Military Times launches new online obituary platform 2 hours ago Flowers lay on a bench during a funeral at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu. (Staff Sgt. Jamarius Fortson/Army) Military Times has launched a new platform for creating and publishing obituaries for veterans and to memorialize their individual stories for family, friends and future generations. The Military Times obituary pages will offer a unique opportunity to share a veteran’s story across the military community and ensure it reaches many of the current and former members of the units that veterans have served with. Publishing an online obit is a service that Military Times will offer free of charge. Friends and families will also have the option of paying additional fees to include the obituary in either our print magazines or on social media, where it can be targeted to the specific parts of the military community, either to a particular city and geographical region or to the mil