Although there were three dignified transfers at Dover Air Force Base only One was was approved by the family of DOD Civilian Scott A. Wirtz (former Navy Seal) for media coverage.
Scott A. Wirtz Rank: Civilian contractor (former Navy Seal)
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Service: Department of Defense
Operation Inherent Resolve
Scott Andrew Wirtz, Class 216, KIA 1/16/2019 in Manbij, Syria while serving as Operations Support Specialist with the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Rest In Peace, Brother and Long Live The Brotherhood!
Official Party: President Donald Trump, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Acting United States Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan, Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper, Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. General Robert P. Ashley, Jr., Commander, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Col. Dawn C. Lancaster.
The dignified transfer is not a ceremony; rather, it is a solemn movement of the transfer case by a carry team of military personnel from the fallen member's respective service. A dignified transfer is conducted for every U.S. military member who dies in the theater of operation while in the service of their country A senior ranking officer of the fallen member's service presides over each dignified transfer.
Dignified transfer officer orders “Present, Arms” (slow movement salute)
Carry team moves transfer case into the mortuary transfer vehicle
Transfer vehicle begins to pull away. Dignified transfer officer orders final “Present, Arms” and “Order, Arms” (slow salute) as vehicle departs.
The Pentagon has identified three Americans killed in a blast in the Syrian city of Manbij including the first female U.S. service member killed in combat against the Islamic State group. The blast outside a restaurant on January 16, 2019 left a soldier, a sailor, a Pentagon civilian and a contractor dead. The Department of Defense identified the government personnel as Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, 37, of Boynton Beach, Fla.; Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) Shannon M. Kent, 35, of New York; and civilian Scott A. Wirtz, of St. Louis, Mo. Farmer was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), based at Fort Campbell, Ky. Kent, an Arabic linguist, was assigned to Cryptologic Warfare Activity 66, based at Fort George G. Meade, Md. Wirtz was assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency as an operations support specialist.
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