In order to assist in preparing fallen service members for their final resting place, airmen are deployed to andnbsp, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations.
These airmen recently learned how to make a full body wrap, one way to honor fallen service members who might not otherwise be visible, at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.  ,
At a funeral or memorial service, the body wrap enables the families of such and nbsp service members to have an open casket.
It takes three to five hours to complete the complex process. The airmen practiced on a training mannequin by wrapping filament tape tightly around it from head to foot, covering all of the plastic’s surfaces, and wrapping it in plastic sheet and nbsp.
A cotton sheet was then pinched in fingertip increments by an airman; after it had been fully pinned, the airmen andnbsp repeated the process with a green wool blanket.
When a service member is casketed, their uniform, which is adorned with their medals and ribbons, is draped over the body wrap to honor their patriotic service. In addition,  ,
The airmen taking part in the training event help Danielle Wilk, the head of the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Port Mortulary branch, and her coworkers, all licensed morbid specialists. At the end of the training, Wilk gave them feedback.