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250213-F-AU874-1001
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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181108-F-BH656-0029
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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181108-F-BH656-0005
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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190126-F-BH656-0093
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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190130-F-JE307-9002
Tierra Woodberry, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) DNA specimen processor, removes a container of blood stain cards from a movable housing unit containing 1 million samples Jan. 30, 2019, at the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Most of the cards are collected at the various basic military training installations for each branch of service. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Dedan D. Dials)
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190130-F-JE307-9003
Tierra Woodberry, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) DNA specimen processor, searches for a blood stain card in a row of 500 Jan. 30, 2019, at the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Armed Forces Medical Examiner System personnel use blood stain cards to accurately identify the remains of fallen service members. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Dedan D. Dials)
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190130-F-JE307-9004
Chris Karashowsky, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) DNA specimen processor, prepares a machine used to vacuum seal blood stain cards at the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains (AFRSSIR) on Dover Air Force Base, Del., Jan. 30, 2019. By sealing the cards, AFRSSIR ensures all of the samples will be preserved for 50 years, as required by AFRSSIR’s regulations. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Dedan D. Dials)
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190130-F-JE307-9001
A stack of blood stain cards rest on the desk of an Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains (AFRSSIR) technician’s desk Jan. 30, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. AFRSSIR maintains approximately 7.9 million blood stain cards, preserving the DNA of U.S. service members, primarily to ensure fallen service members are returned to their families. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Dedan D. Dials) (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out personally identifiable information.)
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Male lineage helps identify missing service members
Lena Gunn (left), Armed Forces Medical Examiner System's Armed Forces DNA Identifical Laboratory DNA analyst, swabs the cheek of Damien Rispoli, nephew of missing Army Air Force Sgt Vincent J. Rispoli, 703rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group (Heavy) waist gunner, during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Family Member Update in Philedelphia, Pa., Sept. 8, 2018. DNA analysts from AFMES-AFDIL were on site to collect DNA samples from family members using what’s called a buccal swab, which looks similar to a cotton swab to to test for mitochondrial DNA, Y-DNA and autosomal DNA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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Male lineage helps identify missing service members
Dr. Timothy McMahon, Armed Forces Medical Examienr System Department of Defense DNA Operations director (middle), speaks with Greg Gardner, U.S. Army Casualty and Mortuary Affaris Operations Division (CMAOD), Past Conflict Repatriations Branc (PCRB) cheif, and Denise Hazlewood, grand neice to missing Army Privet First Class Paul Carlton Gunter, Company A, 81st Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Family Member Update in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 8, 2018. The DPAA 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. Nearly 400 families came out to this months’ FMU. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidhom)
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