Damn, the AF is fucking up. Air Force Morgue Lost Body Parts From War Dead, Investigation Reveals Air Force Morgue Lost Body Parts From War Dead, Investigation Reveals
I read this earlier today. Sad string of events. I hope they rewrite protocol and have better supervision and enforcement in the future.
Something is fishy here. Everyone says no rules were or protocol were broken and the whole investigation is based on an unverified and anyonymous "whistleblower" who relates an unverified account of a bone being sawed off so the body would fit in a uniform. I get the impression the administration is trying to make an issue about it to cover for the mess the Country is in.
Ghastly!... Military mortuary flap stirs emotions 9 Nov.`11 Following disclosure Tuesday that Dover mortuary employees sawed off the arm of a Marine without family permission, parents of other servicemembers who have died were split on the emotional issue of what measures are appropriate to memorialize their children.
Obama got Panetta gettin' to the bottom of it... Pentagon chief orders review of war dead abuses Sat, Nov 12, 2011 - Washington : US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said on Thursday he has ordered a review into the mistreatment of US war dead and whether whistleblowers who balked at the mishandling of the remains were retaliated against.