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Biden admin forces family of soldier killed in Afghanistan withdrawal to pay $60,000 to transport her body to Arlington National Cemetery
Post Millennial ^ | Jul 26, 2023 | Staff

Posted on 07/26/2023 12:54:55 PM PDT by Red Badger

Honoring Our Fallen, a non-profit that helps families of fallen American service members, covered the cost of having Gee’s body transported.

The family of a female Marine who was killed during the disasterous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 was forced to pay $60,000 to have her body flown from California to Arlington to be buried.

Nicole Gee, 23, was one of 13 service members who were killed during a suicide blast at the Kabul Airport in 2021, per Daily Mail. There were also 170 Afghans reportedly killed in the attack that ISIS took responsibility for.

The attack took place on August 26, during an evacuation attempt near the US embassy.

Cory Mills, a Republican lawmaker and Army veteran, reportedly met with the families of the 13 service members who were lost in the attack. He was told one of the families was forced to pay $60,000 to have the body of a loved one moved to be buried.

Honoring Our Fallen, a non-profit that helps families of fallen American service members, covered the cost of having Gee’s body transported.

Her body was initially transported to her hometown of Roseville, California for a ceremony, but her family was then told they were financially responsible for moving her body to Arlington, which would be her final resting place, per the report.

Mills’ office noted that the defense department was allowed to decline to pay for the transportation of Gee’s body due to last year’s change to the National Defense Authorization Act, according to Fox News.

The change notes that the secretary of defense may provide a fallen soldier’s family “a commercial air travel use waiver for the transportation of deceased remains of [a] military member who dies inside a theater of combat operations.”

Mills said: “Typically, our fallen heroes are flown back home for a solemn service and then laid to a final rest at Arlington Cemetery with the utmost respect and honor.”

“It is an egregious injustice that grieving families were burdened to shoulder the financial strain of honoring their loved ones.”


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To: Red Badger

She should have taken out a college loan-they would have reimbursed her.


21 posted on 07/26/2023 1:29:30 PM PDT by Doche2X2
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To: silverleaf

When Charles DeGaulle demanded all US troops leave France, Lyndon Johnson told Dean Rusk, “Ask him about the cemeteries, Dean.”


22 posted on 07/26/2023 1:33:16 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

I don’t believe this happened. They probably pay for one destination.


23 posted on 07/26/2023 1:36:28 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: dfwgator

I won’t be surprised if Trump steps in to pay the bill.


24 posted on 07/26/2023 1:37:44 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future. )
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To: Red Badger

From the article, “..He was told one of the families was forced to pay $60,000 to have the body of a loved one moved to be buried.”

I assume this was for a different service member. I can’t stand Biden but no where does the article show where it is administration policy that sets the cost of this service. Was this going to be done by charter? More details would help.


25 posted on 07/26/2023 1:41:21 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Red Badger
That $60,000 number doesn't smell right. Are we sure someone hasn't misplaced a decimal? Even $6,000 sounds like too much just to ship a body.
26 posted on 07/26/2023 1:42:19 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: silverleaf

“Since WW1 we always brought our troops home, even when other countries like England decided to bury them overseas.”

The body was repatriated back to California.


27 posted on 07/26/2023 1:50:02 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Red Badger

Pure, unadulterated evil!
All of these bastards need to be fired with prejudice...


28 posted on 07/26/2023 2:11:49 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Red Badger

And this surprises anyone? Biden HATES military members. That is why he is destroying it with homos trannies and illegals.


29 posted on 07/26/2023 2:14:57 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Red Badger

Missing details:

When was the approval to inter the remains at Arlington, VA sent to the CACO and the family (it’s not automatic)?

Did the CACO advise the family that DoD was only responsible to transport the remains to the final burial spot, in this case, from Dover AFB to Arlington, VA?

What does the DoD and MCO say regarding the cost of transporting the deceased?

Just basic journalism.


30 posted on 07/26/2023 2:22:05 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Red Badger

Meanwhile Hunter Biden flies free of charge on government jets around the world doing his business with foreign countries.


31 posted on 07/26/2023 2:27:39 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: dforest

You probably didn’t read the article. The body was flown to CA at the family’s request. The Army did what they were supposed to do. The crime here is charging that much to ship a body across the country. Where are the air freight companies?

I wouldn’t want my fallen son or daughter anywhere near DC.


32 posted on 07/26/2023 2:28:57 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Red Badger
Nicole Gee was brave. She had more balls than the average American and that includes me. I can never repay her debt to her country.

That said, we shouldn't allow women to serve in the military. Okay, there's a place for them in the medical corps. And they can be nurses and doctors. That's what we did during World War II. Behind the front lines.

33 posted on 07/26/2023 2:35:39 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: TornadoAlley3
I don’t believe this happened. They probably pay for one destination.

Service Members choose the disposition of their remains while they are still alive, typically early in their first enlistment. I know this because I chose aft. Logan National Cemetery in Colorado.

34 posted on 07/26/2023 2:43:18 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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To: Gen.Blather

That’s why I get that cruise insurance. My mom had to be airlifted from a cruise ship to Ft. Lauderdale, fl in 2013. We’d have to pay 20G if not for that cheap insurance. Thank goodness my sister insisted she get it.


35 posted on 07/26/2023 2:57:50 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: MomwithHope

After he pays the bills from his many rally’s he stiffed the city with first. Some are fighting back by not letting him hold a rally until the previous bills are paid. Sounds reasonable.


36 posted on 07/26/2023 3:00:50 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Vermont Lt

Sorry, IMO, they should have paid to send the body to where she would be resting.


37 posted on 07/26/2023 3:13:13 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Jonty30

That soldiers home State must have a sorry Congressman.


38 posted on 07/26/2023 3:17:43 PM PDT by chopperk
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To: Red Badger

I don’t understand the costs involved. Slip the casket in a box, strap it to a pallet, load it in a truck.


39 posted on 07/26/2023 3:23:39 PM PDT by Mark was here
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To: dforest

So, criss-crossing the country on some sort of tour? How many trips are they obligated to pay for? If the parents can’t figure their stuff out, that’s not on the rest of us.


40 posted on 07/26/2023 3:26:12 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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