About Resolute Castle

Exercise Resolute Castle is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa led, multinational, joint exercise which marries U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard, as well as allied and partner nation engineering unit training opportunities with the completion of real world construction projects that enhance training capabilities in various areas of Europe's eastern member-states. Resolute Castle is designed to reinforce regional partnerships and promote interoperability with host nation forces by providing improvements to existing infrastructure.

Resolute Castle 24 utilizes U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and NATO engineers to increase partner capacity and strengthen capabilities across NATO’s eastern member states through real-world engineer-related training and the expansion of infrastructure in support of defender-series exercises.

 

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AFDIL Scientists Assist in the Identification of Vasa Remains
Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
Dec. 5, 2024 | 6:24
Jennifer Higginbotham, Research Associate and Dr. Kimberly Andreaggi, Chief of Emerging Technology with the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System test remains from the Swedish warship Vasa in collaboration with the Uppsala University and Vasa Museum at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, November 28, 2024. The Vasa ship sank in Stockholm Harbor on August 10, 1628, and was salvaged from the bottom of the harbor in 1961. The AFDIL scientists processed more than 30 samples using advanced methods that helped predict the phenotype of 15 individuals. The Vasa skeletal remains provided an opportunity for AFDIL to test extraction and analysis methods on samples that had been submerged in water for a long period of time and evaluate new analytical methods that contribute to the improvement of human identification methods used in future crime scene investigations and missing persons cases.
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