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HM Chapter 25: Decedent Affairs Flashcards

1
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Who is the manager of Navy and Marine Corps Decedent Affairs Program?

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-Navy Casualty and Mortuary Affairs

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All small units and ships Decedent Affairs are managed by who?

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-CO, OIC, Medical Service Corps Officer and Senior Corpsmen

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3
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What is NAVMEDCOMINST 5360.1?

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-Decedent Affairs Manual

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4
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DD 2064

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-Death Certificate

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DD 565

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-Statement of Recognition

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DD 1375

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-Request for payment of Funeral and/or Internment Expenses

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DD 2062

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-Record of Preparation and Disposition of OCONUS Remains

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DD 2063

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-Record of Preparation and Disposition of CONUS Remains

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NAVSUP 29

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-Inventory of Personal Effects

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PADD

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-Person Authorized Direct Dependent

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SNOK

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-Secondary Next of Kin

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CACO

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-Casualty Assistance Calls Officer

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Explain the Current Death Program

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  • Provides: Professional mortuary services, supplies and related services to the care and disposition of remains
  • Remains are shipped to a place designated by the PADD
  • Operational on a worldwide basis
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Explain the Graves Registration Program (GR, GRREG)

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  • Provides: Search, recovery, evaluation, temporary cemetery or morturary, identification, disposition of personal effects found
  • Only operational when authorized by a responsible commander DURING MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Explain the Concurrent Return Program

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  • Combines Current Death Program and Graves Registration Program
  • Provides: Search, recovery, evacuationof remains, identification, preparation of remain in a mortuary, shipment for permanent destination designated by PADD
  • Operational when large military members are in a strategic area
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16
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Explain the Return of Remains Program

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  • Provides permanent disposition of remains

- Activated only upon enactment of legislation

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Explain the Casualty Assistance Calls Program

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  • Administered by CNO Personnel Command and Commandant of USMC
  • Casualty Assistance Calls Program is not a real part of Decedent Affairs
  • CACO to personally contact PADD
  • Provides: Disposition of remains, death gratuity, shipment of personal effects, claim documents to aid in the movement or settlement of the estate, SGLI, travel to the grave site
18
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What is the Casualty Report?

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-Must be submitted by the CO by priority message with 4 hours

19
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Notification of the PADD

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-Must be made between 0500 and 2400

20
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CACO

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-Assigned to family for 90 days to 9 months

21
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Conformation of Casualty

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-Made by the CACO with 24 hours

22
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Condolence Letter

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-Written by the CO to the NOK within 48 hours

23
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Explain the Autopsy process

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  • Performed when death is considered: accidental, intentional, suicide, homicide, absent care of a physician
  • Automobile accident victim: at discretion of medical examiner
  • Requested by CO
24
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Explain an Aircrew Autopsy

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-All aircrew serving on a military aircraft will be recommended for an autopsy

25
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Explain Nonmilitary/Retired Personnel Autopsy

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-When deemed necessary must have written permission from NOK

26
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Explain Private Autopsy

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-Full cost is on the PADD

27
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Explain the Search and Recovery

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  • Don’t notify NOK, family or media until instructed to do so by BUMED and the Navy Casualty Office
  • When search, recovery and identification operations go for more than 36 hours, progress reports will be submitted every 24 hours to BUMED and Navy Casualty Office
28
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When is Identification made?

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-Made when CO is satisfied beyond doubt and documentation that the body is properly identified (minimum of 2 statements or recognition, dental and fingerprint comparison

29
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What are the Identification Avenues

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-Fingerprints, forensic odontology, DNA

30
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What are the 5 conclusions concerning identification by Final Navy Mortuary Affairs?

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  • Identified remains
  • Unidentified remains but believed to be an individual
  • Unidentified unknown
  • Group remains, known individuals
  • Group remains, unknown individuals
31
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What is DUSTWUN?

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-Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown

32
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What are Annual Contracts?

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-Awarded to funeral providers for areas anticipating 3 or more deaths a year

33
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What are One Time Contracts?

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-Created by OPNAV

34
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Explain the contracts that cover the following:

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  • Primary Funeral Expenses: Incurred with recovery, preparation, encasement and burial of remains
  • Secondary Expenses: Incurred in connection with the funeral and burial of remains
  • Transportation Expenses: Incurred when remains are moved
  • Private Arrangements Reimbursed: Funds for removing, preparing, embalming, dressing, casketing, preparing body
35
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What temperature are remains refrigerated at?

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-36 to 40F or 2.2 to 4.4C

36
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What is Burial Clothing?

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-Service dress blue uniform

37
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What is the Transfer Case?

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  • Remains put in a white cotton sheet
  • Polyethylene cover (sealed with pressure sensitive tape or heat sealed)
  • 18 gauge silver tone metal sealer with cut top (Standard size: 23x78 in; Oversized: 25x81in)
  • Vault: NOK’s expense
38
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When can a Cremation be performed?

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-Only by written request and if the PADD and SNOK don’t object

39
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Explain the disposition of Personal Effects

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-Inventory board appointed by CO (consists of a commissioned officer and another member)

40
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Does death certificate get prepared for missing persons?

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-No

41
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What are the different types of Cemeteries?

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  • Arlington Cemetery under Army jurisdiction
  • Other National Cemeteries (Under Chief of Memorial Affairs Director, Department of Memorial Affairs, Veterans Administration
  • 3 Classifications: Open (spaces available), Closed (no spaces available), New (planned but not yet open)

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