Military Funeral Honors Reporting

1.  PER THE REF, ALL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY ARE 
REQUIRED TO REPORT TO CONGRESS ON MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS (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
CY03 MUST BE REPORTED TO HQMC MFH SECTION NO LATER THAN 7 JAN 04.
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, DSN: 
378-9248 OR EMAIL TO MFHREPORTS@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL.  
3.  ALL MARINE CORPS UNITS ARE REQUIRED TO 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.  TO REITERATE, THE CUT OFF DATE FOR REPORTING MFH PERFORMED
DURING CY03 IS 7 JAN 04.  CY03 FUNERALS REPORTED AFTER 7 JAN 04 WILL
NOT, REPEAT, WILL NOT BE REFLECTED IN THE REPORT TO CONGRESS.  NO
EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED.  MY POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ACTION IS
MS. ANN HAMMERS AT COMM: 1-866-826-3628.