US flag over coffin fallen soldier photo
“Shipping Specialists Staff Sgt. Star Samuels (front) and Tech. Sgt. Willard Rico place a U.S. flag over a casket March 31 during a dry run of shipping process procedures for the dignified transfer of remains at the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs, Dover Air Force Base, Del. The center is the Defense Department’s largest joint-service mortuary facility and the only one in the continental United States. Sergeant Samuels is deployed from the 43rd Force Support Squadron at Pope AFB, N.C. Sergeant Rico is deployed from the 60th FSS, Travis AFB, Calif. ” 2009 U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III