I disagree. The story is straightforward. the Army at Arlington and Walter Reed, and the Air Force at Dover rightfully deserve heaps of “WaPoo” for their bungling.
What about the story about warriors’ remains being dumped in landfills? Think that was just the media dragging the Military down? Should they just sit on this information instead?
The Military does what it’s supposed to do (kill people and break things) extraordinarily well. But when it comes to bureaucracy (i.e. maintaining a graveyard), lets just say the record is less than stellar.
What would you expect? It’s run by the federal government. What federal program or department isn’t effed up?
This is a disgrace. In other cases the military left bodies to rot when the burial was delayed, areas which were not even air conditioned. They’ve buried people in the wrong graves and thrown partial remains in the landfill.
The military and our government has shown a complete lack of respect for the fallen. Sure they drape the coffins in flags and return them respectfully when people are watching. As soon as the remains enter the burial process and out of view their real level of respect becomes evident.
Its how you behave when others aren’t watching that shows your true integrity.
The ex-slaves were buried there to spite Robert E. Lee the owner of the land where Arlington now stands. Their stones are simply titled "Citizen".
For this they're going to end careers and spend millions of $$ ??.
How about focusing on section 60 which is at least current burials and fix that?