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New York Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Lauren Warner, 27MAY2022.
By the end of Gregorian calendar year 2022, it was estimated that New York National Guard’s Honor Guard personnel conducted at least 9-thousand-825 veteran funerals in The Empire State. That is not the record, the record was set in 2021 with 10-thousand-431 veteran funerals! And remember, not all families of veterans use the optional Honor Guard funeral service.
To put that in perspective, the United States (U.S.) Department of Veterans Affairs says that New York’s veteran population is fifth largest in the nation. Fifth largest veteran population, but still leading the nation in veteran funerals.
Ronald Thomas, with Veterans Affairs (VA), reported that for the fiscal year (which begins and ends at the end of September) there were 105-thousand-241 Army National Guard Honor Guard conducted funerals across the U.S. These numbers do not represent Active Duty Honor Guard funerals!
California Army National Guard photo by Private First Class Yancy Mendoza, 26JUL2022.
California came in second place with 6-thousand-346 National Guard Honor Guard conducted veteran funerals.
The Air National Guard Honor Guard covers funerals for Air National Guard and Air Force veterans, and the Army National Guard Honor Guard covers the Army National Guard and Regular Army, in each U.S. state.
The New York Air National Guard has at least 20 full-time Honor Guard Airman, and 68 on standby.
According to Sergeant First Class (SFC) Charles Gabriel the Third, the New York Army National Guard has 39 Soldiers on full-time Honor Guard duty, and another 60 Honor Guard Soldiers on standby. SFC Gabriel admits he does not know why New York has more veteran funerals than states with larger veteran populations, but also admits that the New York Army Guard also ‘sells itself’ to local funeral directors who help families arrange for military funerals: “We attend a conference with them every year, and put a good pitch out. I am working on making that contact system smoother for them to reach us.”
This leads to an obvious question; who is paying for state National Guard Honor Guard funeral services? It varies state by states. Most states used state-level taxpayer funding augmented with federal taxpayer funding. A few states rely 100% on federal funding. Several states allow private veteran organizations to act as Honor Guards, which are paid/reimbursed with state funding, the amount varies from state to state. Other states allow private donations to augment state/federal Honor Guard funding.
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