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  • AFMES breaks ground for $3.4M warehouse addition, alteration

    The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new, $3.4 million warehouse addition and alteration to the existing AFMES building January 26, 2021.The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System provides the Department of Defense and other federal agencies

  • Total Force Airmen: Supporting the DoD - in and out of uniform

    Splitting work between a federal entity and the Air National Guard can pose a challenge, let alone having the two work environments more than 600 miles away from each other.For Maryland native Rachel Johnson, she is both an evidence custodian for the Department of Defense DNA Operations at the Armed

  • DoD adds fentanyl to drug testing panel

    The Department of Defense implemented new policy in March 2019 to direct all service Drug Demand Reduction Program labs to test for fentanyl and norfentanyl.

  • AFMES, DPAA shares missions with service members, families

    The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency provided local outreach to communities in Alabama January 24-26, 2019.“These outreach opportunities are important for us to educate the community and service members about the DPAA and AFMES missions,” said Todd

  • AFMES-AFRSSIR inspects Lackland Air Force Base

    The Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples of the Identification of Remains inspected Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on the collection of DNA cards November 8, 2018.The AFRSSIR is responsible for managing, coordinating and maintaining the collection of DNA blood reference cards for all active

  • AFDILs role in Korean and Cold War identification

    Four hundred twenty-six family members of servicemen met at the 2016 Korean/Cold War Annual government briefings, Aug. 11-12, 2016, in Arlington, Virginia. At these briefings, family members had the opportunity to meet with numerous government officials who specialize in certain expertise to include