Military Funeral Protocol

[cmhbob]

I'm just heading this one off at the pass.

Q: Did Obama order the military to drop the words “on behalf of the president of the United States” when presenting the flag to the next of kin at funerals?

A: A chain email that makes that claim is wrong. Spokespersons for the Defense Department and the armed forces say that no change was ordered.

http://qvga.factcheck.org/2011/10/change-in-military-funeral-protocol/

 

[KOPBET]

Everyone knows chain emails are never wrong.

 

[R. Johnson]

I performed over three hundred funerals as an enlisted soldier (pre-obama), and there was nothing in the speech about "on behalf of the president." I can't remember how it went now, but it had something to do with "on behalf of a greatful nation."