Posted on May 27, 2022

The quiet artistry of bringing the dead home from war

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MORNING READ OF THE DAY

he quiet artistry of bringing the dead home from war
By Sarah Sicard
May 26, 09:00 PM
A casket is carried to an aircraft during an exercise at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wis., April 7, 2022. (Master Sgt. Trevor Saylor/Air Force)

On a muggy Virginia morning, a petite soldier with dark brown hair adjusts her cover tightly on her head. Fifty yards away, in a bed of thick, unkempt grass around a burned out helicopter, a mannequin drenched in blood lies in wait.

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) SrA John Monette SFC Bernard Walko SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD SGT Mark Anderson

The quiet artistry of bringing the dead home from war

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SPC Michael Terrell

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A very solemn detail.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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When I was stationed at McClelland AFB, I was the base honor guard commander and we did a lot of practice...you don't want a misstep in an actual funeral detail.

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