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Mortuary Affairs Specialist

E-4 (Specialist/Corporal) · Army

E1–E3E-4E-5E-6E-7E8–E9
HEADS UP

Specialist or Corporal 92M is the rank where the Army starts expecting you to lead other soldiers through the hardest work in the formation. You are no longer the new hand — you are the experienced team member whose procedural fluency and emotional steadiness set the standard for the privates watching you. The promotion math for E-5 runs through the semi-centralized process under AR 600-8-19: 48 months TIS / 8 months TIG (waivable), DA Form 3355 promotion-point worksheet, max 800 points, monthly MOS-specific cutoff. BLC is the STEP gate. The 92M community is small enough that your battalion-level chain of command knows you by name — your reputation is built on whether the recovery team trusts you, and whether you trust yourself enough to ask for help when you need it.

The Honest MOS Read
At Specialist or Corporal in 92M, you cross the line from executing the work to owning it — and owning the soldiers who do it beside you. The technical skills you built at e1-e3 — remains recovery, personal effects processing, DD Form documentation, Remains Tracking System operation, chain-of-custody discipline — are the foundation. At E-4, those skills become the baseline, and the Army starts evaluating you on whether you can teach them, supervise them, and sustain the soldiers who perform them. The doctrinal billet for a 92M SPC/CPL is recovery team member or personal effects processing section member. In practice, if you are corporal-pinned, you lead a 2-4 soldier recovery team or a processing section. You are the one who walks the new soldier through their first training recovery — how to approach the site, how to document the scene, how to handle the remains with the discipline and reverence the mission requires. You are also the one who watches the new soldier after the recovery and recognizes the signs that the experience is settling in ways that need attention: the sleep disruption, the appetite change, the withdrawal from the team. The Corporal who can do both — teach the technical work and manage the emotional aftermath — is the Corporal the section sergeant trusts. The Remains Tracking System at this rank shifts from data entry to section-level data management. You reconcile the section's entries, produce reports for the platoon leader, and troubleshoot the discrepancies that surface when the collection point is processing multiple sets of remains simultaneously. The digital chain of custody is your responsibility, and the theater-level MA status report relies on the accuracy of your data. Personal effects processing at the E-4 level means you are supervising the inventory-to-shipment pipeline: photograph, document, clean when authorized per AR 638-2 Chapter 8, package for shipment, and maintain the chain of custody log. The family that receives these effects will hold them for decades. The inventory accuracy that you verify before the effects leave the collection point is the last quality gate before the family opens the box. The psychological reality at E-4 is that you have been in the MOS long enough for cumulative exposure to begin producing effects. You may have deployed. You may have processed real remains. You may have handled the personal effects of someone whose photograph showed a family that will now grow up without them. The soldiers who handle this well at E-4 are the ones who built the behavioral health relationship at e1-e3 and who continue using it without shame. The soldiers who handle it poorly are the ones who believe that asking for help means they cannot handle the job — and who are slowly losing the ability to do the job while telling everyone they are fine. The BLC packet is the gate to E-5. In the 92M community, the NCO corps is where you have the power to shape the culture — how the section handles behavioral health, how the team treats remains, how the documentation standards are enforced, how the new soldiers are prepared for the work. If you are going to stay in this MOS, the E-5 transition is where you start building the formation you wish you had inherited.
Career Arc
  • 01Months 1-6 at E-4: transition from task execution to task supervision, begin training junior soldiers on recovery and processing procedures, take ownership of the section's Remains Tracking System data.
  • 02Months 6-12: if corporal-pinned, lead recovery teams during training events, begin building the counseling and mentorship skills that the NCO role will demand, build BLC packet.
  • 03Months 12-18: BLC attendance (verify current ATRRS enrollment timeline through your unit), begin stacking promotion points through DLC completion, correspondence courses, and weapons qualification.
  • 04Months 18-24: post-BLC, building the SGT board file, potentially selected for a deployment or real-world support mission as a team leader, second behavioral health check-in milestone (cumulative exposure assessment).
  • 05Months 24-30: SGT board eligible, preparing for the transition from team member to section sergeant, school slot opportunities (Air Assault, Airborne if unit supports it, basic instructor certification for schoolhouse pipeline).
  • 06Throughout: the re-enlistment decision window is open. The honest assessment: can you sustain this work at the NCO level? The answer determines whether you pursue E-5 or ETS with the civilian credential pathway in motion.
  • 07Post-BLC continuous: behavioral health engagement remains routine — the soldiers junior to you are watching whether you normalize it or hide it.
Common Screwups
  • ×DUI or alcohol-related incident. At E-4, the consequences compound: loss of BLC slot, loss of promotion eligibility, Article 15, and the practical end of NCO-track consideration in a community small enough that everyone knows. The stress of the work does not excuse the decision; it explains why the decision happens. The correct response to the stress is behavioral health, not a bottle.
  • ×Failure to refer a junior soldier who is struggling. At E-4 you are the first line of peer observation. The private who stops eating, stops sleeping, or stops engaging with the team is telling you something. The referral to behavioral health, the chaplain, or the section sergeant is not optional — it is a leadership duty that exists before you pin any NCO rank.
  • ×OPSEC violation regarding the fallen. The same rule applies at E-4 as at e1-e3, but the consequences are heavier because you are expected to know better and because the junior soldiers take their cues from you. If you post, text, or confirm the identity of the fallen before NOK notification, you own the consequence and you taught the privates that it is acceptable.
  • ×Neglecting the BLC packet because 'the slot will come.' In a small MOS, BLC slots are not guaranteed on your preferred timeline. The packet should be complete and ready months before you expect the slot.
  • ×Pretending the cumulative exposure is not affecting you. At E-4, the exposure is 2-4 years deep. The effects are subtle — sleep disruption, emotional numbness, relationship strain, increased irritability — and they accumulate without a clear crisis point. The soldier who acknowledges the effects and manages them proactively is the one who sustains a career. The soldier who denies them is building toward a crisis.

