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Articles by Senior Airman Ashlin Federick

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USS Oklahoma 75 Years later: DNA is not just science, it's personal

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12/2/2016
Todd Weiler, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Ronald Keohane, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy; listen to Deborah Skillman, Director, Casualty, Mortuary Affairs and Military Funeral Honors from the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy, explain the display board of confirmed USS Oklahoma remains identified by the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory Nov. 4, 2016, at Armed Forces Medical Examiner System on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Weiler and Keohane received briefings and met with personnel at the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, AFMES and the Joint Personal Effects Depot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Display board created by DoD DNA Registry analyst dedicated to the history of the USS Oklahoma

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Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, DoD DNA Registry, Military Medical History

Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory plays a vital role in Korean and Cold War identification

Article
8/19/2016
Dave McClung, nephew of Marine Master Sgt. William McClung, gets his cheek swabbed for a family reference by Kerriann Meyers, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory Past Accounting Section assistant technical leader. McClung was one of 51 family members to give a cheek swab during the briefings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ashlin Federick)

The Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory collects, runs and controls a database of family reference samples for past conflicts

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Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, DNA Identifcation Laboratory

Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner plays a vital role in death examinations

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7/18/2016
Dr. Howard Harcke, Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner forensic radiologist, looks at a CT scan for diagnostic clues at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.

Every service member and American citizen who dies in a combat zone must have a medical-legal examination performed by an Armed Forces Medical Examiner

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Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner
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