{"id":61660,"date":"2025-12-17T19:15:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-participates-in-dignified-transfer-honoring-u-s-soldiers-killed-in-syria\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:15:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:15:34","slug":"trump-participates-in-dignified-transfer-honoring-u-s-soldiers-killed-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-participates-in-dignified-transfer-honoring-u-s-soldiers-killed-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump participates in dignified transfer honoring U.S. soldiers killed in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p><em>Washington <\/em>\u2014 President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are participating in a solemn dignified transfer procession at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday to honor two members of the Iowa National Guard who were killed in Syria over the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two guardsmen killed in the Syrian desert Saturday were Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, according to the U.S. Army. They were members of the 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment. Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a U.S. civilian who was working as an interpreter, was also killed. The Pentagon said an\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-troops-ambush-syria-isis\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ISIS gunman ambushed the two guardsmen<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and the interpreter.<\/p>\n<p>Chief of Staff of the Army General Randy George is also scheduled to attend, as is Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Grassley&#8217;s office said. First Lady Melania Trump was scheduled to join them, but a White House official said she could\u00a0no longer attend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The dignified transfer was scheduled for 1:15 p.m. ET but is running behind schedule.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/15\/7b6b4b6a-a43e-4cab-ab89-d3923f531fb9\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/250e7198db5df582fb96bbec4d12e144\/ap25349602296723.jpg#\" alt=\"Iowa Guard Members Syria \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/15\/7b6b4b6a-a43e-4cab-ab89-d3923f531fb9\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/250e7198db5df582fb96bbec4d12e144\/ap25349602296723.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/15\/7b6b4b6a-a43e-4cab-ab89-d3923f531fb9\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/a1a1270cc8fcbd51ad3a155695f20693\/ap25349602296723.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Photos released by the Iowa National Guard show Sgts. William Nathaniel Howard, left, and Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Iowa National Guard via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is the first dignified transfer Mr. Trump has participated in since taking office in January, although he attended dignified transfer events in his first term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The solemn dignified transfer of remains at Dover Air Force Base is meant to honor those who have sacrificed their lives in the service of their country. The remains of the fallen military members are transferred from the aircraft to an awaiting vehicle at the base. The remains are then transferred to the mortuary facility at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at the Dover Air Force Base.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The dignified transfer is not a ceremony; rather, it is a solemn movement of the transfer case by a carry team composed of military personnel from the fallen member&#8217;s respective service,&#8221; Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mortuary.af.mil\/About-Us\/Dignified-Transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">says<\/a>. &#8220;A dignified transfer is conducted for every U.S. military member who dies in the theater of operation while in the service of their country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trumps-dignified-transfer-soldiers-killed-syria\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington \u2014 President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are participating in a solemn dignified transfer procession at Dover Air<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[4800,1174,796],"class_list":["post-61660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-donald-trump-jr","tag-syria","tag-white-house"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump participates in dignified transfer honoring U.S. soldiers killed in Syria - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two members of the Iowa National Guard were killed in Syria on Saturday &mdash; Sgt. 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