HM Chapter 25: Decedent Affairs Flashcards
Who is the manager of Navy and Marine Corps Decedent Affairs Program?
-Navy Casualty and Mortuary Affairs
All small units and ships Decedent Affairs are managed by who?
-CO, OIC, Medical Service Corps Officer and Senior Corpsmen
What is NAVMEDCOMINST 5360.1?
-Decedent Affairs Manual
DD 2064
-Death Certificate
DD 565
-Statement of Recognition
DD 1375
-Request for payment of Funeral and/or Internment Expenses
DD 2062
-Record of Preparation and Disposition of OCONUS Remains
DD 2063
-Record of Preparation and Disposition of CONUS Remains
NAVSUP 29
-Inventory of Personal Effects
PADD
-Person Authorized Direct Dependent
SNOK
-Secondary Next of Kin
CACO
-Casualty Assistance Calls Officer
Explain the Current Death Program
- 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
Explain the Graves Registration Program (GR, GRREG)
- 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
Explain the Concurrent Return Program
- 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
Explain the Return of Remains Program
- Provides permanent disposition of remains
- Activated only upon enactment of legislation
Explain the Casualty Assistance Calls Program
- 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
What is the Casualty Report?
-Must be submitted by the CO by priority message with 4 hours
Notification of the PADD
-Must be made between 0500 and 2400
CACO
-Assigned to family for 90 days to 9 months
Conformation of Casualty
-Made by the CACO with 24 hours
Condolence Letter
-Written by the CO to the NOK within 48 hours
Explain the Autopsy process
- 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
Explain an Aircrew Autopsy
-All aircrew serving on a military aircraft will be recommended for an autopsy
Explain Nonmilitary/Retired Personnel Autopsy
-When deemed necessary must have written permission from NOK
Explain Private Autopsy
-Full cost is on the PADD
Explain the Search and Recovery
- 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
When is Identification made?
-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
What are the Identification Avenues
-Fingerprints, forensic odontology, DNA
What are the 5 conclusions concerning identification by Final Navy Mortuary Affairs?
- Identified remains
- Unidentified remains but believed to be an individual
- Unidentified unknown
- Group remains, known individuals
- Group remains, unknown individuals
What is DUSTWUN?
-Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown
What are Annual Contracts?
-Awarded to funeral providers for areas anticipating 3 or more deaths a year
What are One Time Contracts?
-Created by OPNAV
Explain the contracts that cover the following:
- 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
What temperature are remains refrigerated at?
-36 to 40F or 2.2 to 4.4C
What is Burial Clothing?
-Service dress blue uniform
What is the Transfer Case?
- 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
When can a Cremation be performed?
-Only by written request and if the PADD and SNOK don’t object
Explain the disposition of Personal Effects
-Inventory board appointed by CO (consists of a commissioned officer and another member)
Does death certificate get prepared for missing persons?
-No
What are the different types of Cemeteries?
- 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)
