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Army Reserve mortuary unit focuses on ‘honor, dignity, respect’
September 2, 2021 — Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve’s 246th Quartermaster Company, a mortuary affairs unit stationed in Puerto Rico, spent several weeks here preparing for one of the most solemn duties a Soldier can perform... MORE

Mortuary affairs unit provides critical help in COVID-19 crisis
May 12, 2020 — Surrounded by the densely packed skyscrapers of the Big Apple, Soldiers of the 54th Quartermaster Company have been hard at work across the five boroughs of New York helping the NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) in the city’s ongoing fight against COVID-19... MORE

Army Reserve mortuary affairs unit provides critical help in COVID-19 crisis

Army Reserve-Puerto Rico school house trains Soldiers at the local Bureau of Forensics Sciences
January 29, 2019 — Lt. Col. Jose Ruiz, Battalion Commander of the 1st 333rd Regiment, Multifunctional Training Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve-Puerto Rico (school house) explained to the media, Jan. 23, how the unit provides professional mortuary affairs training to Soldiers around the nation, in coordination with the Puerto Rico Bureau of Forensic Sciences... MORE

Mortuary Affairs: More than remains and personal effects
May 30, 2018 — Standing in front of a projector that displays the remains of a deceased man, an Army Reserve instructor is not explaining to his 11 students the gruesomeness of what happened to the man, but the proper way to effectively serve in a unique and honorable job as a mortuary affairs specialist... MORE

To honor the fallen: inside the Dover Port Mortuary
November 15, 2017 — In keeping with the Department of Defense’s commitment to honor it’s fallen warriors, the Port Mortuary was established in 1955 at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware... MORE

Using technology to treat fallen Soldiers with dignity, respect
July 25, 2017 — The Mobile Integrated Remains Collection System is one tool being put to use during this exercise and is one not often used by these service members, as it is primarily used for field use, in locations away from forward operating bases... MORE

Spc. Christopher Myers, a mortuary affairs specialist with the 311th Quartermaster Company out Ramey Base, Puerto Rico, slides out a shelf within the refrigeration unit inside a Mobile Integrated Remains Collection System at Fort Pickett, Virginia, July 16, 2017. The Army Reserve Soldier is participating in the 2017 Joint Mortuary Affairs Exercise along with active Army Soldiers, the Air Force and Marines.

Family and Friends bid farewell to Detachment 1 of the 246th QM CO (MA)
September 26, 2016 — Soldiers, family and friends gathered to bid farewell to approximately 45 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 246th Quartermaster Company (QM Co.) (Mortuary Affairs) on September 25, at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico... MORE

Capt. Armando Pantoja, commander of the 246th Quartermaster Co. (Mortuary Affairs), addresses his Soldiers, friends and family during a farewell ceremony held at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Mayaguez, PR.

Memorandum of Agreement increases training opportunities for 1st MSC
January 19, 2016 — Army Reserve Soldiers possess unique skills and capabilities that often times are skills that organizations are seeking. The 1st Mission Support Command (MSC) understands that it is sometimes difficult for Soldiers to get real world, hands on training that will help them stay proficient in their skills and prepare them for future deployments. ... MORE

A memorandum between the 1st MSC and Department of Veteran Affairs was signed
on January 14, 2016 by Brig. Gen. Jose R. Burgos, 1st MSC Commanding General and Mr. Dewayne Hamlin, Veteran Affairs Director.

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