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  • AFMAO Chaplains host Mortuary Training Course

    The Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operation Chaplain corps held a two-day Chaplain Corps Mortuary Training Course, July 29-30 2025.The course, open to all branches, was targeted towards DoD chaplains, caregivers, and religious support personnel. The intent of the course is to not only expose Chaplains

  • JASDF tours Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Yokota

    The 374th Force Support Squadron and Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Operating Location Pacific team welcomed Japan Air Self-Defense Force members to the mortuary affairs for a tour of the facility at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 29 - 30.

  • AFMAO embodies “No Airman left behind” - Operation Colony Glacier 2025

    Forty miles from civilization, in this case Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, and accessible only by helicopter, U.S. Air Force Capt. Travis Lockwood stands on Colony Glacier. Before him lies a wide, unforgiving landscape scattered with debris from a long-ago tragedy that has become a mission of

  • Army Staff Sgt. Saul F. Gonzalez honored in dignified transfer June 24

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Saul F. Gonzalez of Pullman, Michigan, June 24, 2025, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Gonzalez was assigned to D Troop, 2nd Squadron, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

  • With honor and precision

    Airmen from the 436th Mission Generation Group recently completed their final evaluation for reverse dignified transfer training at Dover AFB. This solemn, three-day course ensures the Airmen are fully prepared to respectfully handle the remains of fallen service members along with our AFMAO team. 

  • AFMAO conducts third phase of Department of the Air Force exercise

    The Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations completed their third phase of a Department of the Air Force Mass Casualty Exercise held within the organization, including working with the Joint Personal Effects Depot and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, May 12-16, 2025.The primary objectives