Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES)

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NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS ABOUT CASEWORK SUBMISSIONS (385KB)

Our Mission
To operate a system that provides comprehensive services in forensic pathology, forensic toxicology, DNA technology and identification, and mortality surveillance for the Department of Defense.

Armed Forces Medical Examiner

Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner
115 Purple Heart Drive
Dover Air Force Base, DE 19902

DSN: 366-8648 Phone: (302) 346-8648 Fax: (302) 346-8637

Regional Medical Examiner Locations

FORMS

Autopsy Report Request (72KB)
AFMES Consultation Request (29KB)
Disposition of Subsequent
Remains (40.4KB)
Organ Extended Examination (34.5KB)
AFRSSIR Supply Order (37KB)
AFDIL Case Work Request (21.2KB)
DNA Analysis Request Form (39KB)
Toxicological Request Form (51KB)
Sudden Unexplained Infant
Death Investigation (183KB)

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RESOURCES

Autopsy Diagrams
Autopsy Description Sheet (43.8KB)
Firearm Wound Chart (48.6KB)
AFRSSIR Specimen Destruction Request
AFRSSIR Database Query
AFRSSIR Specimen Collection Instructions (381KB)
Toxicological Shipping Guidelines (255KB)

NEWS

AFMES Names Service Member/NCO of the Quarter (Apr 30, 2012)
Study Underway to Assess Usage Rate of Synthetic Cannabinoids (Apr 19, 2012)
25th Annual Forensic Anthropology Course (Mar 1, 2012)
Final missing casualty from Iraq War identified (Feb 28, 2012)
Laboratory Technician Honored as NCO of the Year (Feb 2, 2012)
Stone from Pentagon Graces New Medical Examiner Headquarters (Nov 8, 2011)
AFMES History Chronicled in New Book (Jul 1, 2011)

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