USEUCOM THEATER MORTUARY AFFAIRS USAREUR G4 USEUCOM THEATER MORTUARY AFFAIRS Purpose: Provide an overview on USEUCOM Mortuary Affairs Operations and a discussion on Mortuary Affairs with Chaplain support in “High Intensity Conflict” Operations Agenda Mission Statement USEUCOM Mortuary Affairs Organization Mortuary Affairs Current Death Mortuary Affairs Concurrent Return Notional Wartime Mortuary Operations Contaminated Remains Processing Chaplain Roles in support of MA Operations Questions 1

USEUCOM Mortuary Affairs MISSION STATEMENT United States Army Europe serves as the USEUCOM lead service for Mortuary Affairs (MA) support in the European area of responsibility coordinating MA procedures and guidance to facilitate peacetime or tactical mortuary operations, establishing a regional mortuary supporting all current deaths and serving as the lead office for matters relating to past conflict accounting activities in order to ensure the dignity, honor and respect to the fallen and care, service and support to their families on a continuous basis Current death service mortuaries provide critical mortuary services on behalf of the Department of Defense ensuring deceased service members their dependents and civilians deployed overseas are provided dignified and efficient mortuary services that embody our ideology, beliefs and culture. The deceased and their families are treated with utmost compassion, respect, professionalism and dignity throughout the disposition of remains process by licensed Funeral Directors and military mortuary staff. A military mortuary is defined as a stand-alone facility where remains are prepared and casketed in which viewing may be afforded. There are two DoD mortuaries overseas: Landstuhl, Germany; and Yongsan, South Korea which are designated as Regional Mortuaries operated by the U.S. Army..   The services also operate mortuary preparation points where remains may be prepared but not casketed or viewed. The Army operates mortuary preparation points based on operational requirements in the following locations: Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo; Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania; and Vicenza, Italy. The Navy operates two primary mortuary preparation points: Naples, Italy; Rota, Spain. Additional preparation points may be established to meet operational requirements as directed by OSD (P&R), JCS, and the COCOM. Title 10 support to USEUCOM and assigned service components IAW US European Command Instruction (ECI) 4201 Title 10 support to USAFRICOM and assigned service components IAW US Africa Command Instruction (ACI) 4300.01B 2

USEUCOM Mortuary Affairs USEUCOM MORTUARY AFFAIRS ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT Current death service mortuaries provide critical mortuary services on behalf of the Department of Defense ensuring deceased service members their dependents and civilians deployed overseas are provided dignified and efficient mortuary services that embody our ideology, beliefs and culture. The deceased and their families are treated with utmost compassion, respect, professionalism and dignity throughout the disposition of remains process by licensed Funeral Directors and military mortuary staff. A military mortuary is defined as a stand-alone facility where remains are prepared and casketed in which viewing may be afforded. There are two DoD mortuaries overseas: Landstuhl, Germany; and Yongsan, South Korea which are designated as Regional Mortuaries operated by the U.S. Army..   The services also operate mortuary preparation points where remains may be prepared but not casketed or viewed. The Army operates mortuary preparation points based on operational requirements in the following locations: Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo; Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania; and Vicenza, Italy. The Navy operates two primary mortuary preparation points: Naples, Italy; Rota, Spain. Additional preparation points may be established to meet operational requirements as directed by OSD (P&R), JCS, and the COCOM. 3

Current Death Program PEACETIME USAREUR maintains Theater Mortuary Affairs Office USAREUR oversight of all USEUCOM mortuary operations Support to all service components and assigned agencies: Develop Mortuary Affairs Agreements, SOPS/OPLANS supporting exercises and operations Develop and review policy and procedures ICW service components, USEUCOM, Joint Staff and Central Joint Mortuary Affairs Board Coordinate USAREUR support for recovery of unaccounted US personnel from prior engagements in coordination with the Defense Prisoner of War Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) Army Program funding is from Human Resource Command G1, Disposition of Remains Funds Army allocates funds directly to the USAREUR for Regional Mortuary operations and care of remains Coordinating Office with USARAF Theater Mortuary Affairs Office the Regional Mortuary and Armed Forces Medical Examiner Current death service mortuaries provide critical mortuary services on behalf of the Department of Defense ensuring deceased service members their dependents and civilians deployed overseas are provided dignified and efficient mortuary services that embody our ideology, beliefs and culture. The deceased and their families are treated with utmost compassion, respect, professionalism and dignity throughout the disposition of remains process by licensed Funeral Directors and military mortuary staff. USAREUR develops policy and procedures for operations of mortuaries in Landstuhl, Germany and Vicenza, Italy, and forward preparation points, Israel, Romania and Kosovo, providing Title 10 mortuary affairs support to USEUCOM and backup support to USAFRICOM upon request. Coordinate USAREUR support for recovery of unaccounted US personnel from prior engagements World War II, with the Defense Prisoner of War Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) Develop Implementing Arrangements, Exercise Agreements, and Combined Standard Operational Procedures in support of USEUCOM Mortuary Affairs Program for exercises and peacetime operations Develop and review policy and procedures ICW service components and USEUCOM, Joint Staff and DoD Program Director, Mortuary Affairs Program funding is from HRC G1 Disposition of Remains Funds Annually Army G-1 allocates funds directly to the USAREUR and the Regional Mortuary Majority of mortuary operations and care of remains are paid directly from Disposition of Remains Funds 4

