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Delaware Sen. Tom Carper visits Dover AFB

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., poses for a photo with Team Dover members outside The Fisher House at the conclusion of his tour Nov. 28, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Carper met with senior leadership from the 436th and 512th Airlift Wings, 436th Maintenance Squadron Isochronal Inspection Dock, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, the Joint Personal Effects Depot and The Fisher House. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Delaware Sen. Tom Carper visits Dover AFB

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., thanks members of the 436th Maintenance Squadron C-5 Isochronal Inspection Dock for conducting his tour Nov. 28, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. During his tour of the ISO Dock, Carper walked across the wings of a C-5B Galaxy undergoing an inspection, observed maintenance being performed and talked with aircraft maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Delaware Sen. Tom Carper visits Dover AFB

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., autographs a hard hat at the end of his C-5 Isochronal Inspection Dock tour Nov. 28, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Distinguished visitors to the ISO Dock are asked to sign the hard hat they wore during their tour as it will be placed in a glass case across from the ISO Dock Coordinator’s Office, making Carper’s hard hat the ninth one on display. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Delaware Sen. Tom Carper visits Dover AFB

Senior Airman John Weaver, 436th Maintenance Squadron aerospace maintenance journeyman, talks with Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., in the C-5 Isochronal Inspection Dock, Nov. 28, 2016, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Weaver explained to Carper how aircraft maintainers use the point of use electronic consolidated tool kit and the advantages of having commonly used tools located near the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Title: USS Oklahoma 75 Years later: DNA is not just science, it's personal

Todd Weiler, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, listens to Dr. Timothy McMahon, Chief of Forensic Services for the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, explain the different types of identification procedures used to identify remains recovered from the USS Oklahoma (BB 37) and processed by the AFDIL Nov. 4, 2016, at AFMES on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The AFDIL, a subdivision of AFMES, is the sole Department of Defense DNA laboratory tasked with identifying human remains from current and past conflicts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Title: USS Oklahoma 75 Years later: DNA is not just science, it's personal

Todd Weiler, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Ronald Keohane, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy; listen to Deborah Skillman, Director, Casualty, Mortuary Affairs and Military Funeral Honors from the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy, explain the display board of confirmed USS Oklahoma (BB 37) remains identified by the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory Nov. 4, 2016, at Armed Forces Medical Examiner System on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Weiler and Keohane received briefings and met with personnel at the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, AFMES and the Joint Personal Effects Depot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Khobar Towers Survivors--AFMAO Airmen reflect back 20 years.

Chief Master Sgt. Meshelle Dyer, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations chief enlisted advisor, reflects back on the Khobar Towers attack 20 years ago, Sept. 27, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Dyer was deployed there as a services Airman at the time of the attack. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson)

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Khobar Towers Survivors--AFMAO Airmen reflect back 20 years.

Electa Wright, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mortuary technician, poses in from of the AFMAO crest, Sept. 30, 2016, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Wright was a “one-striper airman” working at the old port mortuary when the Khobar Towers attack happened. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson)

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Surviving Khobar Towers: AFMAO Airmen reflect back 20 years

Col. Dawn Lancaster, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations commander, looks over photos from the Khobar Towers bombing, Sept. 21, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Lancaster received a Purple Heart for wounds inflicted that day by shards of imploding glass. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson)

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Mexican-American War Remains Arrive in U.S. for DT at DAFB

In a Repatriation of Remains event, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations personnel and a U.S. Army carry team transfer the remains of what is believed to be the remains of Americans from a C-12 Huron aircraft during a dignified transfer Sept. 28, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Thirteen sets of remains believed to be of Soldiers who died during the Battle of Monterrey, Mexico in 1846 during the Mexican-American War, were returned to the U.S. for forensic processing by Armed Forces Medical Examiner System. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Operation Kudos / Tudos 2016 at Dover AFB

Staff Sgt. Carlos Cortez, 436th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, participates in a MWD demonstration during Kids/Teachers Understanding Deployment Operations Aug. 23, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The annual event helps school age children of active duty service members and their teachers understand what it's like to deploy overseas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino)

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New Services Director checks on AFMAO's unique mission

Brig. Gen. Kathleen A. Cook, Headquarters U.S. Air Force director of services and Chief Master Sgt. Kimberly Turner, chief enlisted manager for the services career field, visited Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Del., July 27, 2016 to view the unique challenges faced by services airmen stationed there supporting mortuary operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson)

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New Services Director checks on AFMAO's unique mission

Brig. Gen. Kathleen A. Cook, Headquarters U.S. Air Force director of services and Chief Master Sgt. Kimberly Turner, chief enlisted manager for the services career field, visited Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Del., July 27, 2016, to view the unique challenges faced by services airmen stationed there supporting mortuary operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson)

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Dignified Transfer

A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Lance Cpl. Blaise A. Oleski April 9, 2009, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Oleski was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Randle)

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Dignified Transfer

A U.S. Marine Corps carry team and the official party bow their heads April 9, 2009, as the chaplain offers a prayer over the remains of Lance Cpl. Blaise A. Oleski at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Oleski was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Randle)

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Dignified Transfer

U.S. Marines carry the remains of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Blaise A. Oleski during a transfer ceremony on Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 9, 2009. Oleski was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. (DoD photo by Tom Randle, U.S. Air Force)

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Dignified Transfer

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Army Dignified Transfer

An Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Spc. Israel Candelaria Mejias, of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 7. Specialist Candelaria Mejias died April 5 near Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when a mine detonated near him during combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment in Task Force 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Brigade Combat Team, Grafenwoehr, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)