The Joint Chiefs of Staff prepare for the arrival of the casket containing the body of former U.S. President Gerald Ford at the bottom of the East Steps to the U.S. House of Representatives, at the U.S. Capitol, for a memorial service. Ford died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, Dec. 26 at the age of 93. A private internment service is scheduled for Jan. 2 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential museum in Grand Rapids, Mich.