Finally a more dignifiied return for slain troops!

It is about time-you would not think the federal goverment would have to be shamed into doing the right thing by our fallen soldiers, but that is exactly what has happened.

In an about-face by the U.S. government four years into the war in Iraq, America's fallen troops are being brought back to their families aboard charter jets instead of ordinary commercial flights, and the caskets are being met by honor guards in white gloves instead of baggage handlers with forklifts.

That change — which took effect quietly in January and applies to members of the U.S. military killed in Afghanistan, too — came after a campaign waged by a father who was aghast to learn that his son's body was going to be unloaded like so much luggage.

John Holley said an airline executive told him that was the "most expeditious" way to get the body home.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17985128/from/RS.1/ To read the article in its entirety, please visit the site. It never ceases to amaze me the things the federal goverment will stoop to to try and save a few dollars to be able to funnel it back into this damn illegal occupation.