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The rest of the pallbearers would take the second carriage. [19] Honorary pallbearers are arranged in a similar manner following the active pallbearers. [20] Pallbearers’ carriages would leave a specific place at a certain time in case those who wish to ride to the church or house could meet at that area. [21]
A military chaplain for family members. A casket draped in the flag of the United States and as a pall. A casket team serving as honor guards in a ceremonial role over the remains and as pallbearers. For funerals for an enlisted non-commissioned officer of E-9 rank and officers, the casket is transported via a horse-drawn limbers and caissons.
During the funeral ceremony, the presiding officer of the ceremony reads a message of remembrance in the name of the government and people of Indonesia, as well as his/her chosen uniformed organization in which he/she served, preceded by a reading of the person's life and achievements, as well as of his/her military/police service record (if any).
President George H. W. Bush lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda on December 3, 2018. In the United States, state funerals are the official funerary rites conducted by the federal government in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., that are offered to a sitting or former president, a president-elect, high government officials and other civilians who have rendered distinguished ...
Soldiers from the Hungarian Defence Forces form a guard of honour at a welcome ceremony for US president George W. Bush's visit to Hungary, 2006. A guard of honour (Commonwealth English), honor guard (American English) or ceremonial guard, is a group of people, typically drawn from the military, appointed to perform ceremonial duties – for example, to receive or guard a head of state or ...
Honorary pallbearers serving during the movement of the casket at points during Stage 3 included Charles F. Hermann (Scowcroft Chair in International Policy Studies at the Bush School of Government and Public Service), Amy Sharp (president of the Texas A&M University Student Government Association), and former Texas A&M football coach R. C. Slocum.
President George W. Bush and Mwai Kibaki, Kenya's head of state, pass in front of the USAF HG during an arrival ceremony on the south lawn of the White House.. The Honor Guard's primary mission is to represent the U.S. Air Force at all public and official ceremonies within the National Capital Region and abroad when directed by the Military District of Washington, Headquarters U.S. Air Force ...
Members who are 'senior' barristers may be called the honourable and learnèd member, serving or ex-serving members of the military the honourable and gallant member, and ordained clergy in the House the honourable and reverend member; a practice which the Modernisation Committee recommended abolished, [8] but which use has continued. [9]