OMG...at least 274 Servicemen remains DUMPED in Landfill
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OMG...at least 274 Servicemen remains DUMPED in Landfill
This just sickens me 
"The US Air Force dumped the cremated, partial remains of at least 274 troops in a landfill before halting the secretive practice in 2008, the Washington Post reported Thursday.
The procedure was never formally authorized or disclosed to senior Pentagon officials, who conducted a review of the cremation policies of Dover Air Base -- the main point of entry for US war dead -- in 2008, the Post said.
Nor was the dumping ever disclosed to the families of the fallen troops, who had authorized the military to dispose of the remains in a respectful and dignified manner, the Post said, citing Air Force officials.
The newspaper quoted officials as saying that a precise count of the remains disposed of at a Virginia landfill would require searching through the records of 6,300 troops whose remains have passed through Dover since 2001.
An additional group of 1,762 remains -- which could not undergo DNA testing because they were badly damaged or burned -- were also disposed of in this manner, the Post said, citing the Air Force.
Defense officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
Last month investigators said they had found "gross mismanagement" at the US Air Force mortuary, with body parts lost and remains mishandled.
After allegations from whistle-blowers, an Air Force probe found that two "portions of the remains" of fallen troops had been lost and uncovered other problems at the morgue.
New procedures have been put in place at the mortuary and the commander at the morgue, a colonel, together with two civilian officials were disciplined over the episode but not sacked.
The Dover affair echoes a scandal that erupted last year at Arlington National Cemetery, the country's hallowed ground for war dead. Investigators there uncovered cases of misidentified remains and mismanagement.
Following an Army probe, the conduct at Arlington is now the subject of a criminal investigation.
http://news.yahoo.com/remains-274-us...081234306.html"
"The US Air Force dumped the cremated, partial remains of at least 274 troops in a landfill before halting the secretive practice in 2008, the Washington Post reported Thursday.
The procedure was never formally authorized or disclosed to senior Pentagon officials, who conducted a review of the cremation policies of Dover Air Base -- the main point of entry for US war dead -- in 2008, the Post said.
Nor was the dumping ever disclosed to the families of the fallen troops, who had authorized the military to dispose of the remains in a respectful and dignified manner, the Post said, citing Air Force officials.
The newspaper quoted officials as saying that a precise count of the remains disposed of at a Virginia landfill would require searching through the records of 6,300 troops whose remains have passed through Dover since 2001.
An additional group of 1,762 remains -- which could not undergo DNA testing because they were badly damaged or burned -- were also disposed of in this manner, the Post said, citing the Air Force.
Defense officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
Last month investigators said they had found "gross mismanagement" at the US Air Force mortuary, with body parts lost and remains mishandled.
After allegations from whistle-blowers, an Air Force probe found that two "portions of the remains" of fallen troops had been lost and uncovered other problems at the morgue.
New procedures have been put in place at the mortuary and the commander at the morgue, a colonel, together with two civilian officials were disciplined over the episode but not sacked.
The Dover affair echoes a scandal that erupted last year at Arlington National Cemetery, the country's hallowed ground for war dead. Investigators there uncovered cases of misidentified remains and mismanagement.
Following an Army probe, the conduct at Arlington is now the subject of a criminal investigation.
http://news.yahoo.com/remains-274-us...081234306.html"
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This defies anything that could be put into words. Absolutely unforgivable. Didn't it occur to anyone doing this that it was wrong? I can see some uncaring, unethical turd ordering it to be done, (not that that excuses the the jerk, but there ARE people like that among us), but didn't anyone carrying out the orders have the sack to bring it to the attention of SOMEONE and say, "Hey, do you know what's going on over here?"
Are there really that many people without feeling or conscience to do what's right instead of blindly forging ahead without a care?
Are there really that many people without feeling or conscience to do what's right instead of blindly forging ahead without a care?
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Scott, it says that whistle blowers were involved. I hate that term. I bet issues where brought forward many times, confidentiality breeched and Code of Ethics not acknowledged until someone directly effected got wind of this.
It sickens me that this kind of thing goes on without any kind of proper action and usually gets covered up, dismissed or buried. Eventually when someone does things like this, good ole Kharma comes around.
Baffling how they can 'discipline' and keep the losers on staff. Disgusting. disciplined, my a ss.
It sickens me that this kind of thing goes on without any kind of proper action and usually gets covered up, dismissed or buried. Eventually when someone does things like this, good ole Kharma comes around.
Baffling how they can 'discipline' and keep the losers on staff. Disgusting. disciplined, my a ss.
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Scott, it says that whistle blowers were involved. I hate that term. I bet issues where brought forward many times, confidentiality breeched and Code of Ethics not acknowledged until someone directly effected got wind of this.
It sickens me that this kind of thing goes on without any kind of proper action and usually gets covered up, dismissed or buried. Eventually when someone does things like this, good ole Kharma comes around.
Baffling how they can 'discipline' and keep the losers on staff. Disgusting. disciplined, my a ss.
It sickens me that this kind of thing goes on without any kind of proper action and usually gets covered up, dismissed or buried. Eventually when someone does things like this, good ole Kharma comes around.
Baffling how they can 'discipline' and keep the losers on staff. Disgusting. disciplined, my a ss.
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This all comes back to our Administration not funding the military. It's a simple matter of cutting costs I'm sure. Heck, O'Blama wants servicemen to receive no medical benefits or disability! Do you think he cared?
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How they could do this to my fellow fallen airmen is beyond me.
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The current administration has no clue to the meaning of these two words morals or ethics . We all need to fix that problem in 2012, clean house in other words. From the top down,time to take out the trash
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the really sad thing is that the colonel probably got promoted to a 1 star Gen for his actions to move him out of there. I have seen it far too often that someone screws something up and they get rid of the individual and in that process usually gets them a higher rank (officer wise that I have witnessed).
I am with ya'll, If I spoke what I am thinking right now, my membership here would be forever banned. So ticked off right now, PUBLIC HANGING AFTER SEVERE TORTURE!
I am with ya'll, If I spoke what I am thinking right now, my membership here would be forever banned. So ticked off right now, PUBLIC HANGING AFTER SEVERE TORTURE!
