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Why the US Navy still buries sailors at sea today

Even in an age of satellites and aircraft carriers, the US Navy still conducts burials at sea, sometimes requiring families to wait more than a year for the ceremony to take place. The tradition dates ...
Carnival Spirit currently sails a seasonal cruise schedule from Mobile, Alabama.Image source: Carnival Corp. The rate of cremation in the U.S. is increasing, with scattering ashes at sea becoming a ...
Japan Coast Guard Cmdr. Yuichi Kajiya and his son drop flower pedals off the side of the USS Missoui during a ceremony Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the ship and the ...
US Navy personnel carry the cremains of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong during a burial at sea service aboard the USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, in the Atlantic Ocean.