A sad, sad story in the New York Times today. It seems Fort Lewis in Washington state has decided that having a memorial service for each soldier isn’t worth it and instead they will just lump them all together at the end of the month. The story acknowledges that soldiers and their families ask more from bases these days than they have in the past, but it still strikes me as ridiculously insensitive and, well, I don’t even know what. The money quote:

Ms. Rothwell said she opposed monthly services. “Individuals gave their lives,” she said. “But if you have services just once a month, the other 29 days you don’t have to think about it. Well, isn’t that convenient.”

The full story is here.