Most veterans qualify for burial benefits, but they’re rarely used – Federal News Network

Most veterans qualify for burial benefits, but they’re rarely used  Federal News Network

There are 157 federal veterans cemeteries that are run by the VA, in addition to a lot of state veterans cemeteries," said Mike Meese. The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton provides expert insights on current events in the federal community. Read more interviews to keep up with daily news and analysis that affect the federal workforce. Reach out to Terry and the Federal Drive producers with feedback and story ideas at FederalDrive@federalnewsnetwork.com. Terry Gerton We’ve been talking in other segments on the Federal Drive about what people need to be thinking about now with their family members to prepare them for a time in the future when they might not be here.

And you bring us one of those topics today, which is funeral planning. I know you recently attended your West Point reunion and a memorial honoring the classmates who had passed away that started some conversations about this. What did you and your classmates talk about? Mike Meese Well, it did. It’s hard to believe out of the 950 or so of us that graduated, 85 have already passed away. And many of them were buried there at the West Point Cemetery. And virtually all of them are veterans. And so we got into talking, gee, what’s going to happen when you die? Would you go to the