Current Death Evacuation Process

Concurrent Return Program Wartime / Contingency USAREUR “Theater Mortuary Affairs Office” provides mortuary affairs support to all services directing procedures concerned with the recovery, collection, identification, evacuation, inventory and disposition personal effects: USAREUR establishes AOR guidance for mortuary operations Serve as theater subject matter experts for mass fatality support and politically sensitive events Funding “Overseas Contingency Funds” Joint Publication 4-06: The concurrent return program is the preferred method of handling during periods of conflict. It should be activated when the current death program capabilities are exceeded, yet conditions do not require temporary interment. The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps all maintain a mortuary force structure capability to provide support during operations and are responsible for collecting and maintaining information concerning the deceased and missing. USAREUR directs MA procedures IAW EUCOM Command Instruction 4203.01, Dec 2013 6

Concurrent Return Operations Notional Planning Factors: In high intensity conflict operations our planning envisions multiple MACPs, 2 x TMEP, 1 x JPED, 2 x TEMP CEM. Projected Forces: 3 x Army Mortuary Affairs Companies 1 x Marines Recovery Platoon Air Force Forces Support Support Search and Recovery Teams at AF BOS Capabilities: 24 x MACPs to process up to 500 remains per day 2 x TMEP will process up to 500 remains per day TEMP CEM will hold 2160 human remains Mortuary Affairs Contaminated Remains Mitigation Site Joint Publication 4-06: The concurrent return program is the preferred method of handling during periods of conflict. It should be activated when the current death program capabilities are exceeded, yet conditions do not require temporary interment. The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps all maintain a mortuary force structure capability to provide support during operations and are responsible for collecting and maintaining information concerning the deceased and missing. Notional Environment 7 LEGEND: TMEP: Theater Mortuary Evacuation Point TPED: Theater Personnel Effects Depot MACP: Mortuary Affairs Collection Point TEMP CEM: Temporary Cemetery

Contaminated Remains Mitigation Site Army Technical Publication (ATP 4-46.2) Mortuary Affairs Contaminated Remains Mitigation Site (MACRMS) Joint Publication 4-06: The concurrent return program is the preferred method of handling during periods of conflict. It should be activated when the current death program capabilities are exceeded, yet conditions do not require temporary interment. The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps all maintain a mortuary force structure capability to provide support during operations and are responsible for collecting and maintaining information concerning the deceased and missing. Notional; Phases overlap, or at times tasks are concurrent 8

Chaplain Roles in support of MA Operations Authorities: 10 US Code Section 3547 Gives authority for the Chaplain and support Army Regulation 165-1 Army Chaplain Corps Activities" Dated 6/23/2015 Field Manual FM 1-05 Religious Support-Oct 2012 Mass Casualty Support - AR 165-1 (Army Chaplain Corps Activities) and in HQDA MASCAL Response Plan (Incident Management) Requires the chaplains and religious affairs specialist to be responsive to mass casualty needs Mass Burial ATP 4-46 - Contingency Fatality Operations – Army Chaplains support disinterment operations Honor the Fallen – AR 165-1 and FM 1-05 - support to the units and spiritual and emotional support to Mortuary Affairs Specialists working at MACPs, TMEPs. TPED. Joint Publication 4-06: The concurrent return program is the preferred method of handling during periods of conflict. It should be activated when the current death program capabilities are exceeded, yet conditions do not require temporary interment. The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps all maintain a mortuary force structure capability to provide support during operations and are responsible for collecting and maintaining information concerning the deceased and missing. 9

Questions “A dead soldier who has given his life because of the failure of his leader is a dreadful sight before God. Like all dead soldiers, he was tired, possibly frightened to his soul, and there he is on top of all that never again to see his homeland. Don't be the one who failed to instruct him properly, who failed to lead him well. Burn the midnight oil, so that you may not in later years look upon your hands and find his blood still red upon them.” - James Warner Bellah Joint Publication 4-06: The concurrent return program is the preferred method of handling during periods of conflict. It should be activated when the current death program capabilities are exceeded, yet conditions do not require temporary interment. The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps all maintain a mortuary force structure capability to provide support during operations and are responsible for collecting and maintaining information concerning the deceased and missing. 10