US President Barack Obama walks off a C-17 airplane during the dignified transfer of Sergeant Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Indiana, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, October 29, 2009.Air Force Mishandled Remains Of War Dead, Probe Finds -- Washington Post
Federal investigators said Tuesday they uncovered “gross mismanagement” at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary that cares for America’s war dead after whistleblowers reported horror stories of lost body parts, shoddy inventory controls and lax supervision.
The former mortuary commander and two other senior officials have been disciplined – but not fired -- in response to separate investigations conducted by the Air Force Inspector General, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency that also received the whistleblower complaints.
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Update #1: Air Force Officials Disciplined Over Handling of Human Remains -- New York Times
Update #2: Air Force Morgue Lost Body Parts From War Dead -- ABC News/AP
My Comment: This is news that makes me sick in the stomach. How long and how large is this scandal is on my mind right now.