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It's typical alright, and underlines the constant pattern that whenever you give the gov't permission to do things, they usually choose the worst way to do it.
I would have just had some pilot toss the ashes out of the aircraft next time a training flight came along or something. Not even hard. They send the ashes to sea now? Wow, took some trial and error for that one.
This is the present state of the military, DoD and FedGov, for you. In no way let yourself be deluded by notions of service or some other grand sentiment if you think about enlisting.
I would have just had some pilot toss the ashes out of the aircraft next time a training flight came along or something. Not even hard. They send the ashes to sea now? Wow, took some trial and error for that one.
This is the present state of the military, DoD and FedGov, for you. In no way let yourself be deluded by notions of service or some other grand sentiment if you think about enlisting.