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Advancements in the Identification Efforts for the Cabanatuan POW Camp

Dr. Suni Edson, Assistant Technical Leader in Past Accounting, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory for the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, holds a photo of Blanchard Pruitt, her second cousin that was identified from the Cabanatuan POW camp at Dover Air Force base, Delaware, June 25, 2025. Blanchard Pruitt was born in 1923 in Jasper, Texas. He was a Private in the U.S. Army Medical Detachment of the 31st Infantry Regiment and was captured April 9, 1942, and was part of the Bataan Death March from the Bataan peninsula up to the CAB prison camp. He died on January 1, 1943, at the age of 20, and was believed to be buried in Common Grave 822 at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp.
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Staff from the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) that were instrumental in the development and validation of the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) capture gather for a group picture at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, February 13, 2025. SNP capture builds upon the mitochondrial genome (mtG) Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and hybridization capture methods validated in 2016. In 2015, knowing that traditional nuclear short tandem repeat methods would not work on samples requiring mtG NGS methods, AFDIL worked with the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research program and Defense Rapid Innovation group, and submitted a public proposal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Deven Schultz)
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AMC civic leaders visit Team Dover

Air Mobility Command civic leaders receive a tour of Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 14, 2024. The tour allowed the leaders to get a first-hand look at the AFMAO mission and interact with the members that ensure it is successful. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)
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AMC civic leaders visit Team Dover

Air Mobility Command civic leaders receive a tour of Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 14, 2024. The tour allowed the leaders to get a first-hand look at the AFMAO mission and interact with the members that ensure it is successful. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)
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AMC civic leaders visit Team Dover

Air Mobility Command civic leaders receive a tour of Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 14, 2024. The tour allowed the leaders to get a first-hand look at the AFMAO mission and interact with the members that ensure it is successful. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)
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AMC civic leaders visit Team Dover

Air Mobility Command civic leaders receive a tour of Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 14, 2024. The tour allowed the leaders to get a first-hand look at the AFMAO mission and interact with the members that ensure it is successful. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jayden Ford)
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AMC civic leaders visit Team Dover

Air Mobility Command civic leaders pose on a 60K Tunner aircraft cargo loader at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 14, 2024. Twenty AMC civic leaders had the opportunity to see first-hand how Dover supports AMC’s mission in routine and unique ways across the command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino)
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AMC civic leaders visit Team Dover

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Josef Hoyt, 436th Aerial Port Squadron traffic management floor supervisor, shows Air Mobility Command civic leaders the various tracking numbers associated with transporting cargo at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 14, 2024. Twenty AMC civic leaders had the opportunity to see first-hand how Dover supports AMC’s mission in routine and unique ways across the command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino)
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AMC civic leaders visit Team Dover

Team Dover Airmen and Air Mobility Command civic leaders talk during lunch at the Patterson Dining Facility on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 14, 2024. Twenty AMC civic leaders had the opportunity to see first-hand how Dover supports AMC’s mission in routine and unique ways across the command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
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AMC civic leaders visit Team Dover

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Deven Schultz, right, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System public affairs noncommissioned officer in charge, speaks with Sean Moriarty, left, Air Mobility Command civic leader, during lunch at the Patterson Dining Facility on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 14, 2024. Moriarty, along with other AMC civic leaders, had the opportunity to see first-hand how Dover supports AMC’s mission in routine and unique ways across the command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
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AMC civic leaders visit Team Dover

U.S. Air Force Col. Chris McDonald, center, 436th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Carolyn Russell, right, 436th AW command chief, welcome Brig. Gen. Stephen Snelson, USAF Expeditionary Center commander, upon his arrival to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 14, 2024. Snelson and 20 Air Mobility Command civic leaders had the opportunity to see first-hand how Dover supports AMC’s mission in routine and unique ways across the command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
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AMC civic leaders visit Team Dover

U.S. Air Force Col. Chris McDonald, center, 436th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Carolyn Russell, right, 436th AW command chief, welcome Natalie Hawn, left, Air Mobility Command civic leader, to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 14, 2024. Hawn, along with other AMC civic leaders, had the opportunity to see first-hand how Dover supports AMC’s mission in routine and unique ways across the command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
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SynCan or SynCan’t?

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jadow Hughes, Forensic Toxicology Technician, prepares a quality control sample at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, October 24, 2024. Military technicians assigned to the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Division of Forensic Toxicology receive many opportunities, during their assignment, to develop new skills and experience opportunities that are typically not available at traditional units. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Deven Schultz)
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SynCan or SynCan’t?

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Schneider, Forensic Toxicology Technician, inputs specimen tracking data at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, October 24, 2024. Chain of custody information is critical to maintaining the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Division of Forensic Toxicology’s International Organization for Standardization 17025 accreditation. In the event a staff member is called to testify in court, poor chain of custody management can potentially call a toxicologist’s positive or negative result into question. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Deven Schultz)
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How AFMES Members Balance Duty and Community

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Alyssa Williams, Senior Enlisted Leader, poses for a photo at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, Dover Air Force base, Delaware, August 26, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandra Minor)
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How AFMES Members Balance Duty and Community

Mr. Kenton Ellis, Logistics Warehouse Superintendent, leads the G-Team outreach at Calvary Church in Dover, Delaware, August 26, 2024. The G-Team is, an outreach ministry that goes into neighborhoods to present the Gospel message to the kids in their community.
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How AFMES Members Balance Duty and Community

U.S. Army Specialist Kaylaporsche Harley, 92 Mortuary Affairs Specialist (92M), poses for a photo in the autopsy suite at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System at Dover Air Force base, Delaware, August 22, 2024. A 92M duties include but are not limited to assisting with autopsies, conducting eviscerations, inventorying specimens, and photographing cases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandra Minor)
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UPGRADED: MWDs Get New Training Aids

The new Military Working Dog (MWD) training aid prototype is displayed at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 17, 2024. The prototype will allow Kennel Masters and MWD Handlers to place the training aids in more hidden areas better increasing drug detection capabilities while protecting the training aid at the same time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Deven Schultz)
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UPGRADED: MWDs Get New Training Aids

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Juan Salinas, Security Forces Manager, Joint MWD (JMWD) Program, proudly displays a new Military Working Dog (MWD) training aid prototype at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 17, 2024. The training aids are provided to kennels worldwide to train and certify all Department of Defense MWDs on odor detection for narcotics that are commonly found within the continental United States, and around overseas installations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Deven Schultz)
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Fourteen selected for promotion to senior master sergeant

Nine of 14 master sergeants selected for promotion pose for a group photo during the senior master sergeant release party at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, March 29, 2024. Holding their promotion plaques are, left to right, Master Sgts. Daniel Bilodeau, 436th Security Forces Squadron operations superintendent; Joseph Adams, 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron lead production superintendent; Christopher Gangloff, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations section chief, operations support division; Michael Walsh, 436th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment flight chief; Ronald Graham, 314th Recruiting Squadron enlisted accessions flight chief; Alyssa Williams, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System senior enlisted leader; Timothy Fluharty, 436th Mission Generation Group Development and Instructor element chief; Raymond Dela Calzada, 436th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron flight chief; and Andrew Genson, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment section chief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
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