A Day In The Life Of A Casualty Notification And Assistance Officer

Photo: Army Lt. Col. Jeffrey Voice helps Maria Vazquez (second from left) go through son Omar's belongings in her Mercer County home. With them are Amy Moore (left) of American Gold Star Mothers and Faust and Dolores Sánchez, who were Omar's godparents. TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer

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One in an occasional series detailing the impact of war on military families.

In the back of Lt. Col. Jeffrey Voice's pickup truck are six plastic bins that have traveled more than 6,000 miles from an Army base in Iraq.

Before leaving his Northeast Philadelphia home to take the bins to their final stop, Voice drinks more coffee, cleans his shoes and a badge, and says goodbye to his wife and 4-year-old son.

It's a routine workday morning for Voice, whose task is anything but ordinary.

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My Comment: This is not an easy job. The photo gallery in this article is a must see.