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Ceremonial images of military funerals and honors, reflecting solemnity and respect for fallen soldiers during memorial services.

Soldier funeral at Arlington National Cemetery

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New York Army National Guard Sgt. Noah Almonor and Pfc Prada Azurin, both members of the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, take the oath of enlistment while extending their enlistments at the Lincoln Memorial on January 21, 2021 while on duty in Washington, D.C. as part of the National Guard inauguration security mission. The oath was administered by Capt. MIles Kirwin, who is also a member of the 69th.

U.S. Navy Seaman Alicia Garcia, a yeomen with Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Atlantic and U.S. Navy retired Tom Strain with Veterans of Foreign War, disseminate American flags across gravesites at Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Virginia, May 27, 2022. The Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, opened in 2004 as a resting place for more than 12,750 veterans and their family members. Memorial Day was officially established by Congress as a national observance in 1971.

Japan Minister of Defense Kishi Nobuo lays a wreath during an Armed ForcesFull Honors Wreath Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at ArlingtonNational Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., May. 4, 2022. Japan Minister of Defense Kishi Nobuo was accompanied by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Allan M. Pepin, the commander of Joint Force Headquarters - National Capitol Region and U.S. Army Military District of Washington.

221116-N-OL611-1020 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 16, 2022) Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Shelley Levy, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., center, demonstrates how to fold the national ensign after evening colors on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Vinson is currently pierside in its homeport of San Diego.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden participates in a wreath laying ceremony as part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, at Arlington National Cemetery. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.

Karen Durham-Aguilera (right), executive director, Army National Military Cemeteries and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John H. Phillips (left), military deputy to the deputy chief of staff, G-6, United States Army Reserve, participate in an Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath-Laying Ceremony at President William H. Tafts Memorial Gravesite in Section 30, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Sept. 15, 2022.The wreath-laying ceremony was held to commemorate Taft's 165th birthday.

Soldier in front of the Latvian Freedom Monument, Riga, Latvia, Europe

Soldier funeral at Arlington National Cemetery

The United Nations Command Honor Guard secures a U.N. flag to a casket containing the remains of soldiers killed in the Korean War. During the ceremony the remains of what is believed to be five U.S. soldiers that served in the Korean war were returned to the South. During the ceremony the reamains are passed across the MDL from North Korean soldiers to a group of United Nations Command Honor Guard soldiers. As the remains are passed across the MDL they are saluted by a delegation of representing members of the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars, some of which served in the Korean War. A spokesman for the U.N. Command, said that the remains were uncovered in Gaechon City, about 50 miles north.... Complete Scene Caption: The United Nations Command Honor Guard secures a U.N. flag to a casket containing the remains of soldiers killed in the Korean War. During the ceremony the remains of what is believed to be five U.S. soldiers that served in the Korean war were returned to the South. During

Remains of U.S. Army Air Corps Cpl. LaVerne Dirk Van Dyke, B-25 crew member, is laid to rest at the Zeeland Cemetery, Michigan, May 12, 2022. Van Dyke's great-niece, Beth Klomparen and great-nephew, Steve Klomparen accepted the ceremonial folded flag from Wright-Patterson Air Force Honor Guard 80 years after Van Dykes death. Remains of six crew members were found in a remote area of Papua New Guinea in 1998. The DNA analysis process to identify the remains took 20 years and another three years to bring Van Dyke home to his final resting place.

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Friends and family of retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gary Retterbush accept a folded American flag during Retterbushs funeral at Eisenschmitt Cemetery, Eisenschmitt, Germany, August 4, 2022. Retterbush earned two Silver Stars, a Distinguished Flying Cross and various U.S. Air Force Air Medals for his service in the Armed Forces.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reviewing U.S. military troops on White House south lawn, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, November 16, 1988

Aboard a C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, four Canadian Forces (CAF) members killed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, receive honors during a fallen soldier ceremony performed by US and CAF members. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

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The flag draped remains of the six coalition military personnel who were killed as a result of a training accident on March 12, 2001 in Kuwait arrive at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 15 March 2001, aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. (Duplicate image, see also DFSD0201423 or search 010315F3329S500). Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

NORFOLK (Oct. 18, 2012) Sailors assigned to the pallbearer detail walk up the brow of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) while carrying the coffin of a former service member for an upcoming burial at sea. Wasp is currently preparing for a scheduled underway. The U.S. Navy has a 237-year heritage of defending freedom and projecting and protecting U.S. interests around the globe. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting.

