0408 - Fatality Management Officer

Summary

Fatality Management Officers/Planners serve as supervisors, coordinators, technical advisers, and special staff officers in determining requirements associated with the management of human remains in both combat and non-combat environments.

Duties include the search and recovery, processing, tentative identification, storage, interment, disinterment, and transportation of human remains and personal effects.

Perform various duties for the operational management of mortuary affairs collection points and interment sites within designated areas of responsibility.

These duties are performed in both joint and single service theaters of operations and in CBRN environments.

Prerequisites

Must be a volunteer.

Security requirement: secret security clearance eligibility.

Requirements

Complete the formal course of instruction at the Joint Mortuary Affairs Center (JMAC) (8B-SI4V) (A14M281), Ft Gregg-Adams, VA.

POI CID

A14M281

Duties

For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (f), Logistics Training and Readiness Manual.

Graves Registration Specialist 355.687-014.

None.

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