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First Civilian Airman graduates from Staff Sgt Julio Alonso ALS

Dillon Lackus, center, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mortuary clerk, gets in position during a volleyball game played between the Staff Sgt. Julio Alonso Airman Leadership School, Class 23-E, students versus commanders and first sergeants at the Fitness Center on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 24, 2023. Lackus was the first civilian Airman to graduate from the Staff Sgt. Julio Alonso ALS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy of Cambridge, Ohio, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, March 25, 2022. Speedy was assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. A dignified transfer or remains is held for each service member who arrives at Dover AFB prior to being taken to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations for preparation to return to their loved ones. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Senior Airman Cristal Zamora, Dover Fisher House for Families of the Fallen manager on duty at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, poses for a portrait at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware May 24, 2022. AFMAO has supported more than 2,100 dignified transfers since 2009 as the sole port mortuary for the Department of Defense in the continental United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Flag-draped transfer cases line the inside of a C-17 Globemaster II Aug. 29, 2021, prior to a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The fallen service members died while supporting noncombative evacuation operations in Kabul. Dover is home to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, a mission charged with receiving fallen service members returning to American soil and preparing them for return to their final resting place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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AFMAO trains ahead of glacier recovery mission

Mable Justice, Air Force Mortuary Affairs mortuary specialist, rappels during the Colorado Mountain School April 23, 2023. Justice attended the course in advance of her work with the efforts to recover remains from a C-124 Globemaster near Mount Gannett, Alaska. (Courtesy photo)

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Funeral professionals train in search and recovery efforts

Ed Conway, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mortuary affairs program inspector, assists with measurements during the Buried Bodies and Surface Skeletons: Recovery Techniques class hosted at the Institute of Police Technology and Management in Jacksonville, Florida. As part of their duties as mortuary specialists, their duties include assisting with or overseeing search and recovery efforts. (Photo by Courtesy Photo)

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Funeral professionals train in search and recovery efforts

Ed Conway, center, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mortuary affairs program inspector, assists with measurements during the Buried Bodies and Surface Skeletons: Recovery Techniques class hosted at the Institute of Police Technology and Management in Jacksonville, Florida. As part of their duties as mortuary specialists, their duties include assisting with or overseeing search and recovery efforts. (Photo by Courtesy Photo)

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Funeral professionals train in search and recovery efforts

Ed Conway, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mortuary affairs program inspector, sifts through soil during the Buried Bodies and Surface Skeletons: Recovery Techniques class hosted at the Institute of Police Technology and Management in Jacksonville, Florida. As part of their duties as mortuary specialists, their duties include assisting with or overseeing search and recovery efforts. (Photo by Courtesy Photo)

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Funeral professionals train in search and recovery efforts

Electa Thompkins, left, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mortuary specialist and Ed Conway, AFMAO mortuary affairs program inspector, participate in the Buried Bodies and Surface Skeletons: Recovery Techniques class hosted at the Institute of Police Technology and Management in Jacksonville, Florida. As part of their duties as mortuary specialists, their duties include assisting with or overseeing search and recovery efforts. (Photo by Courtesy Photo)

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Joe Cooper: Career rooted in command, control, and communication

Joe Cooper, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations command, control, and communication training manager poses for a photo at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 11, 2023. Cooper has served in both the Marine Corps and Air Force Reserve, while also serving as a police officer for 14 years before becoming the C3 training manager at AFMAO. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)

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Rocking horse gifted to Dover Fisher House

Aleric Alvarado, son of Staff Sgt. Andrew Alvarado, sits on top of a rocking horse, named "Black Jack" at the Dover Fisher House for Families of the Fallen at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, March 8, 2023. The rocking horse was dedicated to the Dover Fisher House by Hero's Rock, a non-profit organization which specializes in customized Patriotic Ponies for Fisher Houses across the nation. (U. S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew J. Alvarado)

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Rocking horse gifted to Dover Fisher House

Liam Thibodeau signs a rocking horse dedicated in honor of his father, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christopher Thibodeau, who was killed in action May 26, 2011. Hero's Rock, a non-profit organization that makes rocking horses for children of fallen service members, donated the hand-crafted rocking horse to the Fisher House for Families of the Fallen Sept. 29, 2017 at Dover Air Force Base, Deleware, in honor of Chief Warrant Officer Thibodeau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Holly Patterson)

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Rocking horse gifted to Dover Fisher House

Scott Snyder, co-founder of Hero's Rock, carries a hand-crafted rocking horse named Black Jack, Sept. 29, 2017 at the Fisher House for Families of the Fallen on Dover Air Force Base, Deleware. Hero's Rock, a non-profit organization that makes rocking horses for children of fallen service members, dedicated the rocking horse to the Fisher House in honor of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christopher Thibodeau, who was killed in action May 26, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Holly Patterson)

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Air Force Survivor Advocacy Council visit AFMAO

Members of the Air Force Survivor Advocacy Council gather for a group photo during their visit to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 27, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Air Force Survivor Advocacy Council visit AFMAO

Christin Michaud, left, chief of public affairs, informs members of the Air Force Survivor Advocacy Council about the events on the memorial wall during their visit to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 27, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Air Force Survivor Advocacy Council visit AFMAO

Members of the Air Force Survivor Advocacy Council view personal effects recovered from the Colony Glacier recovery mission in Alaska during their visit to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 27, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Air Force Survivor Advocacy Council visit AFMAO

Members of the Air Force Survivor Advocacy Council learn about the Colony Glacier recovery mission from Capt. Lyndi Minott, chief, operations support division during their visit to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 27, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Air Force Survivor Advocacy Council visit AFMAO

Members of the Air Force Survivor Advisory Council watch a Colony Glacier video for the 10-year anniversary of recovery efforts in a brief on operational losses during their visit to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 27, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Safety reps safeguard mission, team

Ed Conway, right, unit safety representative, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, and Dillon Lackus, alternate unit safety representative, meet with AFMAO leadership where all personal protective equipment is located in the mortuary facility at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, March 14, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Safety reps safeguard mission, team

Dillon Lackus, left, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations alternate unit safety representative, and Ed Conway, unit safety representative, listens as Col. Chip Hollinger, commander, discusses safety items outside the refrigeration section in the mortuary facility at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, March 14, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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