349th Memorial Affairs Squadron member meets Air Force assistant vice chief of staff

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  • By Senior Master Sgt. Ellen Hatfield
  • 349th Public Affairs
Senior Amn. Gregory Cody, 349th Memorial Affairs Squadron, meets Lt. Gen. Richard Y. Newton III, the Air Force assistant vice chief of staff, Feb. 2.

The General visited the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center, Dover Air Force Base with a civic leader group, where Airman Cody and a number of reservists from the Reserve wing at Travis, are currently deployed. During the visit, civic leader Michael Bidwill, President of the Arizona Cardinals Football Club, presented AFMAO with Pat Tillman's football jersey and an autographed football.

The AFMAO facility handles the dignified transfer of the remains of American service members, which included Tillman's, after he was killed in Afghanistan in 2004. In this photo, Airman Cody is holding Tillman's number 40 jersey.