MCWP 4-11.8 Services In An Expeditionary Environment Chapter 4 Flashcards
Mortuary affairs consist of what 3 different programs?
Current Death Program
Concurrent Return Program
Graves Registration Program
When is the current death program in effect?
Peacetime and hostilities of short duration
When is the concurrent return program in effect?
During wartime
When is the graves registration program in effect?
As a last resort
Upon order of the geographic combatant commander
Who is the executive agent of mortuary affairs?
U.S. Army
Where do mortuary affair responsibilities reside in the USMC?
The Reserves
Primary focus is graves registration
What reserve unit has the Graves Registration Platoon?
4th FSSG, H&S Battalion, H&S Co.
What is the personnel make up of the graves registration platoon?
1 Marine officer
42 Marines
3 Navy embalmers
What is the intermediate or transit point for remains?
Mortuary Affairs Collection Point
Who chooses the MACP site?
MAGTF Commander
The handling of contaminated remains has how many phases?
3
recovery, movement and final verification
How long does decontamination last?
1 hours for recovery of each remains
What is DD Form 1380?
Certificate of Death
What is DD Form 2064?
Certificate of Death Overseas
What is DD Form 894?
Record of ID- Finger Print
What is DD Form 890?
Record of ID- Effects and personal data
What is DD Form 1076?
Military Ops- Record of personal effects of deceased
How are bodily remains staged?
Shoulder to shoulder
Which direction are remains carried?
Feet first
How are remains loaded onto vehicles/rotary wing aircraft?
Feet first
How are remains loaded onto fixed wing aircraft?
Head first
How in depth are digit grid coordinated given for parties returning to claim remains left behind?
10 digit grid
Who authorizes use of mass burials?
Geographic combatant commander
For mass burials, how many rows may be used and how are bodies position in these rows?
As many rows as needed
10 remains per row, head to foot
How long are mass burial rows?
70ft
How deep are mass burial rows?
3.5ft deep
How wide are mass burial rows?
Minimum 2.5ft
What marks the beginning and end of mass burial rows?
Metal stakes
Who authorizes committal at sea?
Appropriate service component commander
What instruction covers committal at sea services?
Army Regulation 638-2
Who’s responsibility is it to ensure all temporary interments are disinterred and remains are returned to CONUS?
Geographical combatant commander
