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Armed Forces Medical Examiner System

Official seal of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner SystemThe Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) provides worldwide medico-legal services and investigations. Forensic pathologists, forensic anthropologists, medical-legal death investigators and photographers are available 24 hours a day to conduct forensic investigations into military deaths throughout the world. The Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory provides scientific consultation, research and education services in the field of forensic DNA analysis to the Department of Defense (DoD) and other agencies. In addition, AFMES has DoD's centralized laboratory for performing routine toxicological testing.

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File Date
AFRSSIR Supply Order Request 12/4/2015
Armed Forces DNA Identifcation Laboratory Casework Request 4/10/2015
Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Consultation Request Form 1/2/2012
Request for Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Report 2/1/2012
Disposition of Organs Retained for Extended Examination 3/8/2011
Forensic DNA Specimen Analysis Request 5/19/2014
Request for Autopsy Report and Supplemental Information 11/1/2013
Disposition of Remains Election Statment Initial Notification of Identified Partial Remains 4/1/2009
Forensic Toxicology Analysis Request 3/18/2015
AFRSSIR Collection Instructions 10/6/2015

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Skeletal Remains Returned to U.S. Soil

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9/30/2016
On Sept. 28, 2016, approximately 170 years after the war, as many as 13 skeletal remains were returned to U.S. soil and honored during a solemn movement at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. (U.S. Air Force photo)

On Sept. 28, 2016, approximately 170 years after the war, as many as 13 skeletal remains were returned to U.S. soil and honored during a solemn movement at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Skeletal Remains from the Mexican-American War

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9/30/2016
The skeletal remains of the possible U.S. soldiers were solemnly carried to an awaiting vehicle by the U.S. Army Old Guard ceremonial team, under the watchful gaze of senior military, university and government leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo)

The skeletal remains of the possible U.S. soldiers were solemnly carried to an awaiting vehicle by the U.S. Army Old Guard ceremonial team, under the watchful gaze of senior military, university and government leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Mexican-American War remains arrive in U.S. for dignified transfer

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9/30/2016
The skeletal remains of the possible U.S. soldiers were solemnly carried to an awaiting vehicle by the U.S. Army Old Guard ceremonial team, under the watchful gaze of senior military, university and government leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo)

The skeletal remains of the possible U.S. soldiers were transferred for examination to the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System

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

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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 welcomes new director

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7/22/2016
Army Col. Louis Finelli (right) receives the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System guidon from Navy Rear Adm. Colin Chinn, Defense Health Agency director of research, development and acquisition, during a Change of Directorship Ceremony July 18, 2016, at the Landings on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman William Johnson)

Army Col. Louis Finelli was appointed as the new AFMES director

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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 unveils new seal

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6/6/2016
Service members from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System stand poised as they uncover the new official seal during an unveiling ceremony May26, 2016, at AFMES on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.

Service members and civilians celebrated the unveiling of the new official seal of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner Systems

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Next generation DNA sequencing

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3/24/2016
DoD DNA Registry, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory Supervisory DNA Analyst, Kerriann Meyers, places samples in a cartridge before loading it on the Next Generation DNA Sequencing instrument.

The DoD DNA Registry, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory is working with the newest innovation in Forensic DNA science, Mitochondrial DNA Hybridization Capture and Next Generation DNA Sequencing

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2016 Team Dover Honorary Commander inducted

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2/8/2016
The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Director, Army Col. Ladd Tremaine (left) welcomed Dr. Megan Williams (right) as the 2016 Honorary Commander during a ceremony, Feb. 6, 2016, at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Zachary Cacicia)

The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System welcomed Dr. Megan Williams as the 2016 Honorary Commander

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Busy 2015 looks to give way to even busier new year for Defense Health Agency

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12/21/2015
Vice Admiral Raquel C. Bono, Director, Defense Health Agency

A busy year for DHA in 2015, and the coming year promises to be even busier. Take a look at the biggest stories in the past year.

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The AFMES Military Working Dog training aid laboratory is “Ruff”on narcotics

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12/9/2015
Military Working Dog “Johny,” locates a training aid, created by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Military Working Dog Laboratory, in a storage room during a weekly training exercise.

The MWD Laboratory manufactures, distributes and, after use, destroys controlled substance training aids for DoD MWD units on military bases worldwide

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Warrior Care—even 63 years after death

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11/5/2015
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Fred Hoblit (left) and Air Force Col. (ret.) Jerry Hoblit (right) sit graveside during services for their father, Air Force Col. Noel Elmer Hoblit, on May 21, 2015 at Arlington National Cemetery.

Armed Forces Medical Examiners System helps Air Force dentist return home, more than 60 years after his death in a plane crash in Alaska.

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Military medical examiners: ‘We seek the truth’

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8/25/2015
Air Force Lt. Col. Alice Briones and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lisa Rivera examine tissue slides from organs in order to complete findings for an autopsy report. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Magan Delussey)

The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System works to discover the cause of death of those who fall in the line of duty, allowing closure for investigators and loved ones.

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Three organizations to join the Defense Health Agency

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8/20/2015
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The National Museum of Health and Medicine, the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System become part of the DHA on August 23, 2015.

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