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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)


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)

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Col. Dawn Lancaster, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations commander, renders a salute to a simulated fallen service member’s transfer case passingby the official party April 11, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. AFMAO held Folded Flag 2017, a joint service training exercise that tested its ability to respond to a mass casualty incident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
Capt. Brian Scallion, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Dignified Transfer officer in charge, left, and others render a salute as a transfer case of a simulated fallen service member is carried off of a C-17 Globemaster III during the Folded Flag 2017 mass casualty exercise April 11, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Normally during a dignified transfer the DTOIC, chaplain, aircrew, escorts and leadership may be onboard the aircraft during the dignified transfer event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
Airman 1st Class Emmanuel Yeboah and Senior Airman Cody Kendall, both assigned to the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, simultaneously close the doors of the mortuary transfer vehicles during Folded Flag 2017 April 11, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. U.S. Army and Marine Corps carry teams and AFMAO personnel participated in the joint service training exercise that tested the ability of AFMAO to respond to a mass casualty incident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
An Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations public affairs van is parked facing the tail of a C-17 Globemaster III during the Folded Flag 2017 mass casualty exercise April 11, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Public Affairs broadcast journalists from AFMAO and the 436th Airlift Wing, as well as 436th AW PA photojournalists participated in a joint service mass casualty training exercise by documenting 12 simulated dignified transfers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
Two individuals who played the role of family members attending a simulated dignified transfer for a fallen service member, hold hands in support and comfort during the Folded Flag 2017 mass casualty training exercise April 11, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. More than 60 individuals played the roles of family members and press in order to make the simulated dignified transfers as realistic as possible. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
Service members from the Army, Air Force and Marines salute a simulated transfer case as it is being carried off of a C-17 Globemaster III to a mortuary transfer vehicle during Folded Flag 2017, April 11, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. AFMAO held a joint service training exercise that tested its ability to respond to a mass casualty incident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
A U.S. Marine Corps carry team stands by after placing a transfer case in the mortuary transfer vehicle during a simulated dignified transfer April 11, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. In the background, individuals who played the role of family members attending the dignified transfer, watched the Marines carry the simulated fallen service member off the C-17 Globemaster III, past the official party and into the MTV. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
U.S. Marines render a final salute as the doors of the mortuary transfer vehicles are closed during Folded Flag 2017 April 11, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The Marines participated in the joint service training exercise that tested the ability of the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations to respond to a mass casualty incident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
A U.S. Marine Corps carry team prepares to lift a transfer case during a simulated dignified transfer April 11, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The Marines carried the simulated fallen service member down the ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III, past the official party and into the mortuary transfer vehicle as simulated family members watched as part of the Folded Flag 2017 mass casualty training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
Capt. Brian Scallion, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, dignified transfer officer in charge, briefs the transfer sequence to Folded Flag 2017 carry teams April 11, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. AFMAO held a joint service training exercise that tested its ability to respond to a mass casualty incident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
Col. Dawn Lancaster and Chief Master Sgt. Meshelle Dyer, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations commander and chief enlisted manager respectively, brief Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., on the current status of AFMAO, Nov. 28, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Carper also met with personnel in the AFMAO gymnasium section who briefed him on the resiliency program established for members assigned to AFMAO. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
Chief Master Sgt. Sarah Sparks, 436th Airlift Wing command chief, welcomes Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., to Dover Air Force Base, Del., Nov. 28, 2016. During his half-day visit, 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, and the Joint Personal Effects Depot. At each stop, he met with Team Dover members and thanked them for their service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)