Flag Holding / Display Rules:         Top Of Page

• At all ANC funerals / missions, we abide by strict military guidelines on holding / displaying US flags

• US Flags will be held  vertical  / perfectly perpendicular to the ground - at all times

• All other flags will be held vertical except as noted below

• US Flags will NEVER be dipped

• At the command "present arms"

  • US flags will remain vertical

  • US Flag will be moved away from the body, and raised upward at least 6-8 inches

  • Any other flags will be dipped slightly away from the vertical

• At the command "order arms" - all flags will be returned to their prior position

• When multiple types of flags are displayed,:

  • If displayed at the same height, he US flag is always displayed to its own right

  • If in a superior position (higher or in front), the US flag  can be displayed in the center of a group

Fort Myer: Special Access SOP, Directions:         Top Of Page

• Special Access SOP - Ft Myer

  PGR members, all inclusive, will be allowed in the "White Line" Chapel gate for Post Chapel funeral services only.
  A phone call must be made to the MP Desk Sergeant by the RC prior to departing Iwo to notify them of our impending arrival with the funeral information and the # of riders.

  Note: We have also made this SOP work when we are doing a Memorial Chapel funeral - we merely change the chapel name - and still go up the white line to the Old Chapel gate, and then move on to Memorial Chapel.
   

  Ft Myer PGR SOP Call: 703-696-3525 or 703-696-3405 Advise: "This is ________, I am the RC for the ANC PGR. We are invited to attend the funeral of _______ being conducted at the Post Chapel with follow-on escort into ANC. We will be entering through the Post Chapel gate with # ____ riders in approximately # ___ minutes."

   

• Directions to Fort Myer

  Fort Myer, Virginia, is located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery. Fort Myer has three gates:

  • Hatfield Gate on Washington Blvd. at South 2nd Street -- Main gate, open at all times;
  • Wright Gate on Marshall Dr. at Meade St. just off Rte 110 -- Open from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week
  • Henry Gate on Arlington Blvd. (U.S. Rt. 50) at North Pershing Dr. -- For Outbound Vehicular Traffic and Pedestrian Traffic, open Monday-Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

  FROM THE SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 95:  (via Hatfield Gate)

  Inside the Capital Beltway, 1-95 becomes 1-395. Proceed north toward Washington. Take Exit 8A (7 miles inside the Beltway), marked "Washington Blvd., Route 27." Bear left on the ramp, following the signs. Exit Washington Blvd. to the right at the exit marked "Fort Myer Only." Go through gate at top of exit ramp and take second left turn onto McNair Rd.

  FROM THE WEST ON INTERSTATE 66: (via Wright Gate - Iwo)

  Proceed on 1-66 inside the Capital Beltway. Take exit 73 (old 26) (7 miles inside the Beltway) marked "Route 110 South, Pentagon, Alexandria." Pass the Iwo Jima Memorial on your right, then immediately turn right onto Marshall Drive and continue 3/4 miles to Fort Myer gate.

  FROM THE NORTH ON THE CAPITAL BELTWAY (I-495):  (via  Wright Gate - Iwo)

  Immediately after crossing the American Legion Bridge into Virginia, exit to the right onto the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Exit 14B. Continue to the Exit for Route 50 West which will be just past the exit for the Key Bridge. Proceed west in the right lane to a ramp for Ft. Myer Drive/Meade Street. Make a left turn, pass by the Iwo Jima Memorial on your left, proceed to the stop sign and turn right into Ft. Myer.

  FROM D.C.:   (via Hatfield Gate)

  Take 1-395 out of the city and into Virginia. Pass the Pentagon and take Exit 8 for Washington Blvd. Proceed on Washington Blvd and take exit marked "Fort Myer Only" on the right.

  OR

  FROM D.C.: (via Wright gate / Iwo)

  Take I-395 out of the city and into Virginia.  Take exit 8B to Rte 110 toward Rte I-66. Turn left onto Marshall Drive, continue 3/4 miles to the Ft Myer gate.

Tiny URL- Short URLs that point to places with overlong URLs:         Top Of Page

• Very useful tool!

• Follow this link and bookmark it:  http://tinyurl.com/

• Copy a long URL you want to "shorten"

  • Example: http://www.patriotguard.org/Forums/tabid/61/postid/916631/view/topic/Default.aspx

• Click on your TinyURL shortcut

• Paste the copied URL into the box on the page that opened

• Click the "Make TinyURL" button

• On the page that opens, right mouse click on the ["Open In new window"} link - small blue letter

• Select Copy Link Location"

• Paste it where you want it:  Example:  http://tinyurl.com/6cvgt4

Supporting other Regions in VA - Mission RC:          Top Of Page

• You may be called upon to help another VA Region as a non-ANC Mission RC (making it all happen)

  • The ANC arena is part of the NOVA District 9 territory, so there may be an non-ANC mission - Funeral Home and burial in another cemetery (we did one at Quantico from Manassas)

  • In addition to ANC, and NOVA, Dave "owns" the VA Blue ridge counties from WVA down to Waynesboro - he might need help there, too.

  • Someone else in VA might call "Help"

• There is a great deal of similarity between most of what we do for ANC and a "more regular" Hero's funeral.

  • Take away the special Flag rules, and check-in procedures, and add in the use of Flags at graveside - and an ANC service becomes a regular service.

  • There is a little more work in planning routes (our ANC ones are "standard")

  • There is a little more likelihood that the UGs *Uninvited Guests" may show up.

  • There may be more family contact - this is a positive - the families love us and want to hug us!

• Bottom line, if you can do an ANC RC - non-ANC will be just as easy for you

Advanced Search of PGR Site:

• Do Google search on the full name

  • May find the hero's thread

  • But, if the record is in archives, might not find the thread

    • Click on Advanced Search (to the right of the "Search Button on the results page)
    • In the last entry box on the page that comes up - enter www.patriotguard.org as the search domain
    • Do the advanced search
    • The thread will be there
  • If that does not work - ask the MODs to help find it

PGR ANC Related Documents

• Draft "Official RC Guide"

• Sign In Sheet:   DOC File   PDF File  (column headings top & bottom - can use folded sheet)

• ANC Map

• Ft Myer Map

• VA Region Composition Map

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