Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 10 - Adjutant General › Chapter 4 - National Guard Military Honor Detail Program › Section 11 CSR 10-4.010 - Missouri National Guard Military Honor Detail Program

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes procedures to provide
				  military funeral honors for military members and veterans residing in the state
				  of Missouri by the Office of the Adjutant General.
(1) Definitions.
(A) The terms defined in this section are
				incorporated by reference for use in 11 CSR 10-4.
(B) As used in this rule, unless the context
				clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms and abbreviations shall mean:
1. Adjutant General-As defined in Chapter 41,
Revised Statutes of Missouri,
section
				41.110
				and all amendments thereto;
2.
				Appropriate-Especially suitable or compatible for the purpose
				desired;
3. Appropriate service
				records-Military records documenting the honorable service of a veteran in the
				armed forces of the United States eligibility for military honor funeral
				services. A Department of Defense DD-214 or other document acceptable to the
				Adjutant General;
4. Armed Forces
				of the United States- As defined in Title 10, Section 101 of the
United
				States Code
and all amendments thereto;
5. Active service-As defined in Title 10,
				section 101 of the
United States Code
and all amendments
				thereto;
6. Commander-One in an
				official position of command or control;
7. Director, Military Honor Program- A person
				designated by the Adjutant General to administer the state of Missouri Military
				Honor Program;
8. Director of
				funeral home-The funeral director or a person designated on their behalf to
				request military honor services for the deceased;
9. Honor detail-The appropriate military
				funeral honor detail to be provided veterans as identified in the Office of the
				Adjutant General Standing Operation Procedures (SOP) entitled "Standing
				Operation Procedures for Conducting Military Funeral Honor Details";
10. Missouri National Guard Trust Fund-The
				fund authorized by section
				41.214,
Revised Statutes of Missouri;
11. Recognized veterans' organization- A
				veterans' organization as defined in Title 38, section 5902 of the United
				States Code and all amendments thereto;
12. Time of war-The period of war as defined
				in Title 38, section 101 of the United States Code and all amendments
				thereto;
13. Uniform-Dress of a
				distinctive design or fashion to be worn by members of a recognized veterans'
				or military organization in the performance of military honor detail services
				approved by an authorized representative of the Adjutant General;
14. United States-as defined in Title 10,
				section 101 of the United States Code and all amendments thereto; and
15. Veteran-An individual who served
				honorably for at least six (6) months on active service during peacetime or
				wartime in the armed forces of the United States, unless released early as a
				result of a service-connected disability or a reduction in force at the
				convenience of the government; were or are eligible to receive a military
				pension; served honorably in a selected reserve unit/organization for a minimum
				of six (6) years; or died while serving as a member of a selected reserve
				unit/organization.