The Final Salute/Final Mile Program
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Share PrintProvide a Motorcycle Escort for unclaimed Veterans to Florida National Cemeteries. Our mission is to Honor the fallen, and their service to our country. Support from the James A. Haley ELT and Community Partners have grown this program exponentially with over 25 unclaimed Veteran Escorted to their final resting place.
Origin:
February 2019, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital (Tampa, Florida)
Adoptions:
5 successful, 1 in-progress
Partners:
Veterans Experience Office
Recent Updates
Overview
The problem
The solution
The results
Diffusion tracker
Does not include Clinical Resource Hubs (CRH)
Multimedia
Videos
Above:
Bikers, strangers honor WWII veteran's dying wish with 1,000-mile journey from Florida to Louisville
Above:
Bikers, strangers honor WWII veteran's dying wish with 1,000-mile journey from Florida to Louisville
Implementation
Core Resources
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Files
- Step by Step process how to get FMP started in a VA facility. Final Mile Toolkit
Contact
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Email nicolas.morales@va.gov with questions about this innovation.
About
Origin story
Original team
David Allen
Biomedical Engineering Tech
Nicolas Morales
Veteran Experience Office, Program Support
Robert Lynch
Veteran Experience Officer
Robert J Dole VA has adopted the Final Mile process.
The Robert J Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita, KS is in-progress of adopting this innovation!
Robert J Dole VAMC Has implemented the Final Mile program here in Wichita, Working with Decedent Affairs along with Local Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association 21-3, VFW Riders and Legion Riders. We completed a 2nd Escort mission to the Winfield Veteran's Cemetery on 28 Feb 24 News article from 1st Mission in Sept 2023. https://www.kwch.com/2023/10/10/final-mile-more-than-100-gather-honor-veteran-with-no-living-relatives/?fbclid=IwAR3ObKWiriOTNhN__pMMGg_1jymMVXhg6NkV2LOy4LHN8T263FSvPKPkG1E_aem_AVvPHJ8ErcVipnXJZg3xjtL5EwuIPK6ltUfIpC6sYlDYnsQaXvRMfB7a8SeCzUBzVcc