The families of four British soldiers who died at Deepcut Barracks today welcomed calls from those detectives who led the police probe for a public inquiry to be held into the suspicious deaths.
Joining relatives of 20 other soldiers who have died at British military bases, the families plan to renew their demands for a full and public investigation at a meeting in London later today.
The parents of Cheryl James, who died at the Princess Royal Barracks in Deepcut, Surrey, in November 1995, said it was no longer about their daughter, but about the "ineptitude" and "obscene arrogance" shown by the military.
In a statement Mr Des and Doreen James said: "We trust [Armed Forces Minister] Adam Ingram will now listen to such overwhelming testimony and realise that a public inquiry is the only way this dreadful situation can ever achieve closure, and allow us to get on with our lives.
"He has long maintained a public inquiry would be inappropriate while the police investigation was on-going, so now there is no reason to delay." But they added: "We will not hold our breath. Neither will we be fooled.
"Surrey Police did not re-open this investigation because they suddenly realised how appallingly we had been treated as a family, nor because of a guilt that they failed to investigate our daughter's death in 1995.
The family claim that military officers in charge at Deepcut made an immediate assumption of suicide after Cheryl's death - despite it being the second unexplained death by gunshot in five months.
Surrey Police said yesterday that a £1 million sterling, 15-month inquiry into the Deepcut deaths had found no evidence that could lead to prosecutions for murder. But it concluded that there were failings in the way the army deals with vulnerable young recruits.
It also identified failings in the way the army and police investigate soldiers' deaths.