[rdb3]

The Pentagon has barred US media from filming the coffins of US servicemembers arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, but the Louisiana National Guard allowed a CBS news crew to film the arrival of six soldiers' coffins at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse, near New Orleans, Louisiana.

Despite the Pentagon request, Lieutenant Colonel Pete Schneider, a spokesman for the Louisiana National Guard told CBS: "What we thought was, we're going to do what the family asked us to do."

Lt. Col. Schneider deserves a dishonorable discharge immediately.

[Ready4Freddy]

Difference between a 'rule' and a 'request'?

[verity]

Fortunately, your recommendation will be ignored.

[Alberta's Child]

I'm actually on the side of the Lt. Col. in this one, if only to reinforce the basic principles of the Tenth Amendment. An officer of the Louisiana National Guard does not answer to anyone at the Pentagon when it comes to domestic National Guard protocol -- even moreso when you consider that this "Pentagon request" could have been issued by someone who is a civilian PR hack with no military credentials whatsoever.

One of these days a National Guard officer is going to get some REAL b@lls . . . and have CBS film the arrival of coffins adorned with state flags at these bases -- with no U.S. flag in sight.

[Non-Sequitur]

Lt. Col. Schneider deserves a dishonorable discharge immediately.

As spokesman for an organization that decided to honor the request of the family over the request of the Pentagon? Whoever made the decision deserves a medal.

[jaykay]

Lt. Col. Schneider deserves a dishonorable discharge immediately.

The article refers to him as a "spokesman" not necessarily the one who made the event happen.