Chaplains host Holocaust Remembrance

Airmen gathered for a Holocaust Remembrance at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations April 16, 2015 in the atrium of the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.The event focused on the theme "significance" and offered AFMAO personnel the opportunity to learn

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony E. Salazar honored in dignified transfer April 17

AFMAO conducts first dignified transfer divert exercise

Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations conducted a dignified transfer divert exercise March 19 in collaboration with the 166th Airlift Wing  at the New Castle Air National Guard Base, Delaware.The mission involved up to 60 total force members executing a contingency DT plan at another location."We

Mortuary deployments for reservists shape career paths

In October 2000 after the USS Cole bombing, then Senior Airman Tracy Boorom, a traditional reservist with the 315th Services Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, was called to the mortuary to assist in caring for the remains of 17 American sailors killed in the bombing. That was her

Mortuary team hosts U.S. senator

AFMAO volunteers assist with Habitat for Humanity project

Bakery owner shares healthy microwave cooking options

More than a dozen Airmen and civilians assigned to the mortuary, most with only a microwave for cooking meals, learned how to prepare food during the nutritional fitness lunch here Jan. 21.The lunch, hosted monthly with an emphasis on healthy eating, is part of the Air Force Mortuary Affairs

Mortuary workers pay tribute through sendoff

Following the tragedy of 9/11, Americans expressed their grief and demonstrated their patriotism to the nation in many ways. Inside the walls of a then much smaller, older mortuary facility, the men and women of the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware,

AFMAO commander recognizes local officers, troopers

AFMAO, Dover Airmen join forces with Wreaths across America

Approximately 150 volunteers from Dover Air Force Base joined thousands of joint service members, veterans and civilians to take part in National Wreaths across America Day at Arlington National Cemetery, Dec. 13, 2014.Despite the cold December temperatures, spirits remained high as volunteers