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The Hottle Family: An Air Force legacy

Maj. Monica Hottle, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations plans and programs division chief, has her family replace her old rank during her promotion ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 18, 2023. Monica Hottle was promoted to the rank of Major with the help of her father, retired Maj. David Hottle, who presided over the ceremony for the last time in her career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)
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The Hottle Family: An Air Force legacy

Maj. Monica Hottle, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations plans and programs division chief, embraces her father, retired Maj. David Hottle, during her promotion ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 18, 2023. After serving in the Air Force for over 27 years, David Hottle presided over all but one of his daughter's promotion ceremonies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)
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The Hottle Family: An Air Force legacy

Maj. Monica Hottle, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations plans and programs division chief, watches as retired Maj. David Hottle, her father, speaks during her promotion ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 18, 2023. This promotion marked the last time Hottle’s father would be able to preside over her ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)
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Tech. Sgt. Benson: Mental health matters

Tech. Sgt. Haley Benson, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mental health technician, poses for a photo at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 16, 2023. Benson spent her deployment dedicated to providing care, service and support to families of the fallen while striving to improve the AFMAO resiliency team — ensuring every member of AFMAO was cared for on every level. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)
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Tech. Sgt. Benson: Mental health matters

Tech. Sgt. Haley Benson, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mental health technician, reviews plans for the resiliency program with Maj. Matthew Knight, AFMAO senior chaplain at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 16, 2023. As part of a larger resiliency team, Benson served the members who carry out the sacred mission at AFMAO to ensure they were provided with tools to cope with the emotions that arise from performing such a heavy mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)
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Tech. Sgt. Benson: Mental health matters

Tech. Sgt. Haley Benson, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mental health technician, sits down for an interview at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 16, 2023. For any mental health technician that deploys to AFMAO, the transition from working in a clinic to being embedded into a unit is not an easy task. Benson says the key to success for her during her time here was opening herself up to those around her. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)
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Tech. Sgt. Benson: Mental health matters

Tech. Sgt. Haley Benson, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mental health technician, gives a brief during an orientation at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 16, 2023. Benson played a key role of displaying the resiliency team’s mission at AFMAO to visitors bolstering the unit’s community engagement efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)
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Tech. Sgt. Benson: Mental health matters

Tech. Sgt. Haley Benson, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mental health technician, gives a brief during an orientation at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 16, 2023. For any mental health technician that deploys to AFMAO, the transition from working in a clinic to being embedded into a unit is not an easy task. Benson says the key to success for her during her time here was opening herself up to those around her. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)
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Tech. Sgt. Benson: Mental health matters

Tech. Sgt. Haley Benson, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mental health technician, teaches a mental health resiliency class at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 16, 2023. Benson spent her deployment dedicated to providing care, service and support to families of the fallen while striving to improve the AFMAO resiliency team — ensuring every member of AFMAO was cared for on another level. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)
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Tech. Sgt. Benson: Mental health matters

Tech. Sgt. Haley Benson, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mental health technician, teaches a mental health resiliency class at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 16, 2023. As part of a larger resiliency team, Benson served the members who carry out the sacred mission at AFMAO to ensure they were provided with tools to cope with the emotions that arise from performing such a heavy mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)
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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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Matt Metschke: A path paved to AFMAO

Matt Metschke, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations case management branch chief, stands in front of the mortuary building at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, March 27, 2023. As the Case Management Branch chief at AFMAO, Metschke now oversees case assignments, is the service liaison for the Air Force when a case is to be sent to the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System and supervises three case managers that are assigned to different regions of the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jayden Ford)
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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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AFMAO awarded AFDW outstanding chaplain corps team award

Capt. Daniel Fairchild, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations deployed chaplain, discusses spiritual disciplines and practices during a resiliency session at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 24, 2022. “Donuts and Devotion” gives Airmen the opportunity to ask the chaplain questions they might have about faith and spirituality, in addition to a short devotion. Fairchild is deployed from the 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall AFB, Florida. (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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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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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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