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Posted: 8/2/2009 6:58:16 AM EDT

[#1]

Leave no man behind. welcome home pilot.

SW

Posted: 8/2/2009 6:59:20 AM EDT

[#2]

RIP.

Sounds like he didn't get tortured for years under Sadaam as was very possible.

Posted: 8/2/2009 7:03:25 AM EDT

[#3]

This was a long time coming. Welcome home sir.

Posted: 8/2/2009 7:05:21 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:

RIP

And a tip of the hat to those guys who had the respect to bury him.

This.

Posted: 8/2/2009 7:12:04 AM EDT

[#5]

At least the family can have closure.

Posted: 8/2/2009 7:23:18 AM EDT

[#6]

RIP

I thought about him often when we went in for Round 2. Guess the positive of this story is now we know he wasn't POW and tortured.

Posted: 8/2/2009 7:23:55 AM EDT

[#7]

Posted: 8/2/2009 7:23:58 AM EDT

[#8]

Posted: 8/2/2009 7:24:11 AM EDT

[#9]

R.I.P Sir.

Posted: 8/2/2009 7:36:34 AM EDT

[#10]

RIP

Posted: 8/2/2009 7:53:54 AM EDT

[#11]

Interesting. We got a very odd EDM message the other night when we were flying. I am positive it had to do with the recovery. At the time I thought it was very odd. we get a lot of mis-sent messages, and this was one of them.

Aviator

Posted: 8/2/2009 8:11:02 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:

Posted: 8/2/2009 8:31:09 AM EDT

[#13]

That was way, way too long for a modern warrior to be left lying in the desert.

May he rest in peace and may his family now have the closure they need.

Posted: 8/2/2009 8:41:12 AM EDT

[#14]

Glad to hear he is finally home. Welcome home Captain...

Posted: 8/2/2009 8:46:04 AM EDT

[#15]

Posted: 8/2/2009 8:48:59 AM EDT

[#16]

18 years later and all Desert Strom veterans are home

Posted: 8/2/2009 8:59:34 AM EDT

[#17]

Welcome home and rest in peace, Sir.

Posted: 8/2/2009 9:02:09 AM EDT

[#18]

Welcome home!

Posted: 8/2/2009 9:03:08 AM EDT

[#19]

RIP Spike.

Posted: 8/2/2009 9:05:03 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
This has been a long time coming, RIP Captain.

+1

Posted: 8/2/2009 10:44:35 AM EDT

[#21]

God speed captain.. your home..

Posted: 8/2/2009 10:45:50 AM EDT

[#22]

Welcome home SIR, RIP.

Posted: 8/2/2009 10:47:20 AM EDT

[#23]

RIP.

Posted: 8/2/2009 10:51:15 AM EDT

[#24]

Welcome home, Captain.

Posted: 8/2/2009 10:56:04 AM EDT

[#25]

I love you Captain. Glad to have you back home. RIP.

Posted: 8/2/2009 11:10:10 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
RIP

And a tip of the hat to those guys who had the respect to bury him.

It appears that it was Bedouins that found him dead and according to Muslim faith, they bury their dead very quickly. The bedouins are nomadic, peaceful desert dwellers. I am sure they treated the Captain with respect.

Posted: 8/2/2009 11:13:38 AM EDT

[#27]

RIP Sir, and Welcome home

Posted: 8/2/2009 11:15:01 AM EDT

[#28]

I was just thinking about him the other day. Good to have closure for the family and everyone else.

And how profoundly decent of the Bedouins to bury him.

Posted: 8/2/2009 11:18:21 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:

Man I do remember this, I was 18 and had just made it through basic. Wish he had made it, but I am glad the family can finally put him to rest. It must be the hardest thing ever for a family to alwsys wonder what happened, if he was a POW/MIA, was he still alivw and being tortured.

Yep... Of the ways to go, being KIA and respectfully buried by the locals (Burial is very, very important in Muslim culture, so it's easy to see why that would be their reaction) is a far better fate than being tortured to death by Saddam's goons...

RIP, Sir...

Posted: 8/2/2009 11:21:13 AM EDT

[#30]

Your can rest in peace now brother warrior. Your home.

Posted: 8/2/2009 11:36:30 AM EDT

[#31]

I am glad they found out what actually happened to him. Regarding his family, they may get a little peace, but it has been my personal experience that the idea of closure is overrated to a degree, as the pain still remains. The comfort is in the mental area, you no longer have the nagging questions.

