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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanks Air Force personnel for their commitment to oversee all mortuary affairs with dignity, honor and respect during a ceremony to transfer the remains of fallen troops on Dover Air Force Base, Del., July 8, 2009. All fallen troops are transferred directly to the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operation Center on the base.

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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanks Air Force personnel for their commitment to oversee all mortuary affairs with dignity, honor and respect during a ceremony to transfer the remains of fallen troops on Dover Air Force Base, Del., July 8, 2009. All fallen troops are transferred directly to the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operation Center on the base.

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