Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Coming Home with Honor! Ending 18yr Ban, 4.05.09

First Photos of Fallen Soldier Ends 18-Year Ban
Air Force Allows Media to Cover Arrival of Airman Killed in Afghanistan



For the first time since the Obama administration reversed an 18-year-old ban on news coverage of returning fallen soldiers, the military allowed media to cover the arrival tonight of an airman killed in Afghanistan.

The arrival of remains of Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Myers, a 30-year-old supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, at Dover Air Force Base at 11 p.m. today marked the first time that the transfer of any of the nearly 5,000 U.S. troops who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan was open to the media. >>>>>More

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