A Day in the Life

  • 0530-0600Wake up, personal hygiene, uniform preparation.
  • 0600-0630PT formation. Unit PT — you may be leading a small group or an event within the section. The physical demands of the MOS (load bearing, litter carries, extended field work) mean supplemental training on your own time is not optional.
  • 0630-0730Cool down, shower, breakfast.
  • 0730-0745Morning formation and accountability. If you are the senior SPC or CPL in the section, you conduct the section accountability report to the section sergeant.
  • 0745-0830Equipment readiness checks. As the experienced member, you verify the recovery kit inventory and the documentation kit while supervising the privates on their equipment tasks. Report shortages and maintenance issues to the section sergeant.
  • 0830-1130Training block. You may be conducting training for junior soldiers (DD Form practice, processing sequence walkthrough, recovery technique demonstration) or participating in a section-level training event (full recovery lane, collection point exercise, inter-agency coordination drill). The E-4 role is half student, half instructor.
  • 1130-1300Lunch.
  • 1300-1430Afternoon training or operational processing. During real-world operations, this is collection point duty. In garrison, this is continuation training, cross-training with another section, or detail support.
  • 1430-1530Remains Tracking System data management — reconcile the section's entries, produce the daily status report for the platoon leader, resolve any discrepancies in the digital chain of custody.
  • 1530-1600Section maintenance, end-of-day tasks, and the section sergeant's debrief.
  • 1600-1630Final formation and release.
  • 1630-1800Transition and personal time. If pursuing BLC or promotion points, this is DLC study time.
  • 1800-2100Personal time, dinner, physical training, family/social engagement. Maintain relationships outside the unit — the support network matters as much as the physical fitness.
  • 2100-2200Wind down and sleep preparation. Maintain the sleep hygiene habits established at e1-e3.
  • Note:During deployments or real-world activations, the schedule shifts to 12-hour operational cycles at the collection point, with the E-4 serving as the shift lead or the senior team member on the recovery team.

Weekly Cadence

Monday: formation, weekly training schedule brief, equipment readiness checks, section-level accountability. The CPL/senior SPC conducts the initial equipment check and reports to the section sergeant. If the previous week included a training event with remains handling, Monday includes the informal behavioral health check-in that the section sergeant leads — your role is to support it by checking in with the soldiers in your team privately. Tuesday through Thursday: the training core. At E-4, you split your time between receiving training (advanced recovery techniques, inter-agency coordination, leadership development) and delivering training (supervising privates on documentation, walking new soldiers through processing procedures, leading small-group recovery drills). The balance shifts toward more delivery as you approach BLC. When the unit is preparing for a deployment or exercise, the tempo increases and the training events become full-scale collection point exercises and mass casualty scenarios. Friday: close-out tasks, equipment maintenance, end-of-week debrief. The section sergeant uses Friday for the individual conversations — your development timeline, your BLC readiness, your behavioral health status, and the feedback on the week's training. As the E-4, you should be having similar conversations with the soldiers junior to you — modeling the check-in habit that you want them to carry forward when they lead.

