Comments on: Coffin’s pictures

By: Club Penguin Cheats

Club Penguin Cheats — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:31:36 +0000

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By: Mig

Mig — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:23:37 +0000

I have a daughter, son-in-law, both active duty and I served as well.
Ask the Patriot Guard Riders (http://www.patriotguard.org) about the press. It is a group of people that go to the families of fallen heroes and ask if they want assistance/protection. I have been to a funeral of a fallen hero and the press was asked not to film it. They setup their cameras on the road with telephoto lens in order to get the shots. We attempted to block their view with American flags held up between the cameras and the casket. The picture that ended up in the paper was taken from a low angle by someone near the funeral itself.
You also have the Anti-war groups to contend with, they also like to disrespect our veterans for their own reasons.
I guess my own suspicion is that the administration is trying to use our veterans as a political tool.
I feel they disrespect the military – one example is: Obama cancelled seeing the soldiers because cameras were not allowed – that showed me his true colors.
Keep the cameras away.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:06:13 +0000

There are already photos available if the media wants to use them for an honorable purpose. I say keep the ban in place or at least modify it to allow military photographers (MC – Mass communication specialists in the Navy) to take the photos. This will ensure that they are done in a respectful manner and with honor to our fallen heroes. Then if a family wishes to release those photos they will have that option of which ones and how many. But to allow general media access would create security concerns on base plus lead to a difficult ability to maintain that honor and respect. I truly don’t believe lifting the ban would lead to more understanding and respect for our military families and their sacrifice. I think it would be used by some media personel to promote their own agenda. I urge everyone to contact Secretary Gates and let him know how we feel about his lifting this ban. You can get all of his info on spousebuzz.com.

By: LopsidedMom

LopsidedMom — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:03:20 +0000

Thanks you for that Gates’ quote – I hadn’t seen that before. I don’t believe the military or our new Administration would ever allow a National Enquirer/circus-like atmosphere around the photography of our returning dead, which I think, ultimately, is what makes people fear a change in policy. I do believe that the intent would be to honor their memory and their sacrifice and the few photos I have seen that have snuck out over the years have been moving and visually striking, not opportunistic at all.
Of course, ultimately any decision should be left up the the family members, but like you, I always hoped that if the unthinkable had happened while he was deployed, I would have been able to find the strength to speak up for my husband’s memory.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:28:05 +0000

I’d rather not have the photos. Too many times we make friends in the military that we get close to, but then we move away due to changes in duty stations. We might still think about these people, even keep in touch with them over the years after. Sometimes, their families may not know we’re friends of theirs and the only way we find out that they’ve been KIA is through mutual friends or in the media. It’s bad enough we get the IED and other reports of that nature where troops are killed and wounded in our evening news. I really don’t want to see the coffins too and wonder if that’s someone we knew.