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(230 posts) Wed Feb 19, 2014, 06:01 AM Feb 2014

Soldiers Joking in Photo Around Casket Spark Rage [View all]

Source: NBC News

First published February 19th 2014, 12:30 am

The Wisconsin National Guard announced Tuesday that it had suspended a member from honor guard duties after she apparently posted to social media a photograph of soldiers mugging around an empty, flag-draped casket.

The group photograph taken at a National Guard training facility in Arkansas sparked a furor on Facebook, in military chat rooms and other social media, where people saw it as disrespectful of veterans and those killed in action. The National Guard said it was taking steps to protect the soldier who posted the photograph after she received death threats.

The photograph originally posted on Instagram shows about a dozen soldiers clowning around a casket draped in a flag. Several hug playfully. One flashes a peace sign. Another has his back turned and is pointing off in the distance.

The caption reads, "We put the FUN in funeral -- your fearless honor guard from various states."

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/soldiers-joking-photo-around-casket-spark-rage-n33306

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Soldiers Joking in Photo Around Casket Spark Rage [View all] Loaded Liberal Dem Feb 2014 OP

The disrespectful soldiers did not get suspended, only merrily Feb 2014 #1

But of course. DFW Feb 2014 #2

I see a Harlem Shake video coming. LuvNewcastle Feb 2014 #3

Utterly disgusting and disrespectful. AngryOldDem Feb 2014 #4

"Right up there with the Abu Graib photos" Android3.14 Feb 2014 #7

+1 and I'm a vet. marble falls Feb 2014 #13

Thank you for your service Android3.14 Feb 2014 #26

How about showing respect for human beings, dead AND alive? AngryOldDem Feb 2014 #29

No problem Android3.14 Feb 2014 #30

Mugging by a casket is comparable to happily torturing people? uppityperson Feb 2014 #17

An empty casket? Not part of any funeral? Orsino Feb 2014 #31

Gallows humor. It's just how some process grief, IMHO. grahamhgreen Feb 2014 #5

+1 Scuba Feb 2014 #9

+1 newfie11 Feb 2014 #11

"the people who fill those coffins with bad policy choices are the ones that should be suspended"+++ uppityperson Feb 2014 #18

Exactly! hedgehog Feb 2014 #19

+1 heaven05 Feb 2014 #23

^^Voice of Reason^^ demwing Feb 2014 #28

I am not going to condemn these kids. I am going to question their judgment with regard to MADem Feb 2014 #6

Well said. Arkansas Granny Feb 2014 #8

An adult in the middle of a bunch villagers with pitchforks and torches? I'm with you.... marble falls Feb 2014 #14

I did that job, briefly, in my very early days in service. MADem Feb 2014 #21

Agree--social media and a camera always in your hand means your bad judgment TwilightGardener Feb 2014 #16

Indeed, well said. colorado_ufo Feb 2014 #20

+1...I have a feeling the NEXT generation, the kids of these "social media" pioneers, will probably MADem Feb 2014 #22

+1000 heaven05 Feb 2014 #24

Irish proverb re: wakes--We laugh so we don't cry. Maeve Feb 2014 #27

youth+slow, boring workday+"it seemed like a funny idea at the time" Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #32

For most of 1971 and part of '72 I was assigned to the USAF Military Airlift Command Honor Guard ... Scuba Feb 2014 #10

Another voice of reason. Thanks for your special insight and thanks for your... marble falls Feb 2014 #15

yeah heaven05 Feb 2014 #25

Today's pout-rage - really? THIS is what gets people pissed? It's deflection over NOTHING Hestia Feb 2014 #12