OPNAVINST 1710.7A - Historic Naval Ships Association

OPNAVINST
15 Jun2001
171O.7A
deep. Further display of the ensign at half-mast maybe prescribed according to circumstances
by the senior officer present.
9. 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.
1290. 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 Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies
Manual (NAVMC 2691).
2. The fhneral escort for a President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, Secretay of the
Navy, 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 or the Marine Corps shall be as set forth in Table 11.
1291. Display of personal flag, command pennant or commission pennant in funerals
ashore. If the deceased was a flag or general officer, or at the time of his or her death, a unit
commander or commanding officer of a ship, the approprii~te 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.
1292. 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. The senior officer
present shall inform the senior foreign officers present and. the appropriate local officials of the
time and place of the fimeral, and of the funeral honors to be rendered by United States forces
present.
1293. Death of diplomatic, consular or foreign official.
1. On the death in a foreign place of a diplomatic or consular representative of the United States,
the senior officer present shall, as circumstances permit, arrange for appropriate participation in
the funeral ceremonies by persons in the naval service.
2. The senior officer present, upon receiving official notice of the death or funeral of a foreign
official, or member of a foreign armed service, shall, as circumstances warrant and as
international courtesy demands, direct visits of condolence to be made, and arrange for
participation by persons in the naval service in the fimeral ceremonies.
1294. Transporting body of deceased official. When a ship of the Navy is transporting the
body of a deceased official, the honors and ceremonies prescribed for an official “visit shall, if
directed by the senior officer present or higher authority, be rendered when the body is received
aboard or leaves the ship.
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