Fired by

Gun salute

(a) All saluting ships, not under way, in ports under United States jurisdiction, and each naval station having a saluting battery.

(b) Senior saluting ship present in each port under United States jurisdiction, and each naval station having a saluting battery.

(a) All saluting ships, not under way, in ports under United States jurisdiction, and each naval station having a saluting battery.

(b) Senior saluting ship present, and naval station having saluting battery, in port where funeral occurs.

How and when fired

1 gun every half hour from 0800 till sunset on day after receipt of official notice of death.

21 minute-guns fired at noon on day of funeral.

Minute-guns equal in number to official salute of deceased, fired at noon on day after receipt of official notice of death.

Minute-guns equal in number to official salute of deceased, fired at noon on day of funeral.

Do.

All ships and stations in ...do... such state, territory, commonwealth or pos

session.

All ships and stations in the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, and All ships and stations in the

applicable state, congressional district, territory or commonwealth. Ships and stations in the vicinity when directed by senior officer present or other competent authority to join in funeral honors.

2. The mourning badge will not be worn on the military uniform by members of the naval service except as set forth below:

(a) The wearing of the mourning badge is discretionary for those in attendance at a funeral.

(b) The mourning badge will be worn by the escort for a military funeral as prescribed in the respective Uniform Regulations.

2. At joint installations or commands the procedures prescribed by the responsible military commander or the executive agent will be executed uniformly by all the United States military units present.

3. The flag will be half-masted upon receipt of notification of death of one of the designated officials from any reliable source, including news media.

4. If he deems it appropriate, the senior officer present may direct that the ceremonies prescribed in this article be observed during the transfer of the body of the deceased from the ship or naval station, rather than during the funeral.

5. In the event of a military funeral of a person in the naval service on the retired list, ceremonies as prescribed in this article shall be rendered insofar as may be practicable.

6. On the occasion of conducting the funeral of a person in the naval service near posts, stations, or ships of other armed services of the United States, or the Coast Guard, the commanding officers thereof shall be duly notified of the time and the honors to be rendered by ships of the Navy or by naval stations.

7. During the funeral of a flag officer of the Coast Guard, or a general officer of the armed services of the United States, other than naval, and other than those listed in paragraph 1 of this article, at a place where there is a naval station, or where one or more ships of the Navy are present, the ensigns of such stations and ships shall be half-masted during the funeral service and for one hour thereafter; and minuteguns, of the number prescribed for the funeral of the deceased by the regulations of the service to which he belonged, shall be fired by the naval station, if practicable, and by the senior saluting ship present.

2193. General Provisions Pertaining to Funerals.

1. If there is no chaplain or clergyman available, the commanding officer, or his representative, shall conduct the funeral services.

2. There shall be six pallbearers and eight body bearers. The pallbearers shall, if practicable, be of the same grade or rating as the deceased. If a sufficient number of foreign officers of appropriate grade attend the funeral, they may be invited to serve as additional

pallbearers. Pallbearers and body bearers shall follow the procedure prescribed in the Landing Party Manual, U. S. Navy.

3. Boats taking part in a funeral procession shall display the national ensign at half-mast. If the deceased was a flag or general officer, or at the time of his death a unit commander, or a commanding officer of a ship, his flag or command pennant, or a commission pennant, shall be draped in mourning and displayed at halfmast from a staff in the bow of the boat carrying the body. A funeral procession of boats shall, in general, be formed in the order prescribed in the Landing Party Manual, U. S. Navy, for a funeral procession on shore.

4. The coffin shall be covered with the national ensign, so placed that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder of the deceased. The ensign shall be removed from the coffin before it is lowered into the grave or committed to the deep.

5. Persons in the naval service shall salute when the body is carried past them, while the body is being lowered into the grave or committed to the deep, and during the firing of volleys and the sounding of "Taps."

6. Three volleys of musketry shall be fired after the body has been lowered into the grave or committed to the deep, following which "Taps" shall be sounded by the bugle; except that in a foreign port, when permission has not been obtained to land an armed escort, the volleys shall be fired over the body after it has been lowered into the boat alongside.

7. During burial at sea, the ship shall be stopped, if practicable, and the ensign shall be displayed at half-mast from the beginning of the funeral service until the body has been committed to the deep. Further display of the ensign at half-mast may be prescribed according to circumstances by the senior officer present.

8. Funeral honors shall not be rendered between sunset and sunrise. When it is necessary to bury the dead at night, such funeral services as are practicable shall take place.

2194. Funeral Escorts.

1. An escort under arms shall, when practicable, accompany the funeral cortege to the place of interment, and shall follow the procedure prescribed in the Landing Party Manual, U. S. Navy.

2. The funeral escort for a President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Navy, an Assistant Secretary of Defense, Under Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Fleet Admiral, Chief of Naval Operations, or Commandant of the Marine Corps shall be as prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.

3. Unless otherwise prescribed by the senior officer present, the funeral escort for other persons in the Navy shall comprise commands equivalent to the following infantry units, insofar as is practicable with the naval forces available.

4. The funeral escort for a member of the Marine Corps shall be as for a member of the Navy of the corresponding grade or rating.

5. The grade or rating of the escort commander normally shall be the same as, or higher than, that of the deceased.

2195. Display of Personal Flag, Command Pennant, or Commission Pennant in Funerals on Shore.

If the deceased was a flag or general officer, or at the time of his death, a unit commander or commanding officer of a ship, his personal flag or command pennant, or commission pennant, shall be draped in mourning and carried immediately in advance of the body in the funeral procession to the grave.

2196. Burial in a Foreign Place.

Before a person in the naval service is buried in a foreign place, the senior officer present shall arrange with the local authorities for the interment of the body and shall also request permission to parade an escort under arms. He shall inform the senior foreign officers present and the appropriate local officials of the time and place of the funeral, and of the funeral honors to be rendered by United States forces present.

NOTE.-There is no Article 2197.