Key Skills — How to Drill Each

  1. 01
    Lead a search-and-recovery team — assign sectors, supervise documentation, manage the recovery sequence from discovery through evacuation.
    Before the mission, brief the team on the search pattern, the documentation standards, and the expected conditions. During the recovery, supervise without micromanaging — watch the documentation, spot-check the tagging, and keep the team on the sequence. After the recovery, debrief the team on what went well and what needs improvement, and check in on how each team member is handling the experience. The AAR is not optional — the technical debrief and the emotional check-in are both part of the mission.
  2. 02
    Train new soldiers on remains handling, personal effects processing, and documentation.
    Start with the documentation — DD Forms 567 and 1076 — before you put the new soldier on remains handling. Build procedural fluency on paper first, then transition to training aids, then to supervised participation in training recoveries. Calibrate the training to the soldier's emotional readiness: some soldiers process the first exposure quickly; others need time. Neither response is wrong, and forcing a soldier through exposure faster than they can process it is a leadership failure, not a training efficiency.
  3. 03
    Operate the Remains Tracking System as the section data manager.
    Reconcile the section's entries daily during operations. Produce the status report the platoon leader needs without being asked. When discrepancies surface — and they will during high-volume processing — resolve them systematically: trace the physical chain of custody back to the entry point and correct the digital record. Do not patch the data to make the report look clean; fix the root cause.
  4. 04
    Conduct personal effects inventory and processing to AR 638-2 Chapter 8 standard.
    Build the processing sequence into muscle memory: receive, segregate by individual, photograph each item, document on DD Form 1076, clean when authorized (some items are evidence and cannot be cleaned until released by the investigating authority), package for shipment, seal, and log the chain of custody. Practice the sequence with training aids until each step is automatic. The automation frees your cognitive bandwidth to manage the emotional reality of handling someone's last possessions.
  5. 05
    Recognize the signs of acute stress and cumulative grief in yourself and in your team.
    Learn the indicators: sleep disruption, appetite change, withdrawal from the team, increased irritability, loss of interest in activities that previously mattered, increased alcohol consumption, and a persistent sense of emotional numbness. These are not character weaknesses — they are neurological responses to cumulative exposure. When you see them in a teammate, name them privately and offer the referral. When you see them in yourself, go to behavioral health. The referral pathway: behavioral health provider on post, unit chaplain, Military OneSource (800-342-9647), Veterans Crisis Line (988, press 1).
  6. 06
    Build and maintain the recovery kit inventory.
    Conduct a full inventory weekly in garrison, daily during operations. The kit includes: human remains pouches (multiple sizes), personal effects bags, PPE (gloves, masks, protective suits as conditions require), documentation kits (forms, pens, photo equipment, sketch materials), grid-reference tools, litters, and transport containers. Report shortages immediately — the mission does not wait for a reorder.

Manuals & References — What Chapters Matter

  • AR 638-2 — Army Mortuary Affairs Program.
    At E-4 you should be able to cite the specific chapters relevant to your work: Chapter 3 (system overview), Chapter 5 (search and recovery), Chapter 8 (personal effects). When you train a private, you train from this regulation. When you verify documentation, you verify against this regulation. When a question arises about procedure, this is where the answer lives.
  • AR 638-8 — Army Casualty Program.
    Understanding the casualty notification system downstream of your work makes you better at your job. When you know that the Casualty Assistance Officer needs specific information from your DD Form 1076 to support the family, you complete that form with the family in mind, not just the regulation.
  • JP 4-06 — Mortuary Affairs.
    The joint publication becomes more relevant at E-4 because you may deploy into a joint environment where your collection point serves all services. Understanding the joint MA system — theater mortuary evacuation points, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, the Joint Personnel Effects Depot — makes you effective in environments where the Army is not the only service at the table.
  • FM 4-20.64 — Mortuary Affairs Operations.
    At E-4 you should know the tactical procedures well enough to set up a MACP from memory and run the processing sequence without notes. The field manual is the reference you return to when the conditions change — different terrain, different climate, different threat level — and the procedures need to adapt.
  • ADP 6-22 — Army Leadership and the Profession.
    You are about to lead soldiers through the hardest work in the Army. The leadership principles in ADP 6-22 — particularly the sections on character, competence, and caring for soldiers — apply with unusual weight in this MOS. Read it before BLC, and read it again after.
  • ATP 4-46 — Contingency Fatality Operations.
    The mass casualty and HA/DR mission types that your unit trains for are governed by this publication. At E-4, understanding the contingency operations framework gives you the context to lead a team during a surge event — when the volume exceeds normal capacity and the procedures must scale without breaking.

