Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Caisson_Platoon
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gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:The_Old_Guard
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gptkbp:basedIn |
gptkb:Fort_Myer,_Virginia
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gptkbp:commanded |
commissioned officer
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gptkbp:composedOf |
enlisted soldiers
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gptkbp:established |
1948
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
U.S. Army Caisson Platoon
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gptkbp:maintainedBy |
caisson wagons
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gptkbp:notableFor |
escorting caskets of fallen service members
participation in presidential funerals |
gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:3rd_U.S._Infantry_Regiment
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gptkbp:performs |
state funerals
ceremonial escort for dignitaries full honors funerals |
gptkbp:primaryMission |
conducting military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery
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gptkbp:trains |
horses for ceremonial duties
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gptkbp:uniform |
Army dress blue
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gptkbp:uses |
horses
caissons |
gptkbp:website |
https://oldguard.mdw.army.mil/specialty-platoons/caisson
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Fort_Myer
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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