[Drango]

“Navy custom and tradition is to honor the final resting place of those lost in ships and downed aircraft.”

Army too. I talked to a general about bring a relative home. He said the Army doesn't disturb the dead. McCain is a pant load but he's right on this.

[11th Commandment]

Army too. I talked to a general about bring a relative home. He said the Army doesn't disturb the dead. McCain is a pant load but he's right on this.

Agreed. The reaction on some posts are typical read the headline and the excerpt and knee jerk a post. Reading the entire article (what a concept), one would have to agree with McCain and NAVY historical tradition.

[ExNewsExSpook]

Following WWII, the families of troops KIA were given the option of leaving their loved ones in a US military cemetary overseas or bringing them back home for burial. As for those entombed in ships or aircraft, the US is still recovering remains drom crash sites around the world. The remains of those airmen, once identified, are returned to the United States for internment.

There is plenty of precedent for bringing home those sailors who lost their lives in one of our first expeditionary campaigns. McCain, the same guy who’s trying to balance the federal budget on the back of military retirees, is an idiot.

[trebb]

Army too. I talked to a general about bring a relative home. He said the Army doesn't disturb the dead. McCain is a pant load but he's right on this.

I agree. It might be different if they were buried abroad during a more current conflict and family was still around, but this move makes no sense. Else, we might as well go to Europe and exhume thousands upon thousands....