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Photo By Capt. William Nordlund
The Caisson Platoon is looking to add graphics to its truck and trailer fleet. |
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Leaders in the 1st Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon recently conducted a ‘‘Partners with Industry” design competition with the Art Institute of Washington. The purpose of the competition was to develop a design for the Caisson Platoon truck and trailer fleet. On Nov. 4, representatives from the Caisson Platoon attended the students’ design presentation on the Rosslyn campus in Arlington, Va., ultimately selecting two designs. Art Institute of Washington students, Feven Amenu and Jennifer Parker’s designs were selected as the winners. Both were invited out to Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall at the end of November to advise the Caisson Platoon on incorporating their designs onto the Caisson trucks and trailers.
Sydney O. Garth, the student employment advisor, said the students were excited to have the opportunity to come up with a design for The Old Guard Caisson Platoon.
‘‘The Old Guard was looking to get a world class design to help portray the professionalism of the Old Guard,” said CWO Anthony Direnzo, the Caisson Platoon leader. ‘‘We work hard to maintain a highly professional image and pay diligence to the mission of laying fallen warriors to rest.”
The Caisson Platoon took notice to the buses seen frequently on JBM-HH and the USMC Color Guard trailer that comes yearly in support of the Marine Corps Marathon.
‘‘We felt that the Army Caisson Platoon should be represented when traveling with the same degree of professionalism we show every day in the cemetery,” added Direnzo, ‘‘The graphical art talents and skills exhibited by the students at the Art Institute of Washington are exactly what we are looking for and when Mr. Sydney told us about the Partners with Industry and was willing to arrange a competition we were ecstatic.”
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