 About 200 people attended the service, including Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, Army Lt. Gen. John F. Kimmons, active duty military, both enlisted and officers, Rogers's friends and family from Florida, and Rogers's friends in northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Also in attendance were a dozen or more gay active duty military personnel.Rogers's funeral gained national media publicity, initially on MSNBC, in "The Washington Post"" and on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.However, initial reports omitted Rogers's sexual orientation or anything related to the subject.