Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 01.05.2026
LATHAM, New York --New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen provided military funeral honors at 6,166 graveside services in 2025. The 69 Soldiers who serve in the New York Army National Guard Honor Guard conducted 5,051 military funerals during the year. Meanwhile, the 61 Airmen who serve on six base honor guards conducted services 1,565 times in 2026. Since 2000, federal law has......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 12.21.2023
LATHAM, New York—New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen expect to provide military funeral honors for the families of 9,000 veterans by the end of 2023. New York Army National Guard honor guard Soldiers will conduct more than 7,100 funeral honors services, while their New York Air National Guard counterparts will serve conduct services for 1,990 families. These figures are based......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 12.27.2022
LATHAM, New York--New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen expect to provide military funeral honors for the families of 9,825 New York veterans by the time 2022 ends on December 31. This will be fewer than the 10,431 military funeral services that New York Army and Air National Guard honor guards conducted during 2021. But it is more than the 8,807 services performed in 2020. New......
Story by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Whitely | 50th Space Wing | 09.03.2020
The High Frontier Honor Guard hosted its first graduation since the COVID-19 pandemic and the standup of the Peterson-Schriever Garrison Sept. 1 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado....
Story by Sgt. Rachel Grothe | 88th Readiness Division | 03.07.2019
Sgt. 1st Class Cody Prochaska’s face contorts and he fidgets as he uneasily listens to his phone ring, waiting for someone on the other end of the line to pick up during a casualty notification and assistance officer training course, held by the 88th Readiness Division, at Fort McCoy, Wisc., March 3, 2019....
Courtesy Story | 78th Air Base Wing | 09.11.2015
A few weeks ago a couple of ID bracelets came in the mail. Those bracelets took me back instantly to 9/11.
Story by John Hollis | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 12.11.2014
The Ceremonial Platoon at Marine Corps Base Quantico handles base color guard duties, as well as various parades, wreath laying ceremonies and the raising and lowering of colors, but the 17 Marines in the unit consider their military funeral responsibilities among their most sacred duties....
Story by Staff Sgt. Johnathan Hoover | 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs | 07.31.2014
By Staff Sgt. Johnathan Hoover 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs FORT HOOD, Texas – Death is a fact of life and a grim reality, especially for those who make a living defending this country. Rendering military funeral honors has come to be a time-honored tradition and a way for the nation to show its gratitude to the deceased service member....
