Virginia Army National Guard Military Funeral Honors (Southwest Team)

08/16/2018

08/16/2018

VA ARNG MFH Posting the Colors for Emory & Henry College at an ROTC announcement today.

05/07/2018

02/23/2018

SANDSTON, Va. — Two members of the Virginia National Guard’s Military Funeral Honors Team helped support a funeral for Falco, a retired military working dog who served for 10 years and passed away on Feb. 1, 2018, after four years in retirement. The funeral was held at Forest Hills Memory Garden...

02/12/2018

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07/29/2017

Level 1 Graduation VAARNG Military Funeral Honors. Soldiers receiving their Certificates and some getting Tabbed for exceeding the standard in the course.

07/29/2017

Level 1 course VAARNG Military Funeral Honors

07/29/2017

Level 1 training for VAARNG Military Funeral Honors.

05/02/2016

Soldiers of the Virginia National Guard Military Funeral Honors Program conduct Level 1 Funeral Honors training April 28, 2016, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Eight Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers from throughout the state participated in the 40-hour certification course, April 26-30, which prepares Soldiers to conduct professional military funeral honors in accordance with service tradition. Begun in January 2007, the Virginia National Guard Military Funeral Honors Program is composed of five teams located throughout the state which provide funeral details, not just to National Guard Soldiers but to veterans of all branches of the military.

05/02/2016

PFC Rife during the 40 hour training course for MFH. PFC Rife completed the course and has recieved his certificate.

09/23/2015

Today SGT Sanders and SPC Hayden went to Yuma Elementary School and taught the 6th grade class and flag team the correct way to fold the flag. We spent some time letting the class come up in groups of two and folding the flag with instruction from our team while we answered questions and asked some fun educational questions about the flag.

07/07/2015

Past and present members of the Virginia Army National Guard join family, friends and Charlottesville community members July 7, 2015, in paying final respects to local war hero and D-Day veteran Carl Douglas Proffitt, Jr. in Charlottesville, Va. Proffitt, known to all who knew him as “Chubby,” joined the Virginia National Guard in 1939 and was later called to active duty in 1941 with Company K of the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. On June 6, 1944, Proffitt led his men across the fire-swept Omaha Beach and later climbed atop a damaged tank under heavy machine gun fire to aid in locating and destroying an enemy machine gun nest. For his actions on and after D-Day, Proffitt received a battlefield commission to second lieutenant, three Purple Hearts, two Bronze Stars, a Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Cross, the military’s second-highest honor. He was also awarded the French Legion of Honor in 2012, France's highest military honor equivalent to the Medal of Honor. The funeral service for Proffitt was held at Cherry Avenue Christian Church and he was laid to rest at the Monticello Memory Gardens following military honors and Masonic Rites.

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