Standards — How to Hit Each

  • BLC packet complete and submitted before the expected slot date.
    Start the packet 6 months before you expect to attend. The 92M community is small and BLC slots may not align with your preferred timeline. Have the packet reviewed by your section sergeant and the platoon sergeant — they know what the board is looking for and what is missing. DLC 1 must be complete before BLC enrollment.
  • Recovery team readiness: kit packed, soldiers briefed, documentation pre-staged within the unit alert timeline.
    Build a personal readiness checklist and verify it weekly. The checklist includes: recovery kit inventory complete, team roster with current contact information, documentation forms pre-numbered and ready, PPE inspected, and the team briefed on the current alert status. When the alert comes, the team should be able to roll within the unit's timeline without scrambling.
  • Zero chain-of-custody breaks on your watch.
    Enforce the sign-in/sign-out procedure every time, without exception. When the OPTEMPO is high and the temptation to shortcut is real, that is precisely when the discipline matters most. Spot-check the log entries of the soldiers you supervise. If you find a break, correct it immediately and counsel the soldier — not punitively, but with the understanding that the chain protects the family and the mission.
  • Remains Tracking System functional-user proficiency.
    Complete all available training modules on the system. Practice data entry and reconciliation in the training environment. Be able to produce the section status report the platoon leader needs without assistance. The system is your section's digital accountability tool — if you cannot operate it fluently, the chain of custody has a gap.
  • ACFT 540+; behavioral health screening current and honest.
    The ACFT standard is met through consistent training — no 92M-specific exemption exists. The behavioral health screening standard is met through honesty. At E-4, the cumulative exposure is real and the screening exists to catch the effects before they become a crisis. An honest screening that triggers a referral is a success, not a failure.

Technical Mistakes — Concrete Consequences

  • Letting a new soldier handle their first real recovery without preparation.
    The first exposure to real remains — or even realistic training aids — produces a stress response that can be mitigated by preparation or amplified by surprise. The unprepared soldier may freeze, become nauseous, dissociate, or develop a lasting aversion that ends their ability to perform the mission. Brief the soldier beforehand: what they will see, what they will do, what they may feel, and where the support is if they need it.
  • Shortcutting documentation during high-OPTEMPO events.
    The DD Form 567 from a mass casualty event or a real-world recovery will be reviewed by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner, potentially by a criminal investigator, and eventually archived as the permanent record of the recovery. Incomplete documentation cannot be reconstructed after the fact — the grid coordinates, the scene description, the witness signatures must be recorded at the time. The pressure to move fast is real; the discipline to document completely under pressure is what separates a professional from someone who was busy.
  • Conflating personal effects between casualties during high-volume processing.
    The processing sequence — segregate by individual, process one set at a time, complete the DD Form 1076 before moving to the next — exists to prevent cross-contamination. When the volume is high and the pressure to increase throughput is real, the temptation to batch-process multiple sets simultaneously is the exact moment when effects get mixed. Follow the sequence. The family does not care about your throughput rate; they care about receiving the right belongings.
  • Ignoring your own stress indicators because 'it is just the job.'
    At E-4, the cumulative exposure is 2-4 years deep. The stress indicators — insomnia, emotional numbness, irritability, relationship strain, increased substance use — are not signs of weakness. They are documented neurological responses to sustained exposure to death and grief. Ignoring them does not make them go away; it makes the eventual crisis worse and harder to treat. The behavioral health referral at the early-indicator stage is a 30-minute conversation. The crisis intervention after the collapse is a career-altering event.
  • Allowing dark humor about remains to go unchecked in the team.
    Gallows humor is a coping mechanism that exists in every profession that handles death. In mortuary affairs, the line between coping and disrespect is thinner than it appears, and the soldier who lets the standard slip in private will eventually let it slip where it matters — in front of a family, in front of a camera, or in a way that damages the team's ability to do the work with the reverence it requires. The standard is set by the senior person present. At E-4, that person is often you.

Career Decisions at This Rank

  • Pursue E-5 / BLC vs. lateral move or ETS.
    The NCO track in 92M is where you can change the culture of the MOS. The section sergeant sets the standard for how remains are handled, how documentation is done, and whether the soldiers in the section feel safe asking for behavioral health support. If you believe in the mission and your own sustainability, the E-5 path is the highest-impact choice. If the cumulative exposure has produced effects you are not managing well, an honest ETS with the civilian credential pathway in motion is the responsible choice — not a failure.
  • Request a broadening assignment (Drill Sergeant, Recruiter, instructor).
    A broadening assignment at E-4 is unusual but not impossible — the more common window is E-5 to E-6. If you are considering the long-term 92M career, start researching the broadening pathways now so you can request them when the window opens. Drill Sergeant duty and recruiter duty both offer a break from direct remains handling and build the leadership and communication skills the senior NCO track demands.
  • Begin civilian credential work — funeral science, forensic science, or emergency management.
    The 92M civilian translation is narrow but real. Funeral directing requires state licensure and typically a funeral science associate or bachelor's degree — start the coursework through Tuition Assistance while on active duty. Forensic recovery and medical examiner investigator positions vary by jurisdiction but consistently value the remains-handling experience. Emergency management (FEMA Qualifying System, state OEM) is a broader field that values the mass fatality and inter-agency coordination experience. Start the credential pathway now; do not wait for ETS.
  • Volunteer for a deployment or real-world support activation.
    If your unit has an upcoming deployment or activation for HA/DR or domestic support, volunteering at E-4 gives you the operational experience that accelerates your professional development and builds the credibility that the NCO track values. The trade-off is cumulative exposure — real-world operations produce the psychological load that training simulates. Make the decision with your behavioral health provider and your section sergeant, not alone.
  • Continue routine behavioral health engagement.
    At E-4, this is no longer a decision — it should be a habit. The soldiers junior to you are watching whether you engage behavioral health as routine maintenance or avoid it until a crisis. Your example sets the culture for the team. If you have not been to behavioral health in 6 months, schedule an appointment this week. The appointment exists to keep you functional and in the fight, not to find something wrong with you.

How the Seat Varies by Unit Type

  • Mortuary Affairs Company (CONUS, garrison-heavy)
    At E-4, you are the experienced hand the section relies on. The garrison tempo means most of your work is training-based, with periodic real-world activations. The leadership opportunity is training delivery — you are teaching privates the procedures and the standards. The challenge is maintaining edge and motivation during long stretches without operational demand.
  • Theater Mortuary Affairs Element (deployed / forward)
    At E-4, you are the shift lead or senior team member on a recovery team. The work is real, the tempo is operational, and the behavioral health demand is at its peak. Your role expands from technical execution to team management — keeping the soldiers effective and healthy while maintaining documentation standards under pressure.
  • Joint Mortuary Affairs Office / Port Mortuary (Dover AFB)
    At E-4, assignment to Dover means daily involvement in the port mortuary process — receiving remains, supporting identification, and participating in dignified transfer ceremonies. The work is performed to the highest standard in the MA community because it happens under national attention. The behavioral health resources at Dover are the strongest in the community.
  • CASCOM / Quartermaster School (Fort Gregg-Adams)
    Instructor duty at E-4 is rare but possible as a training assistant. If selected, you are teaching the AIT students who will become the next generation of 92M soldiers. The work shifts from remains handling to classroom and field instruction. The emotional challenge is different — you are preparing young soldiers for work that will change them, and the responsibility of preparing them well weighs differently than doing the work yourself.
  • HA/DR activation (temporary duty)
    At E-4, you deploy with the team to support mass fatality events. The civilian interagency environment — working alongside local coroners, FEMA coordinators, NTSB investigators, and FBI evidence teams — is different from the military chain of command. The communication skills and the flexibility to operate in a multi-agency environment are tested at this rank.

What Good Looks Like at This Rank

The good SPC/CPL in 92M is the team member the section sergeant trusts with the most sensitive recovery — the one where the remains are fragmented, the documentation must be perfect, and the team is composed of soldiers who are still new to the work. This soldier does not rush, does not shortcut, and does not treat the urgency of the mission as an excuse to drop the standard. What distinguishes this soldier is not emotional invulnerability but emotional honesty. They feel the weight of the work — everyone does — and they manage it openly. They go to behavioral health without announcing it and without hiding it. They talk to the chaplain when the nightmares start. They check on the private who went quiet after the last training recovery. They normalize the conversation about psychological health by living it, not by giving a speech about it. The team trusts this soldier because the documentation is always right, the chain of custody is always intact, and the remains are always handled with reverence — in the training environment and in the field, at 0900 and at 0200, when the conditions are easy and when they are not. The section sergeant puts this soldier in for BLC because the NCO corps needs people who can teach the technical work and sustain the soldiers who do it. The good SPC/CPL in 92M is not the toughest person in the room — they are the most honest person in the room about what the work costs, and the most disciplined about paying that cost sustainably.

Preview — The Next Rank

At E-5, you become the section sergeant — the NCO who runs the collection point section, the recovery section, or the personal effects processing section. You write counselings, you write NCOERs, you brief the platoon leader, and you own the behavioral health posture of your section in a way that the Army evaluates you on, not just expects of you. The leadership shift is fundamental: at E-4, you lead by example and by peer influence. At E-5, you lead by authority and by accountability. The counseling you write on a private is the document that follows that soldier through their career. The referral you make to behavioral health is the intervention that may prevent a crisis. The standard you enforce on documentation is the standard the family experiences when they receive the personal effects. The ALC packet, the NCOER, and the SFC board are all on the horizon at E-5. The 92M community is small enough that the NCOs who stay — and stay healthy — are the ones who shape the culture for the next generation. If you are going to pin SGT, understand that you are signing up to carry the weight of the mission and the weight of your soldiers' welfare simultaneously. Both are the job.
FAQ

92M E4 — Frequently Asked Questions

Q01What does a E4 92M (Mortuary Affairs Specialist) actually do?
You lead a 2-4 soldier recovery team or a personal effects processing section at the collection point.
Q02What's the most important thing to know as a E4 92M?
Specialist or Corporal 92M is the rank where the Army starts expecting you to lead other soldiers through the hardest work in the formation.
Q03What does a typical day look like for a E4 92M?
Time-blocked day at the E4 92M rank tier: 0530-0600 Wake up, personal hygiene, uniform preparation, 0600-0630 PT formation. Unit PT — you may be leading a small group or an event within the section. The physical demands of the MOS (load bearing, litter carries, extended field work) mean supplemental training on your own time is not optional, 0630-0730 Cool down, shower, breakfast, 0730-0745 Morning formation and accountability. If you are the senior SPC or CPL in the section, you conduct the section accountability report to the section sergeant, 0745-0830 Equipment readiness checks.…
Q04What mistakes get E4 92M soldiers fired or relieved?
DUI or alcohol-related incident. At E-4, the consequences compound: loss of BLC slot, loss of promotion eligibility, Article 15, and the practical end of NCO-track consideration in a community small enough that everyone knows. The stress of the work does not excuse the decision; it explains why the decision happens. The correct response to the stress is behavioral health, not a bottle; Failure to refer a junior soldier who is struggling. At E-4 you are the first line of peer observation.…
Q05What career decisions matter most at the E4 92M rank tier?
Pursue E-5 / BLC vs. lateral move or ETS — The NCO track in 92M is where you can change the culture of the MOS. The section sergeant sets the standard for how remains are handled, how documentation is done, and whether the soldiers in the section feel safe asking for behavioral health support. If you believe in the mission and your own sustainability, the E-5 path is the highest-impact choice. If the cumulative exposure has produced effects you are not managing well, an honest ETS with the civilian credential pathway in motion is the responsible choice — not a failure;…
Q06What's next after E4 for a 92M (Mortuary Affairs Specialist) in the Army?
At E-5, you become the section sergeant — the NCO who runs the collection point section, the recovery section, or the personal effects processing section.
Q07What manuals and regulations does a E4 92M need to know cold?
AR 638-2 — Army Mortuary Affairs Program (you can cite chapter and section now).; AR 638-8 — Army Casualty Program.; JP 4-06 — Mortuary Affairs (understand the theater-level system your collection point feeds).

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