Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma, established as a post cemetery in 1882 and transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1973, occupies 77.5 acres on the Point Loma, San Diego peninsula overlooking San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The cemetery's interment records span every major American conflict from the Indian Wars through the Global War on Terror, with maritime-burial alternatives available through providers like San Diego Burial at Sea for veterans who request ocean committal. Fort Rosecrans closed to new full-casket burials in 1966 due to capacity constraints but continues to accept cremated remains and authorized second interments in existing gravesites under National Cemetery Administration protocols. The site shares the Cabrillo Memorial Drive corridor with the national monument whose preservation is managed by the Cabrillo National Monument Foundation, placing both the cemetery and the monument on the same historic headland accessed through Naval Base Point Loma. The cemetery's most intricate operations involve coordinating military-honors ceremonies that require synchronized rifle volleys, bugle calls, and flag presentations with active-duty detail teams from multiple San Diego installations.