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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Howdy folks. We are back from the funeral home. We still have to write the obituary. We found out since my dad is a retired 25 year officer he gets a Air Force honor guard, flag draped casket, dress uniform pall bearers with the flag folding ceremony and 21 gun salute. It will be a tear jerker for me.
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Must say Glen in my 33 year career, (and most of it spent in and around Air Force Head Office on Oz), that I have done one or two honor guards, if the officer is above Air rank then the guard is all Warrant Officers, and these days there aren't as many of them as there used to be, so we would watch for the obituaries and knew when we had a funeral to practice for. Very serious affairs, really gives the retired member a fitting tribute.
A very moving experience for all of the troops who are on the guard.
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