This is a good change. Many of our fallen military members have been coming home on commercial flights basically as freight and not receiving the honors they deserve.
Thanks to the efforts of the father of one of our fallen soldiers, that's been changed.
From FoxNews:
Some were met by smartly uniformed military honor guards. But in other cases, the flag-draped caskets were unceremoniously taken off the plane by ordinary ground crew members and handed over to the family at a warehouse in a cargo area.
Now, the military is flying the dead into smaller regional airports closer to their hometowns, so that they can be met by their families and, in some cases, receive community tributes. And the caskets are being borne from the plane by an honor guard.
Last year, the U.S. military spent about $1.2 million to bring home the dead on commercial flights. Switching to charter flights will cost far more: The six-month Kalitta contract is worth up to $11 million.
This will cost considerably more, but it's worth it.
This isn't a handout to do for someone what they should be doing for themselves, or some project to pad a bureaucrat's nest. This is rendering he proper honor to someone who fought and died for this nation, the ideals of this nation, and the people of this nation.
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