As the DOD begins analyzing the many challenges associated with the shift in focus from counterinsurgency (COIN) operations to large-scale combat operations (LSCO), an often-understated area of ...

In his series “Soldiers’ Angels,” photographer Philip Cheung focuses on the American soldiers who prepare the bodies of their dead comrades in arms for return to the United States. As Cheung explains, ...

NOUMÉA, New Caledonia—Soldiers from the 962nd Quartermaster Mortuary Affairs Company are being challenged physically and mentally at the commando obstacle courses during Exercise Croix du Sud 25, on ...

FORT LEE -- Led by Fort Lee, the Army is working to modernize its handling of the remains of its dead soldiers in 21st-century conflicts. The military's mortuary affairs technology hasn't ...

FORT LEE - A first-of-its-kind mortuary affairs training event has nearing completion of its training agenda. The exercise, a joint field training endeavor featuring mortuary affairs practitioners, ...

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FORT PICKETT — In Laurence Binyon's poem about remembrance, “For the Fallen” he writes, “They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the ...

correctionAn April 12 article about military mortuary training misidentified the war in which 78,000 U.S. troops were missing in action. It was World War II. (Published 4/13/03) FORT LEE, Va. -- On ...

PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — More than 40 soldiers from Fort Lee are deploying to Kuwait and Afghanistan. Officials at the Army base near Petersburg say the soldiers from the 111th Quartermaster Company ...

Thousands of lives have already been lost -- teachers, first responders, health care workers; the virus has ripped whole chunks from families and taken many friends. New York City, impaired by the ...