Burial at sea is routine for US Navy
he burial at sea of terrorist Osama bin Laden raised some eyebrows around the world, but for the U.S. Navy, it’s a routine exercise.
To fulfill the final wishes of service members, the Navy commits to the sea an average of 20 deceased every month — veterans, retirees and other U.S. citizens, Cmdr. Danny Hernandez, a Navy spokesman in the Pentagon, said Monday.
U.S. vessels take the remains along with them and do the ceremony while the ships are on their scheduled deployments.