Rhema Marvanne, 7, sings "The Prayer" during a Remembrance Ceremony at Ft. Hood, TX, Nov. 5, 2010. The ceremony commemorated the lives of 13 people who died in a tragic shooting incident on the installation Nov. 5, 2009.

Major General Kenneth L. Privratsky (left) and Colonel John A. Compisi (center) participate in closing ceremonies for Oakland Army Base, California. The ceremony took place at the Gibraltar Hall Flagpole. Base: Oakland Army Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Navy Region Hawaii Honor Guard spread the American flag over a casket during an internment ceremony for U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class George Gilbert, 20, of Indianapolis, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI, June 6, 2022. Gilbert was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which sustained fire from Japanese aircraft and multiple torpedo hits causing the ship to capsize and resulted in the deaths of more than 400 crew members on Dec. 7, 1941, at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. Gilbert was recently identified through DNA analysis by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency forensic laboratory and laid to rest with full military honors.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Britt Davis, right, an intelligence chief with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines (1/8), inspects Marines in the 1/8 rifle detail as they take their posts at the 39th Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony at Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 23, 2022. The memorial observance is held annually on Oct. 23 to remember the lives lost due to the terrorist attacks at U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon and Grenada.

1st Sgt. Steven Norman, sight support 1st Sgt. with Truck Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, passes out cake during a cake cutting and wreath laying ceremony on Nov. 10, 2022 at Grace Episcopal Church in Saint Francisville, Louisiana. The ceremony is an annual event that takes place on the Marine Corps birthday at Gen. Robert H. Barrow's gravesite, who served as the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps..

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Lt. Gen. Viorel Pană, center right, chief of the Romanian Air Force Staff, salutes after placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., June 27, 2023.

Marines with Marine Barracks Washington prepare to take the parade deck during a Tuesday Sunset Parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Va., June 14, 2022. The hosting official for the evening Maj Gen. David J. Bligh, Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant. The guest of honor was The Honorable Caroline Krass, General Counsel of the Department of Defense.

Commencement Address at United States Military Academy, West Point (New York), 10:01AM. President John F. Kennedy attends graduation exercises at the United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point, New York. President Kennedy visits with Major General Henry Clay Hodges, Jr. (in wheelchair), of the class of 1881. Also pictured: Cadets David G. Binney and Peter J. Oldfield; Superintendent of the USMA, Major General William C. Westmoreland; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Secretary of the Army, Elvis J. Stahr, Jr. The Plain, USMA, West Point, New York.

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220909-N-EJ241-1099DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Sept. 9, 2022) - Sailors, Airmen, and British service members assigned to Diego Garcia and several tenant and partner commands, commemorate the 21 years since the 9/11 terrorists attacks. The ceremony served as an opportunity to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Airmen from the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard support an Air Force Full Honors Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 19, 2022. The wreath was laid by Air Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo, chief of staff, Indonesian Air Force.

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Rick Anderson, fire chief at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, on podium, left, and Lt. James Dumont lead the dedication service for a memorial to the 343 first responder victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks at Kennedy's Fire Station 1 on Sept. 11, 2015. The ceremony dedicated a monument that includes a section of steel I-beam from the World Trade Center in New York.

Military members and future service men/women carry the U.S. flag to the middle of the stadium for the presentation of colors.

DHA Staff Chaplain Major Garnett placing flags at Arlington National Cemetery. Just before Memorial Day weekend, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (the "Old Guard") honors America's fallen heroes by placing American flags at gravesites for service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery.

Medium close shot. MSGT Kenneth Moore, NCOIC 436th Honor Guard places the streamer for Dover AFB's Air Force Outstanding Unit Award in the 436th Airlift Wing guidon. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

French President Emmanuel Macron participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 30, 2022. While at ANC, President Macron and his wife, Brigitte, also placed roses at the gravesite of Pierre Charles LEnfant. Born in Paris in 1754, LEnfant left to fight in the American Revolution. Afterwards, he was appointed by President George Washington to plan the new federal city that would be the new nations capital - Washington, D.C.

