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The Mortuary stocks every badge, patch, ribbon or decoration used by the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard. Air Force mortuary missions have been attached to many organizations and locations over the years. The mortuary mission in Delaware dates to 1955, when the Port Mortuary was established at Dover.
The human remains of enemy or non-friendly persons are collected and returned to their respective governments or affiliations. The Air Force has a similar facility at Dover AFB in Delaware, manned by the Army's Mortuary Affairs Personnel. Until 1991, the army's mortuary affairs was known as the Graves Registration Service (GRS or GRREG). [1]
A distinguished federal career as a civilian mortician began with the Department of the Air Force in 1958. He was the deputy mortuary officer at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam and Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines from 1964 to 1970. During the early part of the Vietnam War, he covered mortuary affairs in Thailand, Taiwan, and ...
The transfer is conducted upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, from the arriving aircraft to a transfer vehicle, which then proceeds to the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs. [1] US military officials do not designate the dignified transfer as a ceremony so that loved ones of the deceased do not feel obliged to attend. [2]
The U.S. Air Force Academy cemetery was established in 1958. It accepts burials for graduates of the Air Force Academy, personnel assigned to the Academy, USAF officers in the rank of Lieutenant General and above, recipients of the Air Force Cross or Medal of Honor, along with their spouses and dependent children.
Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations; Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center; Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center; Air Force Personnel Center; Air Force Safety Center; Air Force Security Assistance Center; Air Force Security Forces Center; Air Force Special Communications Center; Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center
President George H. W. Bush lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda on December 3, 2018. In the United States, state funerals are the official funerary rites conducted by the federal government in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., that are offered to a sitting or former president, a president-elect, high government officials and other civilians who have rendered distinguished ...
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois: Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (AFCAA) Arlington, Virginia: Air Force Flight Standards Agency (AFFSA) Oklahoma City, OK: Air Force Spectrum Management Office (AFSMO) Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama: Air Force Inspection Agency (AFIA)