Grand Alliance Naval Manual: Naval Funeral

The Grand Alliance Naval Manual: Naval Funeral chapter of the Grand Alliance Naval Manual will cover the full process of a Naval Funeral, including specific funerals for each Navy.

= Grand Alliance Navy = This is the set of protocol for an extremely generalized Grand Alliance Navy Funeral.

Basic Setup
The Basic Setup of a GAN-Funeral will consist of an audience set up with chairs, with a row in the middle.

In front of the audience shall be a hole with a grave already there, in front of the grave a Minister, and a few officers.

There shall then be any amount of details (Generally Depending on the Fleet) in At Ease formation in the beginning, in front of the audience on each side.

There will be a designated armed detail with standard single shot long rifles, six rows.

GAN funerals shall take place in Stormwind, the capital of the Alliance.

Speech
The speech of the Funeral takes place where a few officers, generally high positioned in the Fleet of the dead sailor, will stand in front of the hole, and speak to the audience about the honorable death, etc regarding the dead sailor in question.

Casket Presentation
It is then when the Officer whom is presenting the speech will order the parade marshal, to order all detail masters (Generally Leading Seamen) to call an 'Attention' command, thus all details will be standing at attention facing the audience.

Then a group of six Officers, three on each side, shall walk down the isle with the casket towards the hole.

The Casket shall be large, with the Grand Alliance Naval Ensign spread over the top.

Burial
The six officers will then walk the Casket over the hole, setting it in the hole.

The Minister will then say some prayers to the Light regarding the Sailor's afterlife, among other things.

The Grand Alliance Naval Ensign shall then be lifted by the six officers, and folded.

The designated firing detail will then fire off five shots in sequence.

The highest ranking of the Six Officers shall then present the folded ensign to the closest female relative.

End Speech
It is then the Officer whom gave the beginning speech, shall say an ending speech, before calling a dismiss of the audience.

Before the audience leaves, though once they stand, the parade marshal shall call an 'At Ease' to the detail(s).

= Kaldorei Navy =

= Stormwind Navy =

= Gilnean Navy =

= Kul Tiras Navy =

= Stromgarde Navy =

= Ironforge Navy =

= Dalaran Navy =