Posted on Jan 2, 2016
Should more national cemeteries like Arlington National Cemetery be built and opened?
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With space becoming very limited and making it very hard for Veterans, Service Members, Retirees, and special organizations that were created during times of war such as the WASPs or the WACs and with changes to the burial policies all of the time such as Secretary of the Army John McHugh's change in policy to make the WASPs ineligible after they had been since 1977
Should the DOD open more national cemeteries like Arlington National Cemetery to alleviate problems of getting into one due to limited space.
Should the DOD open more national cemeteries like Arlington National Cemetery to alleviate problems of getting into one due to limited space.
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Arlington
Edited 9 y ago
Posted 9 y ago
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We have a small cemetery in Bonners Ferry. I was surprised how many Vets have been placed here when I helped place flags prior to Memorial Day. The count was over 920 and dating back to the Spanish American War. So many Vets are not in National Cemeteries because many families keep near to home and their ancestors already there. I haven't seen anything about an overall space issue in the system, just at Arlington. If you've seen some of the other cemeteries like Mt. Tahoma, the setting is beautiful.
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MSgt (Join to see)
Here is one in Medical Lake, WA!
http://www.dva.wa.gov/cemetery
http://www.dva.wa.gov/sites/default/files/Cemetery_Brochure%20.pdf
http://www.dva.wa.gov/cemetery
http://www.dva.wa.gov/sites/default/files/Cemetery_Brochure%20.pdf
Much of the site work continues to focus on the removal of dirt and other items currently in the path of the construction project, and the delivery of construction utilities that will allows the cr
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SSG (Join to see)
I was artillery. Again zero relativity to the original question. I'm done posting here......good day sir.
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SGT Francis Wright
Maj Ken Landgren, what does combat arms MOS have to do with anything? When LTC Nicholson was shot and killed in East Germany on the Military Liason Mission. The 529th MP Co, met his casket at Rhien Main Air Force Base for the layover before continuing to Dover Delaware. He ain't heavy he's my brother.
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SGT Francis Wright
Maj Ken Landgren interesting, I get a down vote for asking a question and stating a fact. Not all Honor Guard commitments are done by Combat Arms MOS's. So if you could be so kind, as to explain your down vote.
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SGT Francis Wright
Here those crickets? Probably the same response, when the Col asks for the documentation for a substandard OER that he gave a Lt. But doesn't have any.
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Until the day when we can do away with Armies---we'll need ground to bury our veterans.
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Wrap me in a rug and bury me in a land fill for all i care. I told my loved ones to do whatever is cheapest or whatever makes them feel better. When i die i am gone, what remains is of no more value to me than anything else on this earth. The funerals and honors are for the living.
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