[GreyFriar]

The US Army still has a farrier, aka horseshoer. He is a member of the 3rd Infantry, known as the “Old Guard” at Ft. Myer, VA. He is responsible for shoeing the horses that the ceremonial burial platoon has and uses on a regular basis for burials in Arlington National Cemetery.

[Uncle Chip]

Thanks for the information. I forgot about that —

[Vigilanteman]

FWIW, even back in the 1960’s, the U.S. Army had a cavalry unit in Kansas. My father was a veterinarian in the reserves, even though he was Navy, from World War II. I don't remember which town in Kansas (I was a little kid) but he had to drive there on a regular basis to check the horses.

If I'm not mistaken, the same base trained some of our special forces in Afghanistan. So our military still uses horses for tasks other than just ceremonial funerals. There was a story on this unit who went into Afghanistan and the guys were absolutely awesome with their horsemanship.