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04-09-09, 12:32 PM
Return of Marine casualty to be covered
By Randall Chase - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Apr 9, 2009 13:24:15 EDT
DOVER, Del. — The family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan is allowing the media to cover the return of his body to the military mortuary at Dover Air Force Base.
The body of Lance Cpl. Blaise A. Oleski, of Rome, N.Y., was scheduled to arrive at the Delaware military base Thursday evening.
Military officials say Oleski was killed in Afghanistan while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom. Details regarding his death were not immediately available.
A new Pentagon policy allows families of servicemen killed overseas to decide whether to allow media coverage of the return of their loved ones. Under that policy the military allowed the media to document the return of an Air Force staff sergeant and an Army specialist earlier this week.
Ellie
ASSOCIATED PRES VIA OBSERVER-DISPATCH
Marine Lance Cpl. Blaise Oleski, of Rome, N.Y. is seen with his dog Bazol in his senior year at Holland Patent High School. Oleski was killed while serving in Afghanistan. For the third time since a Pentagon policy shift, media will be allowed to cover the return of an overseas combat casualty. Oleski's body was scheduled to arrive at the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Thursday evening.
By Randall Chase - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Apr 9, 2009 13:24:15 EDT
DOVER, Del. — The family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan is allowing the media to cover the return of his body to the military mortuary at Dover Air Force Base.
The body of Lance Cpl. Blaise A. Oleski, of Rome, N.Y., was scheduled to arrive at the Delaware military base Thursday evening.
Military officials say Oleski was killed in Afghanistan while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom. Details regarding his death were not immediately available.
A new Pentagon policy allows families of servicemen killed overseas to decide whether to allow media coverage of the return of their loved ones. Under that policy the military allowed the media to document the return of an Air Force staff sergeant and an Army specialist earlier this week.
Ellie
ASSOCIATED PRES VIA OBSERVER-DISPATCH
Marine Lance Cpl. Blaise Oleski, of Rome, N.Y. is seen with his dog Bazol in his senior year at Holland Patent High School. Oleski was killed while serving in Afghanistan. For the third time since a Pentagon policy shift, media will be allowed to cover the return of an overseas combat casualty. Oleski's body was scheduled to arrive at the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Thursday evening.