'Upon MSgt Briar's death on 22 September, the individual designated by MSgt Briar on the RED was deceased,' Thomas told in a statement. Thomas said Briar had last updated his record of emergency document, or RED, in June 2019, but failed to designate Crowley as the PADD. 'Therefore, MSgt Briar is scheduled to be buried at the Quantico National Cemetery in accordance with the PADD's desires.' 'Arlington National Cemetery reviewed MSgt Briar's case and found he was ineligible to be buried there, since his deceased spouse was buried in a National Cemetery in March 2019,' a spokesman for Marine Corps Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Maj. As the yet-unrecognized spouse, Crowley said she had to drive through the night from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to make it in time for the funeral honors, which she learned indirectly had been ordered to resume. In a last-minute decision, the cemetery proceeded with funeral honors at Arlington, but did not inter Briar the funeral was rescheduled for Quantico.

12, but the funeral was suspended just days before. Briar was initially set to be interred in Arlington National Cemetery on Nov. The Marine Corps, she said, should transfer PADD authority to her. Crowley, however, says Briar wanted to be cremated and returned to California. In the absence of an official wedding certificate, the Marine Corps made Briar's father the person authorized to direct disposition of remains, or PADD, making funeral decisions his responsibility. While the children survived, he tragically did not. The communications officer for Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, out of Twentynine Palms, California, had gone for a swim with Crowley's teenage children following a wedding ceremony on the beach, and got caught in a rip current. Briar's funeral is set to take place in Virginia's Quantico National Cemetery on Wednesday, following his Sept.

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