Two individuals who played the role of family members attending a simulated dignified transfer for a fallen service member, hold hands in support and comfort during the Folded Flag 2017 mass casualty training exercise April 11, 2017, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. More than 60 individuals played the roles of family members and press in order to make the simulated dignified transfers as realistic as possible.

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