It is a good faith promise to the families of our lost soldiers. It is about bringing everyone home. It tells families the USA respects every life of every soldier. Our soldiers lives are unique and valued and they are a loss to us as a country. It is important this has been realized. It places a commodity on a soldier's life. That soldier is an American and the USA will never send them into battle or into a firefight without complete confidence they will come home alive.
We lost that reassurance for some reason when the prisoners of Daesh were rescued and we lost one soldier. It was one soldier too many because the intelligence wasn't exact. We made a promise to our soldiers when they volunteered.
This act of compassion brings home soldiers to families and we spare no cost to do it no matter how long it takes. These are lessons dearly learned about being a better and more precise fighting force. We rather they come home to their families intact and willing to continue their career.
November 9, 2015
By Audrey McAvoy
Honolulu — The remains of seven crew members (click here) missing since the USS Oklahoma capsized in the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor have been identified, the military said Monday.
The names of the servicemen identified using dental records will be released after their families have been notified.
In June, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency began digging up the remains of nearly 400 USS Oklahoma sailors and Marines from a veterans cemetery in Honolulu where they were buried as "unknowns."
Within five years, officials expect to identify about 80 percent of the Oklahoma crew members still considered missing.
We lost that reassurance for some reason when the prisoners of Daesh were rescued and we lost one soldier. It was one soldier too many because the intelligence wasn't exact. We made a promise to our soldiers when they volunteered.
This act of compassion brings home soldiers to families and we spare no cost to do it no matter how long it takes. These are lessons dearly learned about being a better and more precise fighting force. We rather they come home to their families intact and willing to continue their career.
November 9, 2015
By Audrey McAvoy
Honolulu — The remains of seven crew members (click here) missing since the USS Oklahoma capsized in the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor have been identified, the military said Monday.
The names of the servicemen identified using dental records will be released after their families have been notified.
In June, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency began digging up the remains of nearly 400 USS Oklahoma sailors and Marines from a veterans cemetery in Honolulu where they were buried as "unknowns."
Within five years, officials expect to identify about 80 percent of the Oklahoma crew members still considered missing.
