Capt. Austin Hatch, Caisson platoon leader, presents Staff Sgt. Steven Taylor with custom-made black spurs during a ceremony at the Caisson Stable on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., April 27, 2017. Riders receive brass spurs for finishing 500 funeral missions, but since Taylor was the first to surpass 1000, custom spurs were made for the achievement.

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