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Ditter,

Thanks for posting this video. You helped to show people how much emotion pilots and their crew have when escorting deceased soldiers home.

My son is an Air Force Special Ops pilot, and he flies the C-130 but it has a very different mission, it is a gunship. He says he doesn't go to war, but is there to support the troops on the ground, and take out those who intend to harm them. I can use all your prayers when he is deployed!

On his behalf, may I thank all of you for your kindness and support for him and all the military who serve and sacrifice for our benefit. God Bless all those who paid the ultimate price.

Diane

The soliders are returned to there Home town on commerical jets. The ones in the video are the ones that bring the solider back to the states.
I have a friend who's son was killed. I can't remeber which base they went to to pick up their son's body but... They than flew home on the jet that bought their son back here for burial. There also was a Marine accompanying the body. A honor gaurd and convey meant the plane. The family and body was removed first before anything or anyone else. The family was taken to the underside of the plane so they would be there when their son was taken from the plane. Once he was in the hearse the people on the plane left the plane.

Thank you for sharing this!

God Bless Our Troops and their families. Thankyou for sharing this.

Thanks Ditter, really meant alot to share with you. Excuse the tears.

Thank you for posting this link. My husband's 31 year military career started with a tour in Viet Nam and concluded with a tour in Afghanistan. There was a lot of difference between how he was welcomed home from Viet Nam and then from Afghanistan. When my own 21 year military career started there were not many women in the military at that time and being in uniform was not always an easy thing.

I think videos like this make people who are not affiliated with the military in some way understand military personnel and their families are real human beings and sacrifice much for their country. Whether their country is right or wrong is a matter of personal opinion, but they should still honor those who serve and feel compassion for those who give their lives for their country.

My husband or I do not regret our service to our country.

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Originally Posted by juneayerza

My husband or I do not regret our service to our country.

A grateful nation thanks you for your service!

Diane

How very touching and emotional....I hope everyone remembers to pray for our servicemen and women who are in harms way everyday ...and especially pray that they never have to ride the Angel Flight

Thanks for sharing, Ditter. It was a beautiful, moving tribute.

This is a beautiful video. Thanks for sharing.

Some of our military men and women see and do more than we ever realize. My son was home the last time, it will be two years in April, he told me as a policeman he is one of the first responders to crime scenes as a part of his job. He was making his rounds and talked to one of his friends heading in for the night. About two hours later he was called to the housing unit and found the guy where he had hung himself. This really affected him. If only he had talked he might still be alive.

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Originally Posted by Cybrarian

Ditter, Thanks so much for this. I'm the advisor for both of our Honor Society chapters and we present the Veteran's Day Chapel at our school every November. This is going to definitely be a part of our chapel November, 2011. We do all we can to help our students develop and maintain a respect for our country, our government, and our military. We don't lead them to believe our country is always right or anything or that you shouldn't disagree with decisions that are made. However supporting the members of our military and their families has nothing to do with if you agree with a military action decided on in Washington. My brother was an Air Force air traffic controller in Tokoyo during Vietnam and often landed the Angel Flights. He talked about it once and I asked him if he ever knew how many they were escorting home. He shook his head and said "they were full, the plane was always at capacity" then he had to go walk outside. My heart breaks when I think how my brother and all of our military were treated when they came home during that time. I can't dwell on it, those memories still make me physically sick...

I know what you mean. A boy from our neighborhood got killed over there and his mama just sat on the porch that summer and rocked and rocked day after day. I've never forgotten Jimmy. The war ended when my husband was a senior in high school or he would have gone.

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Thank you and your husband both for your service.

Thank you, Ditter. I'm forwarding this to my son who is in the Air Force. To all people with friends/family in the military God speed.