Outrage Ensues After Family of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Withdrawal is Forced to Pay to Transport Her Body

Red State ^ | 07/25/2023 | Bonchie

[21twelve]

I’m surprised the family still wanted her buried at Arlington after how the government treated them.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

The Congressman is right. It wouldn't have been a problem at all for the Air Force to carry the KIA Marine back to Arlington National.

This wasn't a problem with procedure. If I were the case manager, I would have responded the same way. The problem is with how the NDAA was written (DoD will only pay for transportation of remains to one interment site), and the Congressman you cite probably voted yea on it. Maybe the Congressman should actually read the laws he votes on.

[joma89]

Don’t join the DoD. Join a militia instead.

[maddog55]

Military flies you to you’re home town. That’s SOP. It DOES NOT cost $60k to get a body California to Arlington so that’s pure bullshit.

There’s far more to this story. Afghanistan withdrawal was a disaster but so is this story.

[11th_VA]

Where I live, the county pays $10,000 to send dead illegals back to their countries.

[maddog55]

Wife and I have APASI insurance contract. Cost about $1900 each. I die anywhere in the world and they transport me back to where my body will be buried. My kids just have to call and they handle it.

[Leep]

Had she been black and or a tranny....

[popdonnelly]

The U.S. government should pay for it.

[I want the USA back]

Of course. biden hates the military except when he can appoint flaming LGBTcrap things to high posts.

[Abathar]

I really want to see a breakdown of the $60k charges.

We flew my aunt back from Florida to Michigan and it cost around $6k, airline was I think around $4k of it and hearse drives to and from the remainder.

The prices just don’t add up to reality, if this was the case then no one would be doing it.

(had my father found out we spent that kind of money to get his body to a burial, the casket lid would have popped off and he would have kicked our butts for spending what he left us for that.)

[ETCM]

I really want to see a breakdown of the $60k charges.

A veterans group had the remains flown from CA to VA via a private jet. I don't know if they flew the family on the jet also, but I guess if you chartered a private jet solely for transfer of remains, it would be pretty expensive.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It would not have been breaking the law.

It is in fact allowed by law.

It would have been adhering to the law.

But they did not want to do it.

So they didn't.

Their reponse was "screw you gold star family. We could give a tinkers damn about your died in action loved one. The law says we could give you help only if we want to and we don't want to."