It is good, is served for all of us and sacrificed their lives in this process, when it was overthrown in the first Gulf War. Now the family can have some closure and your body will soon be a home for your family and friends.:From the DOD:
Still Identified as ship Captain Michael Scott Speicher
Office of the Armed Forces of Pathology (AFIP), remains recovered in Iraq as those of Captain Michael Scott Speicher. Captain Speicher was flying down a mission to combat an F/A-18 Hornet over west and central Iraq January 17, 1991 during Operation Desert Storm.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Captain Speicher family for the ultimate sacrifice he made for his country," says Ray Mabuse, Secretary of the Navy. "I am also very grateful to all those who have worked tirelessly over the last 18 years to take home the Captain Speicher. "
"We never give up looking for a Navy SHIPMATE, no matter how long or how difficult the search can be," said Admiral Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations. "We have a large debt of gratitude to Captain Speicher and his family for the sacrifices they made for the nation's strength and examples they have set for us. "
Acting on information from an Iraqi citizen in early July, U.S. Marines stationed in Al Anbar province was in the desert to a place which is considered to be the place where Captain Speicher jet crash. The Iraqi citizen said he knew of two Iraqi nationals, similar to a jet impacts the American desert and the remains of the pilot to be buried in the desert. One of them said that the Iraqi citizens who were present when Captain Speicher was found dead at the site of the accident in Bedouin and buried the remains. The Iraqi citizen led U.S. Marines to the location searched the area. The remains have been recovered for several days last week and flown to Dover Air Force Base for the identification of the Office of Scientific AFIP Armed Forces Medical Examiner.
Recycling includes the bones and skeletal remains several fragments. The identification was made by comparing the records of Captain Speicher to the mandible recovered from the site. Teeth is a game, both visually and radiographically.
Although dental records confirmed the remains were those of Captain Speicher, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology DNA Laboratory in Rockville, Maryland running DNA tests on remains recovered in Iraq and the comparison of DNA samples by reference previously given by the members of the family. The results of approximately 24 hours.
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