Chapel and
Arlington Service

Starting from Old Post Chapel or Memorial Chapel on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall.

At Arlington National Cemetery, you have the opportunity to pay tribute to your loved one through a chapel service. The service can be held at either Old Post Chapel or Memorial Chapel on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, depending on availability. You can either have your own civilian religious officiant or request a military chaplain to lead the ceremony.

Arlington Media is dedicated to capturing the memories of your chapel service at Arlington National Cemetery. Our team will set up cameras around the chapel to obtain high-quality photos and videos of the ceremony and procession to the grave site. Our cameras will document the event without disrupting the solemnity of the day.

Please note that due to the large number of services at ANC, the chapel service itself is limited to 20 minutes. You can choose from dependent, standard honors, or full honors services.

Preserve the memories of your chapel service at Arlington National Cemetery with the help of Arlington Media. Contact us to learn more about our photo and video capturing services.

US Air Force Honor Guard outside Old Post Chapel

Chapel Services Options

Chapel services can be rendered with any tier of military honors, including Dependent Services, Standard Honors, Full Honors, and Flag Officer Honors. Below is a comprehensive list of all honors elements that may be included in your service depending on the eligibility and rank of the service member.

Chapel Servicess Services Include:

Dependent Service (Chapel Service)

When a spouse or other eligible dependent of a current or former member of the Armed Forces is buried at Arlington, the military service in which the service member served will provide a casket team or body bearers and a military chaplain, if requested. No other military funeral honors will be rendered unless the spouse also served in the military.

Includes:

Military Chaplain

USAF Chaplain

A military chaplain may be scheduled by the cemetery staff, if requested, unless a family minister is desired and provided by the primary next of kin or the funeral home.

A Casket Team

US Air Force Casket Team in Section 55

A casket is carried foot first, except for that of a clergyman which is carried headfirst. U.S. flags over military caskets are placed so that the blue field is at the head and over the shoulder of the deceased to symbolize service to the nation. The casket is draped before it arrives for services and remains draped until the flag is folded graveside. The cap and sword of the deceased is never displayed atop a flag-draped casket (nothing touches the flag). Caskets are transported to the cemetery in a hearse or caisson.

Standard Honors (Chapel Service)

Standard Honors Services are provided for enlisted service members, WO-1 through CW-3, and O-1 through O-3, interred/inurned at Arlington National Cemetery will receive honors provided by the decedent's branch of service.

Includes Dependent Service Components, plus:

A Firing Party

US Army Firing Part in Section 12

The honors leader calls all honors participants to "present arms," and commands the squad to fire their weapons in unison for a total of three volleys. Military personnel and veterans solute facing the casket from the first volley to the last. The tradition of three volleys comes from an old battlefield custom. The two warring sides would cease hostilities in order to clear their dead from the battle ground. Firing three volleys meant that the dead had been properly cared for and that the side was ready to resume battle.

The Bugler

US Navy Bugler in Section 12A

It is widely considered the most poignant moment of a military funeral. Again instead of facing the music it is appropriate to face the casket. Military personnel salute from the first note to the last note fades. When the honor leader calls all honor participants to "order arms" and the Chaplin request mourners to be seated for the folding of the flag. The American history of taps began during the Civil War when Union Army Capt. Robert Ellicombe discovered the body of his son on the battlefield. The boy had been studying music in the south and without telling his father had enlisted in the Confederate Army. In his uniform pocket was a series of musical notes composing a haunting melody. The Union captain buried his Confederate Army son with a lone bugler playing the notes of taps.

Full Honors (Chapel Service)

Those military members who obtained the grade of E-9, CW-4 and CW-5, and O-4 and above or service members, regardless of rank who receive the Medal of Honor or who are killed in action, may receive military funeral honors with funeral escorts provided by the decedent's branch of service.

Includes Standard Honors Components, plus:

An Escort Element

US Marine Escort Element

A Military Band

US Navy Band at Jessup Drive

A Caisson

US Army Caisson on Eisenhower Drive

The six horses, which pull the caisson through the quiet streets of Arlington National Cemetery, are matched in gray or black. They are paired into three teams- the lead team is in front, the swing team follows, and the wheel team is nearest to the caisson. Though all six animals are saddled, only those on the left have mounted riders. This is a tradition that began in the early horse-drawn artillery days when one horse of each team was mounted, while the other one carried provisions and feed.

Flag Officers, Includes Full Honors Components, plus

Caparisoned Horse

A Caparisoned Horse

Officers in the rank of colonel and above in the Army and the Marine Corps may be provided a caparisoned (riderless) horse, if available.

A Cannon Salute

US Army Guns Platoon

General/flag officers of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard may receive a cannon salute (17 guns for a four-star general, 15 for a three-star, 13 for a two-star, 11 for a one-star), if available. Minute Guns may be used for general officers/flag officers of the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps. The President of the United States is entitled to a 21-gun salute, while other high state officials receive 19 guns.

Choose Your Coverage Type

Photography
Only

$845

Includes the following:

Five years Online private photo storage

Learn More or Book

Starting from Old Post Chapel or Memorial Chapel at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall.

Photo USBs are available for $60 each.

Live web streaming is an add-on to any video coverage and not available on photo only services.

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Photography
and Video

$1,695

Includes the following:

Five years Online private photo storage
Five years Online private video link

Learn More or Book

Starting from Old Post Chapel or Memorial Chapel at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall.

Photo USB and Video USB thumb drives are available for $60 each.

Live Web Streaming is an additional $145.00

Fort Myer Chapel Arlington Service Photo & Video

Video
Only

$945

Includes the following:

Five years Online private video link

Learn More or Book

Starting from Old Post Chapel or Memorial Chapel at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall.

Video USBs are available for $60 each.

Live Web Streaming is an additional $145.00

Fort Myer Chapel Arlington Service Video Only

Chapel and
Arlington Service

Starting from Old Post Chapel or Memorial Chapel on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall.