Army Memorial Activities Specialist

Enlisted

57F MOS

Job Detail

Supervises or collects, identifies, evacuates, buries, and processes deceased military personnel.

Must be able to perform the duties of Memorial Activities Specialist, 57F40; serves as principal NCO in operations section of graves registration battalion, group, or comparable level headquarters; assists in organizational planning of search and recovery operations; coordinates operations with combat units; supervises memorial activities operations; serves as First Sergeant of a company; interprets and supervises execution of company policy and SOP; assists in planning, coordinating, and supervising all activities that support the company mission; advises company commander on all matters concerning enlisted personnel, to include assignments, reassignments, transfers, promotions, granting of passes and leave, punishments, welfare, privileges, and awards; directs and coordinates company administration; forms unit for drill, ceremonies, and other military formations; receives report of personnel present and absent, and reports number or unauthorized absences; holds NCO call to disseminate instructions and information to subordinate enlisted supervisors; coordinates operation of company food service and supply activities; assists company commander in accomplishing unit training; assists in inspection of organizational activities as prescribed by commander, observes discrepancies, and initiates appropriate corrective action; must be able to perform the duties of at least one MOS at skill level 5; advises commander and staff on matters pertinent to troop welfare and morale in terms of assignment, reassignment, utilization, promotion, privileges, discipline, training, operations, and logistics; accompanies commander on inspections, visits, and at ceremonies; assists in inspection of command activities, facilities, and personnel as prescribed by commander; holds First Sergeants' or Sergeants' Major call to disseminate information and instruction; insures that newly assigned enlisted personnel are instructed in military courtesy, customs of the service, and in command regulations or policies; provides counsel and guidance to noncommissioned officers and other enlisted personnel of the command; inspects duties performed by subordinate noncommissioned officers; makes notes of observed discrepancies and initiates appropriate corrective action in name of commander; assists in reception of visitors to the command; sits as member of command promotion board for senior noncommissioned officers, where authorized by pertinent regulations; performs those additional duties prescribed by the commander.

Must be able to perform the duties of Memorial Activities Specialist, 57F20; supervises collection, identification, and burial of deceased military personnel and cemetery care; plans and coordinates search and recovery missions; prepares topographical sketches and map overlays; supervises recovery from plane crashes, water vehicles, and armored vehicles; prevents disease or infection from handling remains by sanitation; supervises and instructs in identification; supervises disposition of personal effects; selects sites for temporary graves and cemeteries; supervises and coordinates burial of dead; plans and coordinates escort activities; supervises cemetery care; supervises and records disinterment from graves and temporary cemeteries; supervises preparation and filing of property disposition records; prepares reports and records on processed remains, grave location, registers, master locator files, and memorial activities work; must be able to perform the duties of Memorial Activities Specialist, 57F40; serves as principal NCO in operations section of graves registration battalion, group, or comparable level headquarters; assists in organizational planning of search and recovery operations; coordinates operations with combat units; supervises memorial activities operations; serves as First Sergeant of a company; interprets and supervises execution of company policy and SOP; assists in planning, coordinating, and supervising all activities that support the company mission; advises company commander on all matters concerning enlisted personnel, to include assignments, reassignments, transfers, promotions, granting of passes and leave, punishments, welfare, privileges, and awards; directs and coordinates company administration; forms unit for drill, ceremonies, and other military formations; receives report of personnel present and absent, and reports number or unauthorized absences; holds NCO call to disseminate instructions and information to subordinate enlisted supervisors; coordinates operation of company food service and supply activities; assists company commander in accomplishing unit training; assists in inspection of organizational activities as prescribed by commander, observes discrepancies, and initiates appropriate corrective action.

Must be able to perform the duties of Duty Soldier, 57A10; collects, assists in identification, and buries deceased military personnel; searches battle fields for unburied dead and for unmarked graves; reads or indicates graves location on maps, sketches, or overlays; avoids mines and booby-traps; examines area for identification items; transports remains and effects to collection points; examines remains and clothing; removes personal effects; inventories, classifies, and disposes of personal effects; records identity of remains; takes fingerprints or prepares teeth chart; writes description of physical and anatomical characteristics; operates X-ray apparatus and camera; assists in identification of deteriorated remains; supervises labor personnel details performing grave digging and cemetery care.

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