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Folded Flag stresses AFMAO’s capabilities

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)
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Folded Flag stresses AFMAO’s capabilities

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)
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Folded Flag stresses AFMAO’s capabilities

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)
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Folded Flag stresses AFMAO’s capabilities

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)
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Folded Flag stresses AFMAO’s capabilities

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)
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Folded Flag stresses AFMAO’s capabilities

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)
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Folded Flag stresses AFMAO’s capabilities

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)
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Folded Flag stresses AFMAO’s capabilities

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)
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Folded Flag stresses AFMAO’s capabilities

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)
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Folded Flag stresses AFMAO’s capabilities

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)
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Khobar Towers Survivors--AFMAO Airmen reflect back 20 years.

Chief Master Sgt. Meshelle Dyer, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations chief enlisted advisor, reflects back on the Khobar Towers attack 20 years ago, Sept. 27, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Dyer was deployed there as a services Airman at the time of the attack. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson)
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Khobar Towers Survivors--AFMAO Airmen reflect back 20 years.

Electa Wright, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mortuary technician, poses in from of the AFMAO crest, Sept. 30, 2016, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Wright was a “one-striper airman” working at the old port mortuary when the Khobar Towers attack happened. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson)
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Surviving Khobar Towers: AFMAO Airmen reflect back 20 years

Col. Dawn Lancaster, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations commander, looks over photos from the Khobar Towers bombing, Sept. 21, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Lancaster received a Purple Heart for wounds inflicted that day by shards of imploding glass. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson)
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New Services Director checks on AFMAO's unique mission

Brig. Gen. Kathleen A. Cook, Headquarters U.S. Air Force director of services and Chief Master Sgt. Kimberly Turner, chief enlisted manager for the services career field, visited Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Del., July 27, 2016 to view the unique challenges faced by services airmen stationed there supporting mortuary operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson)
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New Services Director checks on AFMAO's unique mission

Brig. Gen. Kathleen A. Cook, Headquarters U.S. Air Force director of services and Chief Master Sgt. Kimberly Turner, chief enlisted manager for the services career field, visited Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Del., July 27, 2016, to view the unique challenges faced by services airmen stationed there supporting mortuary operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson)
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