Posted: 8/2/2009 11:38:27 AM EDT

[#32]

At least now, his family has some closure. Rest In Peace Captain.

Posted: 8/2/2009 11:48:47 AM EDT

[#33]

However small the solace may be, I'm sure the Captain's family is grateful for it. As am I.

Posted: 8/2/2009 12:24:28 PM EDT

[#34]

Fair winds and following seas. Welcome home Captain.

Posted: 8/2/2009 12:24:59 PM EDT

[#35]

Welcome home, Sir.

It made my heart ache thinking he was sitting in some rathole waiting for a rescue that never came...

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Posted: 8/2/2009 12:45:22 PM EDT

[#36]

If I were his family, I would have been tortured by the thought of my loved one being locked away in some forgotten dungeon for nearly two decades. I'm sure they'll sleep easier tonight, finally knowing what happened.

Posted: 8/2/2009 12:47:59 PM EDT

[#37]

I was shocked when I heard this story reported this morning on Fox News. It's not been that long since "his" web site (ScottSpeicher.com) was mothballed, leading me to believe the family had resigned themselves to never knowing.

I put this on before I went to work in Iraq in 2004 to remind me why I was there. I've worn it every day since but now feel it needs to be put to rest, too.

While working in Baghdad, I saw details of the searches for Capt. Speicher. Apart from the physical evidence surrounding the shoot-down, it was all 'developed' information. One investigation came to the conclusion he 'probably' survived the crash and peripheral details led them to believe he was alive as late as 1997-98.

I think this illustrates how difficult it is to develop good intelligence in that region of the world. It also makes me wonder what else remains buried out in the Iraqi desert.

Posted: 8/2/2009 1:07:08 PM EDT

[#38]

I am glad that the lingering questions have been answered for the family. I hope this brings them some relief.

Welcome home Capt. Speicher and thank you for your service.

Posted: 8/2/2009 1:11:53 PM EDT

[#39]

Posted: 8/2/2009 2:15:30 PM EDT

[#40]

Posted: 8/2/2009 2:16:58 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:

And how profoundly decent of the Bedouins to bury him.

A quick burial is important to them.

I'm grateful that the family has closure.

Posted: 8/2/2009 2:25:10 PM EDT

[#42]

RIP Capt. Scott Speicher

Posted: 8/2/2009 2:39:44 PM EDT

[#43]

He's home now.

Posted: 8/2/2009 2:44:31 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
Just saw a breaking news that the remains of Capt. Scott Speicher have been identified. He was lost in the first Gulf war. IIRC, they believe he was ejected and was taken prisoner. Maybe there will be answers as to what really happened.

God bless you Capt. Speicher. RIP.

Lo there do I see my father.
Lo there do I see my mother.
Lo there do I see my brothers and my sisters.
Lo there do I see the line of my people back to the beginning.
Lo they do call to me;

They bid me take my place among them in the Halls of Valhalla,
where the brave may live forever.

Posted: 8/2/2009 2:47:13 PM EDT

[#45]

RIP

Posted: 8/2/2009 2:53:39 PM EDT

[#46]

"HAND SALUTE!!!"

Posted: 8/2/2009 6:44:15 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
Finally his family gets some closure. I can't imagine what they have gone through for the past 18 and half years, thinking he might be alive in some Iranian prison somewhere.

Why not an Israeli prison? Aren't they just as likely to have been holding him as Iran would have been?

Posted: 8/2/2009 6:49:42 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Finally his family gets some closure. I can't imagine what they have gone through for the past 18 and half years, thinking he might be alive in some Iranian prison somewhere.

Why not an Israeli prison? Aren't they just as likely to have been holding him as Iran would have been?

I get what you're saying, but now is not the time.

RIP Pilot.

Posted: 8/2/2009 6:53:48 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Finally his family gets some closure. I can't imagine what they have gone through for the past 18 and half years, thinking he might be alive in some Iranian prison somewhere.

Why not an Israeli prison? Aren't they just as likely to have been holding him as Iran would have been?

Why would the Israelis hold an american pilot for 18 years? Are you fuckin' nutz?

RIP Spike

Posted: 8/2/2009 7:09:54 PM EDT

[#50]

I'm glad his family can finally have closure. It is also nice to know they he went without the years of potential suffering that many had imagined.

- BG

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