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Sherie Longshore, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System DNA Operations Current Day Operations evidence custodian and casework administrator, accessions samples from Colony Glacier at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System July 16, 2019. The processes of accessioning the samples transfers the ownership to the DNA Operations laboratory from the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner and allows Longshore to build the case file before the samples can have DNA extracted. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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Bryan Thomas Johnson, Federal Bureau of Investigation major incident program manager, examines a possible fingerprint at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, Dover Air Force Base, Del., July 9, 2019. Remains found on Colony Glacier are fingerprinted for possible identification. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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Bryan Thomas Johnson, Federal Bureau of Investigation major incident program manager, examines a fingerprint for a match at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, Dover Air Force Base, Del., July 9, 2019. Remains found on Colony Glacier are fingerprinted for possible identification. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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U.S. Navy Cmdr. (Dr.) Sherry Jilinski, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System medical examiner, conducts an inventory of items found at Colony Glacier at the 673rd Medical Group, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 26, 2019. Following the inventory at the 673rd Medical Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, a dignified carry and dignified departure for the remains was conducted by the JBER Honor Guard and 673rd MDG personnel before being escorted to Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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Service members on the Colony Glacier recovery team and Armed Forces Medical Examiner System medicolegal investigators, pose for a photo at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson medical group July 1, 2019, before a dignified departure for remains found on Colony Glacier in June. The joint team took part in recovery efforts of a C-124 Globemaster II that crashed into Gannet Mountain, Alaska, on Nov. 22, 1952, while flying from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska resulting in the loss of 52 service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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Service members assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and Armed Forces Medical Examiner System medicolegal investigators, stand in formation during a dignified departure at the 673rd Medical Group for remains found on Colony Glacier. The remains were then escorted to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, where AFMES could begin the process of identifying the remains. (U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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Recovery team members traverse Colony Glacier, Alaska, June 2019. The recovery team was searching for remains from a C-124 Globemaster II that crashed into Gannett Mountain, Alaska, on Nov. 22, 1952, while flying from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska resulting in the loss of 52 service members. (Courtesy photo)
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A slide of tissue sits on a microscope, prepared to be examined June 7, 2019. Tissue samples are processed, cut and stained for diagnosis of cause of death, for AFMES and 13 MEs around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Wiedmeyer, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System histotechnichian, looks at a slide of tissue before handing them off to a medical examiner June 6, 2019. The stained tissues help medical examiners see down to the cellular level for a diagnosis of cause of death. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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Tissue is seen under a microscope June 7, 2019. Histology is the study of tissue and when it comes to determining the cause of death of an individual, looking at their tissue down to the cellular level is paramount. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Wiedmeyer, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System histotechnichian, looks at slides of tissues under a microscope before handing them off to a medical examiner June 6, 2019. The stained tissues help medical examiners see down to the cellular level for a diagnosis of cause of death. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Wiedmeyer, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System histotechnichian, looks at slides of tissues under a microscope before handing them off to a medical examiner June 6, 2019. The stained tissues help medical examiners see down to the cellular level for a diagnosis of cause of death. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Wiedmeyer, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System histotechnichian, prepares a tissue sample May 30, 2019. As the only forensic histotechnician in the military, it is Wiedmeyer’s job to ensure tissue samples are processed, cut and stained for diagnosis of cause of death, for AFMES and 13 MEs around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm) (Photo has been altered to protect patient privacy)
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An Air Force Basic Military Trainee at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, gets blood drawn for lab tests and DNA cards November 8, 2018. In 1992, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System-The Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples was established to aid in the identification of remains and started with 10,000 collections at Fort Knox, Kentucky. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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DNA Cards wait to be distrubuted to Air Force Basic Military Trainees at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, November 8, 2018. AFMES Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples is responsible for managing, coordinating and maintaining the collection of DNA blood reference cards for all active duty, reserve, and National Guard service members. This is done when service members first enter the military and is collected at one of nine basic training sites, dependent on their branch of service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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Dr. Tim McMahon (left), Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Department of Defense DNA Operations director, talks with Dorothy Britt, about family reference sample to see if she is eligible to donate DNA during a family member update in Birmingham, Alabama, January 26, 2019. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conducts periodic and annual government briefings for families of service members who are missing in action. These events are designed to keep family members informed of those still missing and to discuss in detail the latest information available about their specific case. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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U.S. Army MAJ Glenn Anderson, U.S. Army Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape school detachment commander, and S.E.R.E instructors listen to briefings from Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and Armed Forces Medical Examiner System representatives at Fort Rucker, Alabama, January 25, 2019. The DPAA and AFMES provided local outreach to communities in Alabama to educate on their respective missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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Jennifer Vallee, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Public and Congressional Affairs officer, explains the AFMES mission to Airmen from the 42nd Medical Group and 42nd Force Support Squadron at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, January 24, 2019. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, along with AFMES, provided outreach to local communities in Alabama to explain the importance of their missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm
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Todd Livick, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Outreach and Communications director, speaks to U.S. Army Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape instructors about the DPAA mission at the U.S. Army S.E.R.E. school, Fort Rucker, Alabama, January 25, 2019. The DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System provided information on their respective missions and held question and answer session with the Soldiers to provide a better understanding about the two agencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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Second Lt. Katherine Sanner, 436th Airlift Wing public affairs chief of media operations, logs onto the Combined Federal Campaign website Oct. 12, 2018, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Individuals desiring to contribute have the option of making their pledge to local, national and international charities of their choosing either by using a paper pledge form or online. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
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