USAF Mortuary Affairs Program Flashcards
Who opens a new case file and documents pertinent information when notified of an active duty death?
Mortuary officer.
Eligible personnel are provided with professional mortuary services, supplies, and related services during peacetime, contingency, or wartime operations through what program?
Current death.
Which program is the preferred method of handling remains during periods of conflict?
Concurrent return.
What program is used as a last resort to protect the health and safety of personnel and is only initiated when the tactical situation precludes the return of remains?
Temporary interment.
The Air Force Survivor Assistance Program (AFSAP) marshals available resources to support the…
family.
What type of flag case is presented to the deceased member’s family?
Hardwood.
Who ensures that a government purchase card (GPC) is established for mortuary expenses?
Mortuary officer.
How many escorts accompany the remains from the shipping facility to the final destination when these sites are not located in the same place?
1.
Eligible personnel are entitled to how many funeral hours (MFH), ceremonies, or services?
1.
Taps can be played at a military funeral in all of the following except by a…
ceremonial bugle if the military service permits.
The individual in charge of the overall performance, discipline, appearance, and competence of honor guard members is the HG…
officer in charge (OIC).
Which honor guard member selects the flight color guard, firing party, pallbearer elements, and flag-folding teams?
Flight NCOIC.
Who is required to declare death at the casualty collection point (CCP)?
Competent medical authority.
When can remains be shipped without processing?
When an aircraft leaves within 2 hours.
When do you wash remains?
Never.
The Services Control Center provides higher headquarters wi/ a situation report (SITREP) of the mortuary affairs activity at the end of each…
day.
Port mortuary services specialty teams receive remains at…
Dover AFB, Delaware.
Who grants permission for temporary interment?
Geographic combatant commander.
Given the types of soil and local conditions for the temporary interment site, who determines what equipment available of station is adequate to the task?
CE.
What personnel cannot determine if/when the area is safe to conduct S&R ops during non-hostile conditions?
Temporary interment site members.
Remains a must be refrigerated at…
38-40 degrees F.
When a fatality mishap occurs, what a agency is notified in order to make a FS and RT determination?
Air Force Mortuary Affairs (AFMAO)
How many members make a S and RT?
12.
How many individuals on the 26 person peacetime search and recovery team does the Mortuary officer ensure are trained as S&R team leaders, wankers, and in recovered remains and tagging procedures?
10.
How many items must be considered before starting S&R ops?
11.
During peacetime S and R ops, who coordinated with CE to determine search areas?
Search and recovery team leader.
During the recovery phase of a S&R event, how many tags are used for each set of remains found?
3.
During the recovery process of a S&R op, the letter “P” on a remains tag denotes…
portion of remains.
