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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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DHA Address: 7700 Arlington Boulevard | Suite 5101 | Falls Church, VA | 22042-5101

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