USAF Sarge
Marksman
During my son's 10 years on Active Duty in the USMC, he did 3 years down in Hialeah Florida on I&I duty (Inspector & Instructor Duty) with a Reserve Unit.
During those 3 years his additional duties included conducting Military Honors for funerals. It is documented that he participated in 316 funerals in those 3 years, as a casket bearer, pulling watch at the funeral home, honor guard/detail or honor detail NCOIC.
Hs stated to me this period of the service was the highest (As he got to honor these people) and yet the lowest (As it has caused him to have depression) at the same time. 316 funerals in 3 years is a lot and takes a toll on any person.
The below clip is from a young Marine killed in Afghanistan, my son was there as part of the detail to receive him home. As the detail walks to the casket he is the tall one in front of the left column (closest to the camera), and then he becomes to rear person on the right.
Somewhere I have another video, that a family of a deceased Marine took, of him performing his duty at a gravesite of their loved one.
He has since told me that he has four military funerals left to do, mine, my brothers, his grandfather aka my father in law, and his own, as he has already done my dads.
https://youtu.be/rwa1umPWteg
During those 3 years his additional duties included conducting Military Honors for funerals. It is documented that he participated in 316 funerals in those 3 years, as a casket bearer, pulling watch at the funeral home, honor guard/detail or honor detail NCOIC.
Hs stated to me this period of the service was the highest (As he got to honor these people) and yet the lowest (As it has caused him to have depression) at the same time. 316 funerals in 3 years is a lot and takes a toll on any person.
The below clip is from a young Marine killed in Afghanistan, my son was there as part of the detail to receive him home. As the detail walks to the casket he is the tall one in front of the left column (closest to the camera), and then he becomes to rear person on the right.
Somewhere I have another video, that a family of a deceased Marine took, of him performing his duty at a gravesite of their loved one.
He has since told me that he has four military funerals left to do, mine, my brothers, his grandfather aka my father in law, and his own, as he has already done my dads.
https://youtu.be/rwa1umPWteg
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