The U.S. Army will be putting most of its ceremonial horses up for adoption as part of its overall warfighting realignment, the service announced on Tuesday. The changes will save an estimated $2 million a year,

The U.S. Army is retiring a majority of its ceremonial horse programs. The service branch announced in a press release that they will be "streamlining its Military Working Equid program to align more resources with warfighting capability and readiness.

The United States military has utilized horses since the nation’s inception, but its equine era is finally ending. On July 2, the US Army announced plans to shutter its Military Working Equid (MWE) program,