Posted on 04/05/2005 3:02:41 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Story Number: NNS050405-13
Release Date: 4/5/2005 2:49:00 PM
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Upon review of an intelligence community report regarding the case of Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, Secretary of the Navy Gordon England directed the Chief of Naval Personnel to convene a board to review the classification of Speicher’s status as Missing/Captured.
Speicher’s, aircraft was shot down Jan. 17, 1991, the first day of the Gulf War. In October 2002, England changed Speicher’s status from Missing in Action to Missing/Captured.
The report provides an update for the Offices of the secretaries of Defense and Navy concerning intelligence community actions between November 2002 and March 2005 to determine the fate of Speicher, classified as Missing/Captured from the Gulf War.
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Thanks for posting. Could this mean they have found him or his remains or conclusive intelligence? Dear Scott! A great and loved American hero!
Am I remembering correctly, that his widow has remarried?
Yes, she lives with her husband and the children she had with Scott.
I can see why. Gotta save careers, is my guess.
That's what I'm worried about. They haven't found him or his remains since the invasion of Baghdad, so maybe they want to just dump this off and make it go away. I hope that's not the case.
I hope this isn't too tacky a question, but does this affect the benefits paid to his children?
I really was hopeful at one point he would be found still alive. I am certain now that will not be the case.
Anyone interested in learning about this intriguing and tragic case, read No One Left Behind by Amy Yarsinske.
I heard on Fox News that, by law, they have to review the status of people missing or captured annually and they have 30 days to decide whether to keep the status the same or change it to something else.
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