[Eagle Eye]

It seems like forever ago, but was just November I had to send one of my guys to Kuwait as an escort.

The USAF was really something. They emptied a C5 to take the body and escort immediately instead of making them wait for a later, smaller flight. They showed diginty as respect the whole way. And they never even knew the dead civilian who worked indirectly for them.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you for sharing that, EE. Adding prayers for those who are required to make the decisions that send others - military and civilian - into harm's way.

Two more that opened my eyes a bit, powerful works that should be required reading by every civilian - and especially members of our press who exploit every casualty without understanding the courageous choice to serve, and what our troops sacrifice for our freedom.

8 Report from Dover AFB: ~ "There are no reporters on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base. The public is not allowed to witness the military tradition of "receiving the remains". Instead, there are soldiers...it is a soldier's story, and it must be told through a soldier's eyes." ~ email  | 3/02/04

8 The passenger  ~  Air Force Link  | Staff Sgt. Jeramie Brown

[Northern Yankee]

Reading this is extraordinary.

The response of those who handled the remains is heart rendering.

That is the America I know!

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