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Ms. Mariafe Vance, Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains (AFRSSIR) specimen processor, places a tray of DNA blood stain cards into a row at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES), Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 26, 2025. Blood stain cards are stored in trays which hold 400 individually vacuumed sealed cards each, with a single row storing roughly 1,620 trays; it can take two years to fill an entire row. In just the first half of 2025, over 116,000 DNA blood stain cards were received and processed from the numerous collection sites around the United States, averaging roughly 19,000 per month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Noah Coger
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NIKON D750

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14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8

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56/10

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1/200

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1250

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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