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Cameras banned from dignified transfer of 3 airmen after Trump's ball cap backlash

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance salute during a dignified transfer of the remains of six U.S. Army service members of the 103rd Sustainment Command, who were killed in Kuwait, Major Jeffrey O'Brien, Capitain Cody Khork, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, Sergeant 1st Class Nicole Amor, Sergeant 1st Class Noah Tietjens and Sergeant Declan Coady, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
David Edwards
March 18, 2026

President Donald Trump's Pentagon banned the use of cameras at the dignified transfer of three dead U.S. service members killed during the war with Iran.

The president was expected to attend the return of Capt. Curtis Angst, Capt. Seth Koval and Tech. Sgt. Tyler Simmons. All three of the Ohio airmen were killed in action in Iraq.

Fox News host John Roberts noted that cameras had been banned at the event.

"We should point out that at the request of the families, the dignified transfer is going to remain private. There will not be any cameras there like we have seen in the past; we will not see scenes of the president welcoming the heroes back home," Roberts said.

Trump faced backlash for wearing a ball cap during a previous dignified transfer.

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