OK..Here are my thoughts on this stuff.

TRANSFERS: I will only transfer child, spouse/partner, sibling, parent, grandchild, great-grandchild, grandparent, great-grandparent, niece/nephew, great-niece/nephew, aunt/uncle, great-aunt/uncle, or first cousin...."one" great aunt/uncle

PICTURES: help yourself...no need to give me credit. Please don't take pictures in a cemetery and add those pictures to a different cemetery if the individual has multiple memorials.

EDITS: If there are errors in any of the memorials that I've entered please let me know. I'll be glad to correct them and make any changes necessary. PLEASE USE THE EDIT BUTTON.

FLOWERS: PLEASE don't use the flower section as a place to add a bio for the memorial...that isn't where it belongs. Just send me an EDIT. I'll add it to the bio.

NOTE: NONE of the GPS locations on memorials I maintain have been verified. I am told some methods used to calculate them are incorrect and I have no way to check each one.

MILITARY RANKS: Dept. of Defense use of rank protocol

Only list rank before the name on a memorial if they retired after a minimum of 20 years of service or died while on active duty.

One who doesn't retire doesn't continue to use the rank as part of their name. Use of rank as part of one's name is reserved for those who serve until retirement. When one leaves the service and resigns his/her rank, so he/she does not continue to use the rank as part of their name. He/she served in an honorable fashion and served his/her committed time.

The opposite to this would be, for instance, a doctor, or reverend, etc.

Almost all male US citizens and male immigrants, who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service.

It's important to know that even though he is registered, a man will not automatically be inducted into the military. In a crisis requiring a draft, men would be called in a sequence determined by random lottery number and year of birth. Then, they would be examined for mental, physical, and moral fitness by the military before being deferred or exempted from military service or inducted into the Armed Forces.

No man is an island, and this certainly can't be done alone. We are all volunteers. There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.