All Naperville veterans, whose families request it, can have full military honors at their funeral, including a three-round volley and flag presentation. Oftedal said he began questioning why Naperville didn't have such an option for veterans about a year ago after attending a service that featured such honors for his father-in-law, who was a World War II bomber pilot. The honor guard, as it stands now, has 12 members, 10 riflemen to fire the a three-round volley, a bugler and a trumpeter. Oftedal commands the ceremony and is responsible for delivering the flag and three casings, each representing a volley, to the fallen veteran's family. The group was trained last fall by a representative for the Department of Defense before being certified by the department last October. Training included mastering the precise movements of a military burial service, execution, what to say and how to fold the flag. Here's us old farts standing in the rain and not moving, kind of like the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier when he was there through a typhoon, said volunteer and Vietnam veteran Rich Goulet. All a family member has to do, Oftedal said, is let the funeral home know they would like a military honor guard and they'll show up.
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