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Friends of the Fallen volunteers provide light to families in their darkest hours

Herb Welday, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations command, control and communication controller, stands in front of the Memorial Wall in AFMAO's atrium at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 25, 2022. Welday serves the mortuary mission both as a civil service employee and the dignified transfer coordinator for Friends of the Fallen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Katie Maricle)

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Goal setting

Tech. Sgt. Jamie Debbrecht, a controller at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Command, Control and Communication section, participates in a mental health resiliency session at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 11, 2022. Debbrecht is deployed from the 512th Memorial Affairs Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Goal setting

Staff Sgt. Brianna Dedeaux, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mental health technician, leads a discussion focused around goal visualization at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 11, 2022. Dedeaux is deployed from the 355th Medical Group, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Goal setting

Tech. Sgt. Toriano Baker, a departures specialist at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, participates in a mental health resiliency session at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 11, 2022. Baker is deployed from the 315th Force Support Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Training session for chaplains on the dignified transfer process

Chap. (Maj.) Matthew Knight, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations senior military chaplain, briefs a group of chaplains during a dignified transfer training at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Dec. 13, 2021. Training is designed to prepare the chaplains for providing support to families of the fallen who travel to Dover to witness the dignified transfer of their loved one. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Training session for chaplains on the dignified transfer process

Chap. (Maj.) Matthew Knight, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations senior military chaplain, briefs chaplains during a training session on the dignified transfer process at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Dec. 13, 2021. The focus of the training is for chaplains to gain a better understanding of what a dignified transfer looks like and how they will care for families if they are called to assist with providing support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Training session for chaplains on the dignified transfer process

Chaplains, serving with the Navy, Marine, and Air Force units observe a dignified transfer movement from the families perspective during a dignified transfer training at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Dec. 13, 2021. The focus of the training was to prepare chaplains in the event they are ever called to support families at Dover or in their home units. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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2022 Senior Leader Enlisted Commissioning Program-Active Duty Scholarship.

Staff Sgt. Alyssa Day, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations public affairs specialist, poses with her husband Staff Sgt. Spencer Day, 436th Security Forces Squadron, holding her Fiscal Year 2022 Senior Leader Enlisted Commissioning Program-Active Duty Scholarship recipient letter in the AFMAO atrium Dec. 25, 2021. AFMAO leadership coordinated with Day’s husband who was working Christmas day to surprise her with the notification of her selection. Day will attend Arizona State University, and upon finishing her degree will attend Officer Training School. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christin Michaud)

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2022 Senior Leader Enlisted Commissioning Program-Active Duty Scholarship

Staff Sgt. Alyssa Day, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations public affairs specialist, listens as Col. Chip Hollinger, AFMAO commander, reads a memorandum announcing her selection for the Dec. 25, 2021 in the AFMAO atrium notifying her selection as a Fiscal Year 2022 Senior Leader Enlisted Commissioning Program-Active Duty Scholarship recipient. Day will attend Arizona State University, and upon finishing her degree will attend Officer Training School. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christin Michaud)

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STEP Promotion

Col. Chip Hollinger, (right) Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations commander and Chief Master Sgt. Bobby Drayton, AFMAO senior enlisted leader, surprise Staff Sgt. Jacob Jones, AFMAO unit deployment manager, at his home Dec. 23, 2021, to notify him of his selection for promotion under the Stripes of Exceptional Performers program. Jones was promoted to the rank of Tech. Sgt., effective Dec. 10, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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STEP Promotion

Col. Chip Hollinger, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Bobby Drayton, AFMAO senior enlisted leader, pose with now Tech. Sgt. Jacob Jones, AFMAO unit deployment manager, Dec. 23, 2021. Hollinger and Drayton, along with the AFMAO Readiness and Plans staff surprised Jones’ at his home to notify him of his selection for promotion under the Stripes of Exceptional Performers program. Jones was promoted to the rank of Tech. Sgt., effective Dec. 10, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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From beginning to AFMAO - C3 coordinates the return of fallen service members

Senior Airman Amber Saunders, a controller at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Command, Control and Communication section, briefs Capt. D’Angelo Turner, AFMAO dignified transfer officer in charge, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 22, 2021. C3 is a 24/7 operations center responsible for tracking human remains coming from overseas to the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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From beginning to AFMAO - C3 coordinates the return of fallen service members

Master Sgt. Fa Pham, a controller, at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Command, Control and Communication section updates the section's mission tracker at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 22, 2021. Pham is deployed from the 911th Force Support Squadron, Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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From beginning to AFMAO - C3 coordinates the return of fallen service members

Master Sgt. Fa Pham, a controller, at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Command, Control and Communication section, observes the board used to track human remains coming from the area of responsibility or overseas to the United States at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 22, 2021. Pham is deployed from the 911th Force Support Squadron, Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Airman of Note: AFMAO Airman shares musical talent with team

Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations dignified transfer officer-in-charge 1st Lt. Laura Lanier performs “Ruffles and Flourishes” on the bassoon during a retirement ceremony Dec. 9, 2021 at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Lanier is deployed to AFMAO from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, Dover Air Force Base. Lanier has shared her prior enlisted experience and talent as a former band member by performing at multiple ceremonies at AFMAO during her deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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AFMAO lays wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery

Senior Airman Zaida Williams, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations deployer from the 512th Memorial Affairs Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, lays a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 18, 2021. Arlington National Cemetery is one of over 2,500 cemeteries where volunteers lay wreaths during National Wreaths Across America Day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alyssa Day)

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AFMAO lays wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery

Centered, Senior Airman Zaida Williams, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations deployer from the 512th Memorial Affairs Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, looks for an empty headstone to lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 18, 2021. More than 40 AFMAO volunteers laid wreaths during National Wreaths Across America Day to remember and honor fallen service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alyssa Day)

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AFMAO lays wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery

Wreaths line thousands of headstones of fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 18, 2021. Laying wreaths on the headstones of our fallen service members is one way they are remembered and honored during this holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alyssa Day)

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AFMAO lays wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery

From left, Master Sgt. Fa Pham and James Oberhaus, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations deployers from the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, lay wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 18, 2021. More than 40 AFMAO volunteers laid wreaths during National Wreaths Across America Day to remember and honor fallen service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alyssa Day)

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AFMAO lays wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery

U.S. Space Force Sgt. Jenna White, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations client support technician, lays a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 18, 2021. Arlington National Cemetery is one of over 2,500 cemeteries where volunteers lay wreaths during National Wreaths Across America Day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alyssa Day)

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