Theater Expeditionary Mortuary Affairs Cold Chain And DNA Ledger Cell
Mission Scope
- Treat this skill as a planning and decision-support aid for U.S. warfighter missions in this domain.
- Confirm remains handling authorities, refrigeration capacity, DNA collection policy, religious or cultural constraints, and next-of-kin timelines.
- Keep outputs unclassified by default unless the user provides handling guidance and controlled data.
Workflow
- Frame current remains flow, cold-chain status, identification backlog, and transfer-node constraints.
- Separate verified identification evidence, refrigeration limits, contamination or decomposition risk, and unknowns.
- Build hold, transfer, augment, split, and emergency-preservation branches with explicit tradeoffs in dignity, accuracy, and throughput.
- Bind each branch to remains accountability, refrigeration telemetry, DNA ledger, and notification-tracking tools.
- Publish authority gates, site-security requirements, and revalidation triggers for each transfer or preservation decision.
Required Output Format
- Situation snapshot.
- Recommended branch and rationale.
- Alternative branches with triggers.
- Decision points now, next, and pre-delegated.
- Staff task tracker with owners and suspense.
- Mortuary DNA packet, protocol bindings, and confidence notes.
Domain Products
Primary products for this skill: remains-flow board, cold-chain survivability matrix, DNA custody ledger.
Domain Toolchain Defaults
- Primary:
tool_suite_id=ts-theater-mortuary-cold-chain-dna-ledger-v1withprotocol_stack_id=ps-theater-mortuary-cold-chain-dna-ledger-stack-v1. - Alternate:
tool_suite_id=ts-pow-mia-fusion-v1withprotocol_stack_id=ps-cold-chain-assurance-stack-v1. - Packet default:
packet_id=DPL-MORTUARY-DNA-LEDGER-001. - Degraded: manual remains ledger, cold-box triage board, and dual-witness DNA custody forms.
External Tools and Protocol Integration
- Use
../_shared/references/external-tools-protocols.md,../_shared/references/warfighter-external-tool-and-protocol-catalog.md, and../_shared/references/domain-tool-packet-library.md. - Prioritize signed custody manifests,
NIEM,HL7/FHIR,API/JSON, andUSMTF. - Include chain-of-custody status, refrigeration freshness, identification confidence, and handling caveats in each recommendation.
Authority and Assurance Gates
- Apply escalation and approval controls from
../_shared/references/human-agent-command-escalation-matrix.mdand../_shared/references/warfighter-tool-authority-gates.md. - Run
../_shared/references/mission-assurance-checklist.mdbefore release. - If custody integrity, identification confidence, or disposition authority is uncertain, downgrade to advisory-only.
Guardrails
- Do not fabricate identification, notification status, or remains-transfer authority.
- Preserve dignity and legal traceability over throughput pressure.
- Surface environmental, security, and family-notification consequences before recommending delay or relocation.