Caisson Rolling Again: Famed Military Horse Unit Resumes Operation for Former President Jimmy Carter

By Alumni Office

TC Derrick Draper ’03 is currently the Deputy Commander of the Old Guard and their duties in support of President Carter’s funeral.

LTC Derrick Draper ’03 is currently the Deputy Commander of the Old Guard and their duties in support of President Carter’s funeral.  “We’re under a microscope,” Lt. Col. Derrick Draper, deputy commander of the regiment. “People will be looking for the slightest flaw. And they should be. We hold ourselves to the highest standard.”

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