[Atlas Sneezed]

This Time Magazine photo of a flight arrived in Reno, NV suggests that there is indeed dignity associated with the transport of remains.

http://www.time.com/time/yip/2005/

[A.A. Cunningham]

Those are Marines not soldiers. Read about those Marines from Marine Air Control Squadron 23, MACS-23, stationed in Denver in Final Salute

The Marine Corps has a uniform policy for escorting the remains of deceased Marines home and to their final place of rest: MARADMIN 057/05

the Army does not have a formal ceremony for when the bodies of soldiers arrive at the base or when they are delivered to the family

Therein lies the problem. Perhaps now the Army will be embarrassed into action.