The remains of the fallen return home
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The military has long borne a sacred obligation: to treat its fallen members and their families with utmost levels of dignity and honor.
A Marine carry team at Dover Air Force Base, Del., moves a transfer case containing the remains of a Marine who died in October while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Steve Ruark/Associated Press
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Dover Air Force Base is the latest of the nation’s hallowed military places to be sullied by charges of mismanagement and scandal.
The sloppy handling of troops’ remains at Dover and Arlington painfully undercuts what the military has long borne as a sacred obligation: to treat its fallen members and their families with utmost levels of dignity and honor.