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  • AFMAO chaplain corps offers training to DoD chaplains

    Members of the religious support team at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations helped train 11 chaplains serving with the Navy, Marine and Air Force during dignified transfer ground training at Dover Air Force Base Dec. 13, 2021.

  • Two AFMAO NCOs selected for career advancement

    Staff Sgts. Jacob Jones, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations unit deployment manager and Alyssa Day, AFMAO public affairs specialist, were recently selected for career advancement opportunities. Jones was recognized under the Stripes for Exceptional Performers program and notified Dec. 23 of his

  • AFMAO personnel lay wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery

    Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations personnel volunteered their Saturday to lay wreaths on headstones of fallen service members during National Wreaths Across America Day at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 18, 2021. More than 40 AFMAO volunteers laid wreaths to remember and

  • Dover reservists support mortuary mission

    Compared to the 6,825 miles between Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, and Al-Udeid Air Base, the quarter mile to get from the 512th Memorial Affairs Squadron and the Fisher House for Families of the Fallen doesn’t seem like it would be considered a deployment. However, three reserve Airmen at Air

  • It’s about connection: Information Technology team keeps AFMAO online

    Every Air Force entity requires a strong sense of cybersecurity to maintain mission success. With a no-fail mission at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, that sense of cybersecurity is even more important. The four-member Information Technology team at AFMAO keeps connections safe and secure.

  • Marine Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez honored in dignified transfer Aug. 29

    A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez of Logansport, Indiana, Aug. 29, 2021 at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Sanchez was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,