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Chief Master Sgt. Bobby Drayton

Chief Master Sgt. Bobby D. Drayton is the Chief Enlisted Manager, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. AFMAO is a Field Operating Agency under Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters Air Force. AFMAO has global responsibility for all Air Force mortuary matters for current and past conflicts, operates the nation's sole port mortuary and provides global contingency mortuary response teams in support of Air Force and combatant command requirements.

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Deployed Airmen complete mobility bag check

Tech. Sgt. Kayla Hemmesch, Dover Fisher House for Families of the Fallen manager with Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, double checks individual deployment bags at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 19, 2021. Each Airman is required to check and sign off on his or her mobility bag to ensure the proper equipment is in their bag. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Deployed Airmen complete mobility bag check

Tech. Sgt. Kayla Hemmesch, Dover Fisher House for Families of the Fallen manager with Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, double checks individual deployment bags at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 19, 2021. Each Airman is required to check and sign off on his or her mobility bag to ensure the proper equipment is in their bag. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Deployed Airmen complete mobility bag check

Tech. Sgt. Kayla Hemmesch, Dover Fisher House for Families of the Fallen manager with Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, double checks individual deployment bags at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 19, 2021. Each Airman is required to check and sign off on his or her mobility bag to ensure the proper equipment is in their bag. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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AFMAO awarded AFDW outstanding chaplain corps team award

Maj. Matthew Knight, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations senior chaplain, carries out a resiliency session at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 14, 2021. “Pizza and Conversation” is a resiliency event in which AFMAO members eat together and discuss in-depth topics related to lyrics or feelings from hearing a chosen song. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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New AFMAO support team trains for DT mission

Airman 1st Class Taiquona Conner practices closing the doors on the transfer vehicle used dignified transfers at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 12, 2021 as part of the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mission. A dignified transfer is a solemn movement honoring the return of a fallen service member from overseas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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New AFMAO support team trains for DT mission

Senior Airmen Adam Ingram, left, and Deamekiya Hester, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations departures specialists, practice flag draping a transfer case at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 12, 2021. Every transfer case is flag-draped in transit, but may require a replacement to ensure it is pristine for the dignified transfer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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New AFMAO support team trains for DT mission

Senior Airmen Adam Ingram, left, and Deamekiya Hester, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations departures specialists, practice flag draping a transfer case at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 12, 2021. Every transfer case is flag-draped in transit, but may require a replacement to ensure it is pristine for the dignified transfer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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New AFMAO support team trains for DT mission

Senior Airmen Adam Ingram, left, and Deamekiya Hester, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations departures specialists, practice flag draping a transfer case at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 12, 2021. Every transfer case is flag-draped in transit, but may require a replacement to ensure it is pristine for the dignified transfer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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

Stephen Cortes, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations chief of mortuary technical operations, replaces parts to an uninterruptible power supply at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 12, 2021. The four-member Information Technology team at AFMAO keeps connections safe and secure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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AFMAO commander retires

Retirement ceremony for Colonel G. Brian Eddy at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 28, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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AFMAO commander retires

Retirement ceremony for Colonel G. Brian Eddy at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 28, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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AFMAO commander retires

Retirement ceremony for Colonel G. Brian Eddy at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 28, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Running for my life - in a good way

Tech. Sgt. Katie Maricle, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Unit Fitness Program Monitor, completes a run at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 23, 2021. Maricle runs three times a week and is currently training for her fourth half marathon in October. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Mortuary Affairs Support

Dave Vance, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Mortuary Specialist gives presentation in the embalming suite June 22, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Instructors from the University of Tennessee Knoxville Forensic Anthropology Center set up bone sample displays for students to see firsthand the difference in structure, texture, and weight to help determine if the bone is human or non-human. Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mortuary officers and specialists attended the three-day course to better prepare them to support recovery missions. (Courtesy Photo)

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Marine Corporal Brandon J. Alvarez honored in dignified transfer June 10

A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Marine Cpl. Brandon J. Alvarez of Newbury Park, California, June 10, 2021 at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Alvarez was assigned to FAST Co., Central Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, Bahrain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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AFMAO awarded AFDW outstanding chaplain corps team award

Capt. Felix Jones, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations deployed chaplain, discusses AFMAO’s resiliency program during an orientation at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 4, 2021. AFMAO resiliency team members brief visitors during orientations, on their role in the mortuary’s mission. Jones is deployed from the 72nd Air Base Wing, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Marine Sgt. Amanda N. Brazeal honored in dignified transfer April 24

A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Marine Sgt. Amanda N. Brazeal of Chunchula, Alabama, April 24, 2021 at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Brazeal was assigned to Marine Corps Embassy Security Group Region 2, Marine Corps Embassy Security Group Headquarters, Quantico, Virginia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

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Navy Culinary Specialist Apprentice Jaylon D. Moye honored in Dignified Transfer Apr. 23

A U.S. Navy carry team transfers the remains of Navy Culinary Specialist Apprentice Jaylon D. Moye of Pataskala, Ohio, April 23, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Moye was assigned to USS Dextrous, Bahrain. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Minto)

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