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Its really wonderful how the Biden administration puts the important things first
Posted on 7/26/23 at 7:21 am
Posted on 7/26/23 at 7:21 am
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A Republican lawmaker is sounding the alarm after being notified that one of the 13 Gold Star families from the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was forced to pay to move the body of their loved one.
Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., who is an Army veteran, told Fox News Digital that during a meeting with the families of the "Fallen 13" last week, he was "enraged to learn that the Department of Defense had placed a heavy financial burden" on the family of Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, who were forced to find funding in the thousands to move her body to its final resting place after her 2021 death in Afghanistan.
The Gee family secured the funding, which came to "a staggering $60,000," to move their loved one's body after a nonprofit organization stepped in to cover the cost, Mills said.
According to Mills' office, the option for the Defense Department to decline to pay for transport of the body was made possible by an amendment to last year's National Defense Authorization Act, which states that the secretary of Defense may provide a fallen service member's next of kin "a commercial air travel use waiver for the transportation of deceased remains of [a] military member who dies inside a theater of combat operations."
Gee's remains were initially flown to her hometown of Roseville, California, for a ceremony, but the responsibility for transporting Gee to her final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery would fall on the family. Honoring Our Fallen, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting the families of fallen American service members, stepped up to help the family move Gee via private jet to Virginia.
Biden's terrible Afghanistan fiasco not only caused this soldier's death but then they told the family if they want her body to get to Arlington they have to pay for it out of pocket but at least the Drag Queens got to show some kids in Ecuador their dicks because that's what really matters.
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Posted on 7/26/23 at 7:28 am to stout
quote:The family shouldn't have to pay a dime, but $60k to fly a body from California to Virginia seems excessive. Was this for the whole family?
Gee's remains were initially flown to her hometown of Roseville, California, for a ceremony, but the responsibility for transporting Gee to her final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery would fall on the family.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 7:36 am to mmcgrath
Sounds like they had to rent a transport jet big enough for a casket. Not like you are fitting that on a small Citation. A private jet big enough to transport a casket across the country is not going to be cheap. That is on top of the car service to the airport and then from the airport once landed. Then there were probably a ton of misc expenses in between everything else.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 7:54 am to mmcgrath
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The family shouldn't have to pay a dime, but $60k to fly a body from California to Virginia seems excessive. Was this for the whole family?
Pick that irrelevant nit, anything to sideline the thread.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 7:55 am to stout
"C'mon, man. I don't have time for dead Marines." - Joe Biden
Posted on 7/26/23 at 8:38 am to stout
What do you expect? The people who hate America and Americans are in charge, and are having a great time getting to use the infinite fed govt coffers to groom children, especially 3rd world ones.
81 million wanted this.
81 million wanted this.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 9:09 am to stout
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Sounds like they had to rent a transport jet big enough for a casket.
This part sounds odd to me. Caskets/bodies being flown to a different location for interment are usually assessed a freight/cargo fee based upon weight. Why would a private aircraft need to be chartered for this?
Not trying to second guess anyone or tell the family how they should tend to their affairs, that's entirely their business. It's just a bit odd to me the way the whole thing is presented.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 9:27 am to stout
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Biden
I wouldn't piss on that POS if he was on fire.
Hope he rots in fricking hell.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 9:39 am to stout
Of all the things our country wastes money on, covering the expenses related to the burial of military members that died in combat service to this country is not something I have an issue with. There’s no reason not to accommodate the family imo.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 9:41 am to stout
quote:you can ship bodies as cargo, or at least you could in my days at the airport long ago
ket. Not like you are fitting that on a small Citation. A private jet big enough to transport a c
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