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  • Dignified transfer pays tribute to fallen

    The 757 came to a halt on the runway here, a freezing rain bouncing off of its fuselage.Army Staff Sgt. Michael David P. Cardenaz and Army Pfc. JR Salvacion, who had been killed in Afghanistan just a few days prior, had returned home. Their return to U.S. soil would be marked, not with elaborate

  • Air Force Mortuary ensures dignity, honor for fallen

    Under a deluge of rain, the 757 touched down here late at night, returning Army Staff Sgt. Michael David P. Cardenaz home. He had been killed just a few days before in an enemy attack in Afghanistan. With family and friends near, an Army carry team marched in slow, measured steps to the aircraft,

  • MCPON Visits Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center

    Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy MCPON Rick West visited the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 16 to see the process of dignified transfers of our Nation's fallen service members and the care, service and support given to their families. West was

  • AFMAO chaplain encourages preparation, resiliency in weathering storms

    Get your life in order, putting into place the kinds of resources that will help carry you through difficult and emotionally trying times. That's the advice of Chaplain David Sparks, senior port mortuary chaplain at the Air Force Mortuary Operations Center at Dover Air Force Base, Del. He said

  • Specialist helps provide dignity, honor to fallen servicemembers

    Like other servicemembers deployed to the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center, one staff sergeant here is taking full advantage of her opportunity to provide dignity, honor and respect to fallen warriors and their families. Staff Sgt. Candice Foxe is on a four-month deployment as a dress

  • Former Marine now honors fallen service members

    When Carl Groh was a young Marine infantryman serving outside Da Nang, South Vietnam, he saw many of his brother Marines killed in action but never had the chance to escort the fallen warriors home.Today, more than 40 years later, Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Carl Groh has come full circle. As a chaplain for

  • Host wing lends support to mortuary mission

    Dover Air Force Base Airmen are prepared to support the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center at any given moment.Some of the squadrons supporting the AFMAO mission share their insight about the job and why they are proud to make their solemn contribution.Forensic DentistryThe 436th Dental

  • USO supports AFMAO mission

    When your job involves performing dignified transfers of fallen warriors at all hours of the day or night, or preparing those warriors for the trip to their final resting place, any kind of respite is welcomed. Here, the Delaware chapter of the United Service Organizations provides some of that

  • Chief of staff dedicates Center for Families of the Fallen

    The Air Force chief of staff dedicated the new Center for Families of the Fallen at the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center here Jan. 6."For many of us, this dedication is a bittersweet event," said Gen. Norton Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff. "This center is emblematic of our

  • New facility fulfills needs for families of the fallen

    The Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center has been providing dignity, honor and respect for fallen warriors, and care, service and support for their families since the unit was activated on Jan. 6, 2009. So it was only appropriate that a new facility that will carry that family support even