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As has been stated already, this has a smell associated with it that cannot be explained by partisan politics.

Remains were not shipped back to CONUS overnight. The length of time involved in recovering, preparing and shipping home the bodies of fallen servicemen pretty well insured that they would be in an advanced state of decomposition by the time they could have been assembled, one hundred at a time, and dressed in Blues. To then have them laid out in rows in an unguarded, non-refridgerated hangar, that our hero could just wander around and "happen to" walk into seems to be a really far-fetched idea. They also were shipped in a sealed container, so if they were awaiting shipment I just have to wonder how the writer could tell how they were dressed.

It has also been my experience that escort duty was an assigned detail. It seems unlikely that someone would have been "asked" to accompany the body unless there were some sort of prior connection between the deceased and the escort officer.

As heart rending as this little talk between a man and his dog was intended to be, it sounds like bull shit to me. If I'm later proven to be wrong I will apologize, but for now I'm calling it a lie.