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  • AFMAO adapts to unique challenges amid COVID-19

    Personnel assigned to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, are used to unique conditions that can arise when caring for fallen service members and their families. While a large portion of the nation is practicing physical distancing and staying home, the mortuary

  • Spc. Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias honored in dignified transfer March 15

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Spc. Juan M. Mendez Covarrubias, of Hanford, Calif., March 15, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Mendez Covarrubias was assigned to 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Air

  • Marine Corps Cpl. Eloiza Zavala honored in dignified transfer March 13

    A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Cpl. Eloiza Zavala, of Sacramento, Calif., March 13, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Zavala was assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo

  • Gunnery Sgt. Diego D. Pongo honored in dignified transfer March 11

    A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Gunnery Sgt. Diego D. Pongo, of Simi Valley, Calif., March 11, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Pongo was assigned to the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Marine Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. (U.S. Air Force

  • Spc. Branden T. Kimball honored in dignified transfer Feb. 14

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Spc. Branden T. Kimball, of Central Point, Ore., Feb. 14, 2020 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Kimball was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Drum, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force video courtesy Air Force

  • Sgt. 1st Class Antonio R. Rodriguez honored in dignified transfer Feb. 10

     A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Javier J. Gutierrez, of San Antonio, Texas, and Sgt. 1st Class Antonio R. Rodriguez, of Las Cruces, N.M., Feb. 10, 2020 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Gutierrez and Rodriguez were both assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces

  • Sgt. 1st Class Javier J. Gutierrez honored in dignified transfer Feb. 10

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Javier J. Gutierrez, of San Antonio, Texas, and Sgt. 1st Class Antonio R. Rodriguez, of Las Cruces, N.M., Feb. 10, 2020 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Gutierrez and Rodriguez were both assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces

  • Air Force Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf honored in dignified transfer Jan. 30

    A U.S. Air Force carry team transfers the remains of Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, of Yigo, Guam, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, of Hudson, N.H., during a dignified transfer Jan. 30, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Voss was assigned to Headquarters Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. and

  • Air Force Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss honored in dignified transfer Jan. 30

    A U.S. Air Force carry team transfers the remains of Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, of Yigo, Guam, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, of Hudson, N.H., during a dignified transfer Jan. 30, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Voss was assigned to Headquarters Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. and