Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations performs engraving services at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 22, 2023. Uniform section personnel maintain their skillset to fulfill these orders as requested by each respective military branch of service liaison. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Andrew J. Alvarado and Jason Minto)
Safety is everyone’s responsibility. At Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Ed Conway leads the way to ensure the safety of all who work here, as the unit safety representative.
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. – Ten Airmen from three bases across Air Force Reserve Command are receiving consolidated training for their upcoming deployment to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations. The week-long Force Support Contingency Training-Mortuary Course provides real-world mortuary training and introduces the Airmen to the sections and responsibilities they will fill during their deployment.
Matt Metschke, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Case Management Branch chief, oversees case assignments, is the service liaison for the Air Force when a case is to be sent to the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System and supervises three case managers that are assigned to different regions of the United States.
Four members of Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations attended the comparative osteology course at the University of Tennessee Knoxville Forensic Anthropology Center.
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. – Friends and colleagues are remembering the life and legacy of Murray E. Horton Jr., known as “Buddy” throughout his decades of service in the mortuary affairs field. Horton, the former director of Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Operating Location-Europe, passed away last month at the age of 76.
