casualty notification officer
A casualty assistance officer is assigned to help the bereaved family, answering questions and even helping with funeral arrangements.
In her capacity as a casualty assistance officer, she spent 12 to 14 hours a day at the family's home.
After my husband was killed on his fourth tour, my casualty assistance officer handed me a check for $100,000 and I wanted to tear it up and throw it right back at him.
A good Casualty Assistance Officer will advise survivors to resist the temptation to spend the insurance money quickly.
My CAO [casualty assistance officer] was here for weeks after Jeff was killed and he took care of everything.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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anti-military
army
AWOL
CAO
casualty notification officer
casualty officer
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guard
non-military
outmarch
paramilitary
psych ops
quarter
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the military-industrial complex
the National Guard
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