Does anyone know the current procedures for burial of vets? I've heard that with the army overcommitted, taps is being played as a cassette over a loudspeaker, and RC units are now doing the details for burial (which was once done by active duty units). Anyone got the info on this? Just curious.
Here. Read this.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2002/n10242002_200210243.html
"Digitized Bugle Studied for Use at Military Funerals"
Does anyone know the current procedures for burial of vets? I've heard that with the army overcommitted, taps is being played as a cassette over a loudspeaker
I can help out concerning taps. Yes that was a ghastly practice of having a soldier show up to a vets funeral with a boom box. The "electronic trumpet" is only a marginal improvement. My understanding is that enough people had to endure the spectacle of listening to taps from a boom box at Grandpa's funeral that somebody did something about it. Congress has authorized civic groups such as Boy Scouts to train and play taps using a real bugle.
The volunteers are currently undergoing training and will begin playing at funeral services beginning July 4, 2004. What I don't know is what type uniform they will wear. My hope is that in such capacity, they will wear an official uniform such as worn by Civil Air Patrol or other auxilliary units.
You heard correct. If you get RC, you're lucky. Last year, we buried my uncle, an ADA orangeleg from WW2, and the honor guard was VFW members almost as old as he was. Taped Taps, rounds from Garands with blank adapters. Still brought tears to my eyes.
Our battery had the morning salute detail for one summer camp. A 75mm pack howitzer on a grassy hill overlooking camp HQ.
We knew our gunbunnies were getting lazy, so some unknown individual stuffed a couple of pillows about halfway up the tube. I didn't see it happen, but it looked like a small snowfall on the side of the hill. After that, not pounding the tube as the first action risked an Article 15.