A photo of basic training recruits waiting to receive vaccinations and have their blood drawn sits between racks in the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains (AFRSSIR) within the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES), Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 27, 2025. The AFRSSIR within AFMES has been responsible for processing and storage of military members’ DNA blood stain cards, to include enlisted and officers from every branch, as well as contractors and civilians that deploy with joint forces, since 1992. The Repository receives approximately 225,000 – 250,000 blood stain cards annually from ten basic training sites as well as 600 permanent duty locations and contracted sites across the country, and currently has over nine million cards on file. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)
| Date Taken: | 06.26.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 07.23.2025 13:02 |
| Photo ID: | 9198146 |
| VIRIN: | 250627-F-AL900-1038 |
| Resolution: | 5897x3686 |
| Size: | 10.63 MB |
| Location: | DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, DELAWARE, US |
| Web Views: | 33 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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