US EditionArmy will end most of its ceremonial horse programs and adopt out the animals
CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, VIRGINIA, JUL 8 – The Army will save $2 million annually by ending most equine programs and reallocating resources to modern defense priorities, retaining only ceremonial horse teams.
- Last Tuesday, the US Army announced it will scale back and wind down its Military Working Equid program, including ceremonial horses, with most animals to be adopted out.
- A 2019 DoD assessment concluded equestrian activities hinder combat effectiveness, prompting the Trump administration's move to cut the Army's MWE program under its America First policy.
- Data shows the Army will close equine units at five bases within a year, adopting out 141 horses as part of the program's scale-back plan.
- The Army's wind-down of its Military Working Equid program will save $2 million annually and retain ceremonial horse teams at Arlington, reallocating resources to modern warfighting priorities.
- The US Army's shift away from ceremonial horses reflects a broader overhaul under the Trump-era America First doctrine, reallocating funds toward hypersonics and missile defense for future combat effectiveness.
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Soldiers and horses from The Old Guard's caisson unit perform in the state funeral for former US President Jimmy Carter in Washington, D.C., Jan. 7, 2025. The unit will not be impacted by other equine program shutterings.Sgt. Christopher Grey/US ArmyThe US Army is closing five equine programs to save $2 million annually.The five programs are all ceremonial units, but the Army could maintain recreational equines.Poor equine welfare and lack of ve…
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Goodbye horses, the Army’s over you. The Army is drastically scaling back its Military Working Equid program, the Army term for the service’s contingent of horses, donkeys and mules. With a few exceptions for ceremonial horse teams, the equine operations will wind down over the next year at five Army bases, with animals being donated or transferred to private owners, the Army announced last week. Why the drawdown? According to the Army, it’s “to…
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