AFMAO honor guard team focal point for all base honor guards

Air Force honor guard teams across the nation provide funeral honors almost daily for Air Force veterans.A two-person team at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations provides oversight of policy and programs for those base honor guard teams and their managers in 57 areas of responsibility.Each year,

Navy civilian Michael M. Baptiste honored in dignified transfer May 1

Marine Staff Sgt. Louis F. Cardin honored in dignified transfer March 21

New AFMAO honorary commander inducted

Team Dover inducted 35 civic leaders into the base's Honorary Commander Program during a dinner and ceremony Feb. 6 at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.The Honorary Commander Program, which began here in 1992, partners military commanders with distinguished community,

Navy civilian Blane D. Bussell honored in dignified transfer Jan. 29

Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Q. McClintock honored in dignified transfer Jan. 8

Dignified transfer mission for fallen Airmen diverts to New Castle ANG Base

Six Airmen were honored in a dignified transfer at New Castle Air National Guard Base, Delaware, Dec. 23, 2015, when the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations dignified transfer mission was moved from Dover Air Force Base to New Castle as a result of weather.Diverting the mission to New Castle was

Air Force Staff Sgt. Chester J. McBride honored in dignified transfer Dec. 23

AF presents Fisher House award to TAPS

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James presented the 2014 Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award to the founder and president of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors in a ceremony at the Pentagon Dec. 1.Bonnie Carroll established TAPS in 1994 as a

USO replenishes toys in Fisher House for Families of the Fallen

Airmen assigned to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations and a representative from USO Delaware purchased more than $2,000 in toys replacing the original toys at the Fisher House for Families of the Fallen, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Dec. 9, 2015.The toy purchase was a result of gift cards