year, the cemetery announced newly proposed eligibility requirements that limit burials to service members killed in action, former POWs, prestigious figures such as Purple Heart recipients, presidents and vice presidents, according to WAMU. The changes come as Arlington struggles to stay active amid space limitations. There’s nothing easy about serving in a military funeral. But for the band, proximity to young families who have lost a soldier in combat can be difficult to watch. “I remember a job, with a young soldier who passed away, and we were playing, and she [his wife] ran up to the casket and tried to hug it. And when you’re close enough to witness things like that, it puts it all in perspective,” said Staff Sgt. Alicia Eisenstadt, a bugler with the Army Band. Taps is a no-fail mission. Buglers can’t crack a note. It doesn’t matter what happens when they’re playing. They have to be laser-focused on the mission. But it’s not like other musical performances, where you’re playing for an audience. “You want to have a good Taps so you can say you really did justice to that family,” Eisenstadt said. “The entire nation is expecting something from you.”

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Continue ReadingTaps originated in the military during the Civil War, when Union General Daniel Butterfield wanted a more solemn call to signal the day’s end. Together with Oliver Wilcox Norton, they wrote the tune we use today, to honor the men in camp at Harrison’s Landing in Virginia, and it was made official following the war. After taps is performed, the ceremonial band plays America the Beautiful while the flag is folded and presented to the family. There are so many requests for funerals at Arlington that families can wait up to eight months to bury their loved one. But when a soldier is killed in action, they move to the top of the list. Earlier this year, the cemetery announced newly proposed eligibility requirements that limit burials to service members killed in action, former POWs, prestigious figures such as Purple Heart recipients, presidents and vice presidents, according to WAMU. The changes come as Arlington struggles to stay active amid space limitations. There’s nothing easy about serving in a military funeral. But for the band, proximity to young families who have lost a soldier in combat can be difficult to watch. “I remember a job, with a young soldier who passed away, and we were playing, and she [his wife] ran up to the casket and tried to hug it. And when you’re close enough to witness things like that, it puts it all in perspective,” said Staff Sgt. Alicia Eisenstadt, a bugler with the Army Band. Taps is a no-fail mission. Buglers can’t crack a note. It doesn’t matter what happens when they’re playing. They have to be laser-focused on the mission. But it’s not like other musical performances, where you’re playing for an audience. “You want to have a good Taps so you can say you really did justice to that family,” Eisenstadt said. “The entire nation is expecting something from you.”

Taps originated in the military during the Civil War, when Union General Daniel Butterfield wanted a more solemn call to signal the day’s end. Together with Oliver Wilcox Norton, they wrote the tune we use today, to honor the men in camp at Harrison’s Landing in Virginia, and it was made official following the war. After taps is performed, the ceremonial band plays America the Beautiful while the flag is folded and presented to the family. There are so many requests for funerals at Arlington that families can wait up to eight months to bury their loved one. But when a soldier is killed in action, they move to the top of the list. Earlier this year, the cemetery announced newly proposed eligibility requirements that limit burials to service members killed in action, former POWs, prestigious figures such as Purple Heart recipients, presidents and vice presidents, according to WAMU. The changes come as Arlington struggles to stay active amid space limitations. There’s nothing easy about serving in a military funeral. But for the band, proximity to young families who have lost a soldier in combat can be difficult to watch. “I remember a job, with a young soldier who passed away, and we were playing, and she [his wife] ran up to the casket and tried to hug it. And when you’re close enough to witness things like that, it puts it all in perspective,” said Staff Sgt. Alicia Eisenstadt, a bugler with the Army Band. Taps is a no-fail mission. Buglers can’t crack a note. It doesn’t matter what happens when they’re playing. They have to be laser-focused on the mission. But it’s not like other musical performances, where you’re playing for an audience. “You want to have a good Taps so you can say you really did justice to that family,” Eisenstadt said. “The entire nation is expecting something from you.”

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Continue ReadingTaps originated in the military during the Civil War, when Union General Daniel Butterfield wanted a more solemn call to signal the day’s end. Together with Oliver Wilcox Norton, they wrote the tune we use today, to honor the men in camp at Harrison’s Landing in Virginia, and it was made official following the war. After taps is performed, the ceremonial band plays America the Beautiful while the flag is folded and presented to the family. There are so many requests for funerals at Arlington that families can wait up to eight months to bury their loved one. But when a soldier is killed in action, they move to the top of the list. Earlier this year, the cemetery announced newly proposed eligibility requirements that limit burials to service members killed in action, former POWs, prestigious figures such as Purple Heart recipients, presidents and vice presidents, according to WAMU. The changes come as Arlington struggles to stay active amid space limitations. There’s nothing easy about serving in a military funeral. But for the band, proximity to young families who have lost a soldier in combat can be difficult to watch. “I remember a job, with a young soldier who passed away, and we were playing, and she [his wife] ran up to the casket and tried to hug it. And when you’re close enough to witness things like that, it puts it all in perspective,” said Staff Sgt. Alicia Eisenstadt, a bugler with the Army Band. Taps is a no-fail mission. Buglers can’t crack a note. It doesn’t matter what happens when they’re playing. They have to be laser-focused on the mission. But it’s not like other musical performances, where you’re playing for an audience. “You want to have a good Taps so you can say you really did justice to that family,” Eisenstadt said. “The entire nation is expecting something from you.”