dignified transfer

English

Noun

dignified transfer (plural dignified transfers)

  1. (US military) The transfer of the remains of a deceased United States Armed Forces servicemember from the aircraft arriving from the theater of operations and into a transfer vehicle, which then proceeds to the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs.
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