The ban began with Bush. Here's a 1998 photo of the arrival of Senior Master Sgt. Sherry Lynn Olds, killed in the Nairobi embassy bombing.
I believe that is audio film which represented the pomp and circumstance of the occasion. You are saying that in a war, combat troops were always photographed when being loaded and unloaded. I'm here to say you are full of shiite. Troll.