After 80 years, Seaman 2nd Class DT Kyser, who was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was laid to rest in Fresno on May 21, 2022 in Fresno Memorial Gardens.Photo by: CAPT Douglas M. Peterson

Members from the 90th Missile Wing render a salute to honor those who passed away on the fateful day known as 9/11 during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, September 9, 2022. The ceremony was in honor of those who lost their lives 21 years ago.

230330-N-KU796-1155 BUSAN, Republic of Korea (March 30, 2023) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Christopher Sweeney, commander, Carrier Strike Group 11, visits the United Nations Memorial in Busan, Republic of Korea. The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is in the U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Freddy Guzman, the legal chief at the 8th Marine Corps District (8MCD), hands over the sword during the 8MCD Birthday Ball at Chandon Arbors, Keller, Texas, Nov. 9, 2022. The Marine Corps Birthday Ball is a time-honored tradition which celebrates past, present, and future Marines.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Taylor Borey, a financial management resource analyst with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, Headquarters and Service Battalion, pays her respect on Memorial Day at Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Virginia, May 27, 2022. The Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, opened in 2004 as a resting place for more than 12,750 veterans and their family members. Memorial Day was officially established by Congress as a national observance in 1971.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III enters the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial during the 21st 9/11 Pentagon Observance Ceremony on Sept. 11, 2022, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

September 11th remembrance ceremony held in front of NASA Research Park Bldg-17 (Lunar Science Institute) hosted by the American Legion, Post 881, Moffett Field. Bagpipe Amazing Grace, Richard Charette, Scottish American Military Society

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U.S. Army Soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) conduct walks at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. on Martin Luther King Jr Day, Jan. 15, 2024. Martin Luther King Jr Day is a federal holiday in the United States that takes place on the third Monday in January. It honors the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

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Bill Nelson, administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), participates in a Public Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 26, 2023. Nelson was at ANC for the NASA Day of Remembrance, where several wreaths are laid at memorials and gravesites in memory of those men and women who lost their lives furthering the cause of exploration and discovery.

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Soldiers assigned to the "Can Do Battalion," 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct funeral honors and stand at the command "Present Arms" for the passing remains of Cpl. Donald L. Menken, a U.S. Army Korean War casualty who served in Company K, 3rd Bn., 15th IR, 3rd ID, who was interred at Green Acres Cemetery in Ermine, Kentucky, May 14, 2022. Menken was reported missing in action after being wounded by artillery fire while guarding Outpost Harry on June 10, 1953, on a road to Seoul, Republic of Korea, in what is now the Demilitarized Zone and his remains were unaccounted for until Feb. 2, 2022, and then repatriated to the place Menken called home.

Residents of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni listen to the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, June 10, 2022. The band performed for residents of the air station during evening colors and is supporting the six change of command ceremonies taking place in June. MCAS Iwakuni is an advanced naval base which provides positional advantage, strengthened strategic alliances, and support to fleet operations and naval campaigns.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and his wife Leah Esper unveil Espers official portrait at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., July 15, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

Bill Nelson, administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), participates in a Public Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 26, 2023. Nelson was at ANC for the NASA Day of Remembrance, where several wreaths are laid at memorials and gravesites in memory of those men and women who lost their lives furthering the cause of exploration and discovery.

Marine Corps Pvt. William E. Rambo, 20, killed during World War II, was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, April 4, 2022. In November 1943, Rambo was a member of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, and was killed in the Battle of Tarawa, Nov. 20, 1943. He was accounted for by DPAA on June 24, 2019. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Sean Everette)

World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, USA.

A poster is on display during the Vietnam POW/MIA/KIA Remembrance Ceremony at the Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi, March 29, 2023. The ceremony was in honor of National Vietnam War Veterans Day.

A sentinel from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and U.S. Army Col. (ret.) Gregory Gadson participate in a Public Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Oct. 4, 2022. Gadson was at ANC to speak to employees as part of the National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Gadson has dedicated himself to the work of Wounded Warriors, veterans, and other groups who support employment and betterment of person with disabilities.

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