1st Memorial Honors Detail

The 1st Memorial Honors Detail (1MHD) performs military funerals in Ventura County, CA. This MHD is part of a nation wide military society called the 1st U. S. Volunteers. This MHD has members from each branch of service. As of December 31, 2009, the 1MHD Ventura has provided military honors for 215 veterans since January 2004. Go to militaryhonorroll.blogspot.com to see the Honor Roll of names. Post comments at http://comments4militaryhonors.blogspot.com .

Name: Officer in Charge

Location: Ventura, California, United States

I retired from the US Navy in Sept 1993 after 32 years of active and reserve service. While serving on ships and working on surface to air missile and gun systems, I was on the Cuban Missile Blockade and served in Vietnam. My last active duty was in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm. I was part of the Military Sealift Command in Saudi Arabia. After retirement, I got involved with the U.S. Volunteers soon after 9-11-2001. I was trained and certified through Riverside National Cemetery to be an Honor Guard prior to establishing a Memorial Honors Detail in Ventura County California, in January, 2004.

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