Military Funeral Honors (MFH) Reporting
This MARADMIN directs all Marine Corps units to report Military Funeral Honors (MFH) conducted during Calendar Year 2004 to HQMC by 7 January 2005 to comply with Congressional reporting requirements under U.S. Code Title 10. Units must use the official MFH Report Form available on the M&RA website and verify their records against the DOD database to ensure proper credit for honors rendered.
Issued: December 15, 2004
1. PER THE REFERENCE, ALL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO CONGRESS ON MFH RENDERED DURING THE PAST CALENDAR YEAR. AS ALWAYS, THE MARINE CORPS HAS DONE ITS BEST TO SUPPORT EVERY REQUEST FOR MFH AND NOW WE MUST TAKE THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT THESE EFFORTS ARE PROPERLY PRESENTED TO CONGRESS. TO ENSURE AN ACCURATE REPORT, ALL MFH RENDERED DURING CY04 MUST BE REPORTED TO HQMC MFH SECTION NO LATER THAN 7 JAN 05. 2. ALL MARINE CORPS UNITS MUST REPORT ALL MFH CONDUCTED USING THE MFH REPORT FORM FOUND ON THE HQMC, M&RA WEBSITE WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL. ONCE ON THE WEBSITE, SELECT "CASUALTY ASSISTANCE" UNDER PERSONAL AND FAMILY READINESS, SELECT "MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS," AND THEN SCROLL DOWN TO "MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS REPORT." THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE UNIT PERFORMING THE HONORS AND SUBMITTED TO HQMC (MRC) BY FAX TO (703) 432-9248 OR EMAIL TO MFHREPORTS@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL. 3. ALL MARINE CORPS UNITS SHOULD VERIFY THE NUMBER OF FUNERAL HONORS INDICATED IN THE DOD DATA BASE TO ENSURE EACH UNIT RECEIVES PROPER CREDIT FOR THE MFH RENDERED. MFH MAY BE VERIFIED AT THE DOD WEBSITE WWW.DMDC.OSD.MIL/FHDB/OWA/FHDB_MAIN.LOGIN. THE USER ID IS MR5106 AND THE PASSWORD IS USMC1775. MARINE CORPS UNITS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO CHANGE THE PASSWORD. UPON LOGGING IN THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS AVAILABLE. A. OPTION 1: GO INTO REPORTS AND SELECT "FHDB SYSTEM REPORTS." THEN SELECT "TRANSACTION SUMMARY" (THIS WILL DISPLAY THE NUMBER OF FUNERAL HONORS PERFORMED BY UNIT), ENTER THE START AND END DATES DESIRED, SELECT "FUNERALS," AND THEN SELECT "GO." TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF FUNERAL HONORS COMPLETED BY MONTH, CLICK ON THE RUC AND MCC (UIC) FOR YOUR UNIT. B. OPTION 2: ENTER "DATA COLLECTION" AND SELECT "FUNERAL DATA SEARCH." HERE YOU MAY VIEW FUNERAL HONORS COMPLETED MONTHLY BY UNIT OR BY SSN. TO VIEW BY UNIT INDICATE THE MONTH TO BE CHECKED AND YOUR UNIT'S RUC AND MCC (UIC). 4. THOSE UNITS CURRENTLY UTILIZING THE CEREMONIAL BUGLE NEED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER, S&D CONSULTING INT LTD., IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE FREE WASHER UPGRADE. THE WASHER UPGRADE WILL ENSURE THAT THE SOUND UNIT WILL NOT FALL OUT OF THE CEREMONIAL BUGLE'S BELL. TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER, VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.CEREMONIALBUGLE.COM OR SEND A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE TO S&D CONSULTING INT LTD. BOX 193, WASHER UPGRADE, 1636 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10128. 5. TO REITERATE, THE CUT OFF DATE FOR REPORTING MFH PERFORMED DURING CY04 IS 7 JAN 05. CY04 FUNERAL HONORS REPORTED AFTER 7 JAN 05 WILL NOT, REPEAT, WILL NOT BE REFLECTED IN THE REPORT TO CONGRESS. NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED.