VOA常速英语:Obama Honors Troops Killed in Afghan Crash

"The group today are unidentifiable.  And that is because the crash that they were in was so horrific, and the state of the remains - there was no easy way to look and see, 'This is this person, this is that person.'  They were all together.  And so when they are unidentifiable...When they are unidentifiable, the circumstances change, because we cannot say to a family member, 'This is your loved one.  Do you want media? And so on and so forth.'  Because we cannot say that with any fidelity.  And so they are treated as one particular group."

"It is a very big source of pride and a sense of duty and honor that we give to the fallen service members and their families.  We represent the nation, and a grateful nation at that.  And to speak with the airmen on the advance team that go out, they are making sure that that transfer case is perfect.  Because they want it to be right for that fallen person and for the family, who is going through the worst time of their lives, seeing their loved one taken off the aircraft," said Van Williams, Public Affairs Chief of Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Dover Air Force Base.