Trumps to participate in dignified transfer honoring U.S. soldiers killed in Syria

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Washington — President Trump and archetypal woman Melania Trump are participating successful a solemn dignified transportation procession astatine Dover Air Force Base successful Delaware connected Wednesday to grant 2 members of the Iowa National Guard who were killed successful Syria implicit the weekend.

The 2 guardsmen killed successful the Syrian godforsaken Saturday were Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, according to the U.S. Army. They were members of the 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment. Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a U.S. civilian who was moving arsenic an interpreter, was besides killed. The Pentagon said an ISIS gunman ambushed the 2 guardsmen and the interpreter.

The dignified transportation is slated for 1:15 p.m. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chief of Staff of the Army General Randy George are besides scheduled to attend, arsenic is Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Grassley's bureau said.

This is the archetypal dignified transportation Mr. Trump has participated successful since taking bureau successful January, though helium attended dignified transportation events successful his archetypal term.

The solemn dignified transportation of remains astatine Dover Air Force Base is meant to grant those who person sacrificed their lives successful the work of their country. The remains of the fallen subject members are transferred from the craft to an awaiting conveyance astatine the base. The remains are past transferred to the mortuary installation astatine Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations astatine the Dover Air Force Base.

"The dignified transportation is not a ceremony; rather, it is simply a solemn question of the transportation lawsuit by a transportation squad composed of subject unit from the fallen member's respective service," Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations says. "A dignified transportation is conducted for each U.S. subject subordinate who dies successful the theatre of cognition portion successful the work of their country."

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