Dignity - Reverence - Respect MORTUARY AFFAIRS CENTER Unit Ministry Team Training: 15 March 2007 Part 2

ARMED FORCES MORTUARY AFFAIRS POLICY It is the Commanders responsibility to recover and evacuate the remains of his/her fallen to a collection point. All remains will be recovered and returned in accordance with the wishes of the family. Temporary Burial in a theater of operations will be an absolutely last resort. It is the Commanders responsibility to recover and evacuate the remains of his/her fallen to a collection point. All remains will be recovered and returned in accordance with the wishes of the family. Temporary Burial in a theater of operations will be an absolutely last resort.

MISSION Mortuary affairs training and doctrine integrating center. Mortuary affairs training and doctrine integrating center. Central point of contact for the development and implementation of joint doctrine in a theater of operations. Central point of contact for the development and implementation of joint doctrine in a theater of operations. Adviser to the Department of the Army ODCSLOG Responds operationally as needed during contingency situations. Responds operationally as needed during contingency situations.

MORTUARY AFFAIRS CENTER DSN /4673 (CML - AC ) - FAX DSN /CML

MORTUARY AFFAIRS CENTER TOTAL= 18

TRAINING PROPONENT COURSES AIT COURSE6 WEEKS 2 DAYS JOINT NCO COURSE2 WEEKS MA OFFICER COURSE - ASI 4V2 WEEKS ADVANCED NCO COURSE 8 WEEKS 4 DAYS BASIC NCO COURSE6 WEEKS

TRAINING NON-PROPONENT COURSES CLOAC 9 HOURS OBC 7 HOURS WOBC 1 HOURS WOAC 2 HOURS SSMO 5 HOURS PRE COMMAND COURSE 2 HOURS RESERVE “MF” CSS COURSE 2 HOURS

TRAINING DEVELOPMENTS JOINT DOCTRINE. COURSE MATERIALS FOR ALL MA COURSES INCLUDING ANCOC & BNCOC. COLLECTIVE TRAINING MANUALS. TRAINING SUPPORT PACKAGES. SPECIALLY CONFIGURED PACKAGES (RESERVES). VIDEO PRODUCTIONS.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Publication of FM TATSC Conversion 92M levels MARC Panel resulting in new CTL for 92M MA CD ROM JRTC Visit New and Improved home page MA Conference

MORTUARY AFFAIRS PERSONNEL COMPONENTAUTHOPERATING NATIONAL GUARD RESERVE TOTAL ACTIVE

MORTUARY AFFAIRS FORCE STRUCTURE TYPE UNIT NO.COMP STRENGTH COLLECTION 1 ACTIVE 212 COMPANY COLLECTION 1 RESERVE 178 COMPANY THEATER 1 RESERVE 190 MA COMPANY COLLECTION 1 ACTIVE 212 COMPANY COLLECTION 1 RESERVE 178 COMPANY THEATER 1 RESERVE 190 MA COMPANY

MORTUARY AFFAIRS APPROVED OPERATIONAL CONCEPT

OLD STRUCTURE - COMPO 4 AUGMENTATIONS TO DIVISIONAL UNITS - GRAVES REGISTRATION COMPANY (CORPS & EAC W/CEMETERY CAPABILITY - GRAVES REGISTRATION BN HQ (EAC)

OLD THEATER MORTUARY AFFAIRS SUPPORT GR PED GR CP TC XXXXXXXXXX

OBJECTIVE Provide Mortuary Affairs support to Divisions Provide support consistent w/National Policy Provide combatant commander’s flexibility Support force projection Army of the future.

APPROVED STRUCTURE COLLECTION CO (CORPS) - 5 COLLECTION PLATOONS (FWD) Collection Sections Each - 1 COLLECTION PLATOON (MAIN) Receiving Section Shipping Section Shipping Section

COLLECTION COMPANY MAIN COLL PLT HQ PLT HQ PLT HQ PLT HQ PLT HQXXX XX X

COLLECTION COMPANY Mission and Capabilities - Establish and operate 20 collection points Bde, Div, Corps areas - Receive and process 400 remains daily Bde, Div, Corps - Provide technical supervision for mass burial operations. - Conduct limited search and recovery.

COLLECTION COMPANY ADVANTAGES - Flexibility to task organize - Supports rapid deployment - Improves peacetime training - Eliminates augmentations

Mortuary Affairs Company EAC MISSIONS - Operate 2 Theater Evacuation Points, 1 PE Depot and 5 Collection Points during the concurrent return program. 5 Collection Points during the concurrent return program. or or - 1 Mortuary, 1 PE Depot and 5 Collection points during concurrent return program. concurrent return program. or or - Operate 2 Temporary Interment Sites, 1 PE Depot and 5 Collection Points during the Graves Registration Program. Collection Points during the Graves Registration Program.

Mortuary Affairs Company Capabilities - Evacuate up to 500 unembalmed remains per day from theater via aircraft. theater via aircraft. or or - Receive, process and evacuate up to 50 remains per day from 1 in-theater mortuary. from 1 in-theater mortuary. or or - Temporarily inter up to 500 remains per day. and and - Operate 1 personal effects depot.

THEATER MORTUARY AFFAIRS OPERATIONS COLL PLT HQ XXX XX X PLT HQ PLT HQ PLT HQ PLT HQ MA TME P IN T T MORT XXXXX

MORTUARY AFFAIRS Doesn’t just happen. It has to be planned just like subsistence, fuel, water and ammunition. When soldiers deploy, people die...even if there are no hostilities. You have to be ready. You can’t let it fail. Doesn’t just happen. It has to be planned just like subsistence, fuel, water and ammunition. When soldiers deploy, people die...even if there are no hostilities. You have to be ready. You can’t let it fail.

CREED Show me the manner in which a nation or community cares for its dead, and I will measure exactly the sympathies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalties to high ideals. William P. Gladstone Former British Prime Minister Show me the manner in which a nation or community cares for its dead, and I will measure exactly the sympathies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalties to high ideals. William P. Gladstone Former British Prime Minister

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