I'm pretty sure those metal caskets used to transfer remains of casualties are a gray/stainless steel color. The Marines certainly provide the most elaborate escort and honor guard duties for their fallen comrades. Last weekend one of my college friends showed me some videos of his father's funeral ceremony several months back. I'd gotten to know his parents when we were in college and always admired his dad who was a former Marine. He'd decided to be cremated and have his ashes scattered in the ocean off his daughter's house in Orange County, California. The ceremony at the Dana Point Marina was very dignified and moving. With the honor guard and rifle team that performed a 14-gun salute, I counted fifteen Marines! If you haven't seen the Kevin Bacon movie "Taking Chance," I highly recommend it. You'll cry your eyes out but it is a wonderful true story.