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| Family forced to pay to ship body of Marine killed after Pentagon policy change: 'Egregious injustice' |
| 2023-07-26 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #12 Is MAC (now AMC) out of business? |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2023-07-26 16:23 |
| #11 The most shocking part for me was cost. I understand that the DoD flew the body to Roseville, CA for a family ceremony, presumptively at the family's wishes. Subsequently, they wanted her buried in Arlington, so in essence the outrage is about the second transport of from Roseville, CA to Arlington for burial, not being paid for by DoD. It is not unreasonable to have a policy that provides burial transportation to Home of Record or equivalent, but not subsequent movement. In this case, special efforts might have been sage given the egregious waste of her life through layers of incompetence and politics. The shock for me was a transportation cost of $60,000 to move the body from California to DC! Something about that just reeks of dishonesty or ridiculous excess. Google search gave the following: "How much does it cost to transport a casket by plane? As mentioned above, ground transportation is a per-mile charge, whereas air transportation is a set airline shipment for a flight. Airline cargo funeral shipment fees within the U.S. can range between $600 - $3,000. It is important to note that ONLY a known shipper can make arrangements to ship a dead body by cargo." |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-07-26 12:27 |
| #10 ^ More of that bad luck? (Gaulic shrug) |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-07-26 12:20 |
| #9 In totally unrelated news, the military continues to have difficulty meeting its recruitment targets. |
| Posted by: Matt 2023-07-26 11:16 |
| #8 This is like spreading a mayonnaise of stupidity on the giant cow pie of failure that was the withdrawal of Afghanistan. Any competent politician would be scrambling with the urgency of a reactor scram to shut down all discussion of that debacle. Stiffing a Gold Star family is not the way to bury the Kabul sniper stand down order. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-07-26 10:31 |
| #7 ^the option for the Defense Department to decline to pay for transport of the body Perhaps the article lacked sufficient clarity. The Marine was dead. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-26 10:25 |
| #6 If Biden only knew! I'm not part of the culture, but you'd think that *somebody* would have said "Bad optics here, boss. This needs to be fixed" and so on up the food chain until you get to the person who can do it from petty cash. Or are the Marines not doing "Improvise, Adapt and Overcome" anymore? Too much toxic masculinity, I suppose. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-07-26 10:01 |
| #5 /\ Ref #4: Here are a few suggestions on where one might start looking: |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-07-26 07:08 |
| #4 SOMEBODY inserted that language in the bill. Find out who and flame them |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-07-26 07:01 |
| #3 Compared to the defense budget, such expenses are invisible. This was not for saving money. It was sadism. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2023-07-26 06:20 |
| #2 I'd be curious to see which Congressmen voted for this NDAA; but then again, they slip stupid shit into bills/legislation all of the time. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-07-26 06:16 |
| #1 Disgusting on several levels. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-07-26 02:04 |