Posted on 12/10/2005 9:11:41 AM PST by countreegurl
SAN DIEGO -- There's controversy over how the military is transporting the bodies of service members killed overseas, 10News reported.
A local family said fallen soldiers and Marines deserve better and that one would think our war heroes are being transported with dignity, care and respect. It said one would think upon arrival in their hometowns they are greeted with honor. But unfortunately, the family said that is just not the case.
Dead heroes are supposed to come home with their coffins draped with the American flag -- greeted by a color guard.
But in reality, many are arriving as freight on commercial airliners -- stuffed in the belly of a plane with suitcases and other cargo.
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Agree. I suspect some spin going on.
update - I'm on the phone with my sis - a veteran flight attendant. She thinks this frieght thing is not accurate. She promised to look into it and get back to me.
Dollars to donuts this traitor Boxer uses this as a political ploy to bash the administration as being uncaring.
I would not put it pass her. Liberals do not have any shame. Hopefully she can keep her pie hole shut for the sake of the family
Me neither.
It's not on display, it's not being received, it's simply being transferred to its next destination. Do you expect an honor band at every stop if there's a forklift nearby to see it?
This is not a display of disrespect. It's shipping. It's also yet another MSM story written simply to try to discredit our military. (They can't do anything right, they don't honor their dead, etc. Divide the Right and conquer, as always.)
When it is appropriate, when they are being receieved or seen on a public tarmac, I feel sure that they will receive the honors they are due.
What doesn't sit well with me is the notion that the media is trying to allege that they are more concerned with honoring the fallen than their brethren in arms who are responsible for such procedures. I guaran-dang-tee you that those in uniform do not shirk that particular responsibility.
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A 24/7 watch is then placed on that cooler and a Snipe {Refrigeration Mechanic} will remain outside the cooler until conditions allow for the body to be flown off the ship. The body to be flown off the ship IIRC will be in a container simuliar to a missle crate. From that point on I don't know.
I couldn't have written it better.
Thank you.
It's not on display, it's not being received, it's simply being transferred to its next destination. Do you expect an honor band at every stop if there's a forklift nearby to see it?
***I guess we could strap them into the seats in first class.***
Yeah, really!
Bodies are ALWAYS shipped cargo. Where else would they put them? Sitting upright next to the pilot? This is a lot of hooey!
I recently read about a flight landing with a soldier's body aboard and the passengers were told to wait while the body of a fallen hero was unloaded.
Also, the MSM would LOVE to get pix of the flag-draped bodies, which is why we normally downplay it.
Thanks for posting; Reading Final Salute brought tears to my eyes a number of times.
Semper Fi
I agree. That box may or may not be a coffin, and if so it may not contain a body. If it is a coffin and if it does contain a body it may not be a soldier or even an American. Sounds like left wing rumor mongering to me.
Just how else can they ship a coffin? If not in the baggage hold?
I not certain this is any sort of outrage.
Wow, A.A., this is a moving picture. It stirs up within me a great deal of respect for this fallen soldier. I honor and salute him, and for his family, my heart goes out to them. I remember the day Ronald Reagen met with some family members of fallen soldiers and how he was crying. That my friend, is the upmost respect we can give to these who gave their all for their county.
He is a fallen Marine, not a soldier.
I like the way the Marines are going about their business. With total respect as the occasion deserves. The Marines are very good at what they do.
This (reply #28) should help explain the proper method of transporting remains of those killed in action.
I believe it always has been outsourced, Willie Green. I think it is the fastest, most cost effective way to get the remains to the the site where they will be interred. But I could be wrong.
That said, I would hope it would be handled with more tact and honor than just having the remains offloaded from an airliner into a waiting hearse by baggage handlers, unless that is understood by the family up front.
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