Soldier disrespecting the fallen via Instagram.

[Chopstick]

Posted this morning from the local ABC affiliate. So so screwed and rightly so.
http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east...ember-sparks-outrage-online/24532238#comments

Two photographs posted on social media by a member of Wisconsin's Funeral Honor Guard are causing some controversy, sparking outrage by some online.

WISN 12 News isn't identifying the soldier in the pictures because she said she's been receiving death threats after they went viral.

The Wisconsin National Guard confirmed to WISN 12 News it is launching an investigation into her social media account.

 

[TLDR20]

Death threats? Over an online photo? Some people just don't have anything better to do I guess.

 

[Brill]

Death threats? Over an online photo? Some people just don't have anything better to do I guess.

Or their grief is, at times, overwhelming.

 

[DA SWO]

Death threats? Over an online photo? Some people just don't have anything better to do I guess.

Or she is a lying sack o'crap who thinks claiming death threats will allow her to reclaim her victim status.

 

[LimaOscarSierraTango]

Or she is a lying sack o'crap who thinks claiming death threats will allow her to reclaim her victim status.

I wouldn't put this past her, but while she is apparently not the best decision maker, there are plenty of others in this world that make worse decisions than her )making the death threats plausible).

That, and it is easy to take words and change or exaserbate their meaning to fit your agenda...

 

[Dame]

I wouldn't put this past her, but while she is apparently not the best decision maker, there are plenty of others in this world that make worse decisions than her (making the death threats plausible).

That, and it is easy to take words and change or exacerbate their meaning to fit your agenda...

Concur with @SOWT and the above. All it takes is for someone to say, "Show some respect, bitch. That will be you one day," and voila; "People is threatening me!"

 

[JHD]

I am getting to this late in the game. This whole mess sickens me. Shameful behavior by those involved. They owe an apology to the families of the deceased. The desecration and disrespect displayed is beyond words for me.

I hope those involved are punished and the consequences appropriate.

 

[Brill]

CNN has it now.

http://www.cnn.com/video/standard.h...mepage=yes&video_referrer=http://www.cnn.com/

 

[DA SWO]

CNN has it now.

http://www.cnn.com/video/standard.html?/video/us/2014/02/18/dnt-funeral-honor-guard-member-pictures-creates-outrage.wisn&hpt=hp_t2&from_homepage=yes&video_referrer=http://www.cnn.com/

Now, the NG has to do something, LOL.

My guess is all involved will lose their funeral detail gigs, and have to find real jobs.
They may or may not lose stripes, but their NG careere have defnatly hit a speed bump.

 

[goon175]

Even if they don't get rank taken, or get the boot (my preference), their faces and names have been plastered everywhere and I'm willing to bet many of them hail from small town Wisconsin. Good luck finding a job anywhere...

 

[Centermass]

This latest from the Army Times:

Soldier suspended in funeral guard photo flap; investigation launched

Spc. Terry Harrison, member of the Wisconsin Guard’s funeral honor guard team, was suspended Tuesday pending the outcome of the organization’s investigation, said Maj. Paul Rickert, Wisconsin National Guard’s director of public affairs. Harrison is a member of the Madison, Wis.-based 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment.

The photo of the soldiers with the casket was taken at the National Guard Professional Education Center in Little Rock, Ark., Rickert said, which suggests the casket was used for training purposes and was empty.

“We expect all of our Soldiers and Airmen to live by a core set of values, in word and deed,” Maj. Gen. Donald P. Dunbar, the Wisconsin adjutant general said in a news release. “I was appalled by the offensive photos and comments that appeared on this Soldier’s social media site regarding her duties as a funeral honor guard member.”

Dunbar ordered an investigation into the matter.

http://www.armytimes.com/article/20...neral-guard-photo-flap-investigation-launched


She's not worthy of ever looking at a Flag again, let alone touching one or serving under it.

