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  2. Military funerals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    "Honoring Those Who Served" is the title of the program for instituting a dignified military funeral with full honors to the nation's veterans. As of January 1, 2000, Section 578 of Public Law 106-65 of the National Defense Authorization Act mandates that the United States Armed Forces shall provide the rendering of honors in a military funeral ...

  3. Military funeral - Wikipedia

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    "Honoring Those Who Served" is the title of the program for instituting a dignified military funeral with full honors to the nation's veterans. As of January 1, 2000, Section 578 of Public Law 106-65 of the National Defense Authorization Act mandates that the United States Armed Forces shall provide the rendering of honors in a military funeral ...

  4. Military rites - Wikipedia

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    A lone bugler plays Taps during a military funeral held at Arlington National Cemetery for former U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger. The Unknown Soldier from World War I arriving at the Washington Navy Yard, circa 1921 . Military rites are honors presented at a funeral for a member of a military or police force.

  5. Full honors: American Legion members provide funeral ... - AOL

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    Millions more have served in the U.S. military since that time, and when one of them dies in southwest Georgia — whether a combat veteran who served overseas from Korea to Afghanistan, or a ...

  6. Will military funeral honors cease to exist? Concerns rise as ...

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    Michelle Ray, 70, of West Jefferson, lost her husband Tom in December. He was a U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam and had military funeral honors performed by the Hilliard VFW Post Honor ...

  7. Three-volley salute - Wikipedia

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    The three-volley salute is a ceremonial act performed at military funerals and sometimes also police funerals. The custom likely originates with Roman funeral rites. Dirt would be cast on the body three times followed, and the ceremony was ended by the deceased's name being called three times.

  8. He had no family. He was not famous. Yet hundreds attended ...

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    A military official (at left) speaks with Becky Lynn, a hospice nurse who helped organized a mass gathering for the funeral of a WW II Navy veteran who died on Dec. 1, 2024. The veteran, Stephen ...

  9. District of Columbia National Guard Honor Guard - Wikipedia

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    The mission of the DCARNG Honor Guard is to provide military funeral honors (MFH) [1] to qualifying veterans and participate in ceremonial and special events. Based on the mission and support needed, selected members of the Air National Guard's Honor Guard program are required to work jointly with the DCARNG to support missions that fall under ...