OPNAVINST 1710.7A - Historic Naval Ships Association

OPNAVINST
15 Jun 2001
171O.7A
full-dressing or dressing ship, firing salutes, and half-roasting ensigns. Salutes shall not exceed
21 guns unless the senior officer present deems it proper to fire a larger number in order to
participate properly in the ceremony or to avoid giving offense. Upon all such occasions, efforts
shall be made to accord, so far as practicable, with the foreign authorities in the time and manner
of conducting the ceremonies.
2. Uniform accoutrements of mourning, including mourning badges or bands, may be worn on
the uniform when appropriate, or when directed by competent authority, by persons in the naval
service who are stationed in, or who are officially visiting, a foreign nation during the period of
foreign government ordains as the period of national mouming.
DEATHS
AND FUNERiALS
1287. Death of a United States civil official.
1. Upon the death of a United States civil official listed below, the ceremonies set forth in Table
9 shall be observed.
2. When the day after receipt of notice of death falls upon a Sunday or national holiday, gun
salutes will be fired on the day following Sunday or a national holiday.
3. The national ensign shall be half-roasted upon receipt of notification from any reliable source,
including news media, of the death of one of the designated civil officials.
1288. Death of a person in the military service.
1. Upon the death of a person in the military service, the ceremonies set forth in table 10 shall be
observed.
2. At joint installations or commands the procedures prescribed by the responsible military
commanders or the executive agent will be executed uniformly by all the Untied States military
units present.
3. The national ensign shall be half-roasted upon receipt clf notification from any reliable source,
including news media, of the death of one of the designated officials.
4. If the senior officer present deems it appropriate, such officer 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 fimeral of a person in the naval service on the retired list,
ceremonies as prescribed in this article shall be rendered insofar as maybe 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 of 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.
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