USAFAI34-243 governs the USAFA Base Honor Guard, military honors, funeral honors, and related Honor Guard events.
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It covers Honor Guard membership, qualifications, roles, military details, funeral-honor eligibility, team elements, event precedence, approval, and recognition. It requires defined training, participation, uniform, conduct, documentation, and ceremonial standards.
Applies to: This instruction applies to all USAFA and tenant unit personnel.
The primary mission of the USAFA Base Honor Guard (HG) is to perform authorized military honors at the USAFA, primarily funerals at the base cemetery. (paragraph 34-501)
Sign an Honor Guard contract for a one-year commitment to the Honor Guard unless removed for cause. (paragraph 4)
Approval from the applicant’s supervisor, first sergeant, and commander is required before any action from the Honor Guard is initiated. (paragraph 34-501)
Title 10, United States Code, Section 1491, Funeral Honors Functions at Funerals for Veterans, stipulates a MFH detail will, at a minimum, include the folding and presentation of the American flag to the decedent’s family and the playing of Taps.
Department of Defense policy mandates that military funeral honors shall be provided to eligible veterans upon request. (paragraph 6)