While it may not be a "Courts Martial" offense, I guarandamntee for the remainder of her enlistment, her and her SL would be dumping and cleaning every garbage container I could find, peel every potato for a division, cover 20 miles daily worth of police call, strip floors, G.I. latrines, organize rocks, and then, have them transitioned to AD and both reassigned to Ft. Greely.

And that's just for starters.

 

[DA SWO]

This latest from the Army Times:
Soldier suspended in funeral guard photo flap; investigation launched

Spc. Terry Harrison, member of the Wisconsin Guard’s funeral honor guard team, was suspended Tuesday pending the outcome of the organization’s investigation, said Maj. Paul Rickert, Wisconsin National Guard’s director of public affairs. Harrison is a member of the Madison, Wis.-based 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment.

The photo of the soldiers with the casket was taken at the National Guard Professional Education Center in Little Rock, Ark., Rickert said, which suggests the casket was used for training purposes and was empty.

“We expect all of our Soldiers and Airmen to live by a core set of values, in word and deed,” Maj. Gen. Donald P. Dunbar, the Wisconsin adjutant general said in a news release. “I was appalled by the offensive photos and comments that appeared on this Soldier’s social media site regarding her duties as a funeral honor guard member.”

Dunbar ordered an investigation into the matter.

http://www.armytimes.com/article/20...neral-guard-photo-flap-investigation-launched

She's not worthy of ever looking at a Flag again, let alone touching one or serving under it.

While it may not be a "Courts Martial" offense, I guarandamntee for the remainder of her enlistment, her and her SL would be dumping and cleaning every garbage container I could find, peel every potato for a division, cover 20 miles daily worth of police call, strip floors, G.I. latrines, organize rocks, and then, have them transitioned to AD and both reassigned to Ft. Greely.

And that's just for starters.

"Back in the day" we had a lot of volunteers for Funeral Duty, they kept the numbers of "trained" individuals low (more $$$ for those selected). I think losing money/days will send a stronger message then punishment.

Dumb ass.

 

[Brill]

A blog from a mother who lost her son:

http://www.chicagonow.com/uncommon-...isconsin-national-guard-honor-guard-20140218/

 

[goon175]

And the AP has it now as well...

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/photo-soldiers-mugging-casket-sparks-furor

 

[pardus]

And the AP has it now as well...

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/photo-soldiers-mugging-casket-sparks-furor

Wisconsin officials also have notified the National Guard Bureau because the other soldiers in the photograph were from other units, Rickert said. The National Guard Bureau did not immediately return a message left for comment.

I wouldn't mind betting heads much higher than the douches quoted, are going to roll. Even lube isn't going to make what's coming any less painful.

 

[AKkeith]

Oh it must be so hard to fold a flag when it's cold out. Your hands must get so cold, your gloves are so thin. It must be such a hard day for you.

What about the warrior in that casket? How hard must have his last moments been? How hard was it for his buddies to hold him as he died and carry him back to the FOB? How hard of a day it is for the parents to be burying their son.

But your right, who the hell would have a funeral when it's this cold out. It's just so hard for you.

I can't believe people like that. I would stand outside for days straight at the POA in a blizzard if that's what the family wanted. No questions asked.

 

[DA SWO]

Oh it must be so hard to fold a flag when it's cold out. Your hands must get so cold, your gloves are so thin. It must be such a hard day for you.

What about the warrior in that casket? How hard must have his last moments been? How hard was it for his buddies to hold him as he died and carry him back to the FOB? How hard of a day it is for the parents to be burying their son.

But your right, who the hell would have a funeral when it's this cold out. It's just so hard for you.

I can't believe people like that. I would stand outside for days straight at the POA in a blizzard if that's what the family wanted. No questions asked.

Agree, and she volunteered for funeral duty.

She can always unvolunteer (wait, it appears she did).

 

[Ranger Psych]

Self-select through stupidity.

 

[AWP]

In other news, a ton of AGR and Technician slots will soon be available.

 

[DA SWO]

In other news, a ton of AGR and Technician slots will soon be available.

I wish.