Chasity A. Arabie, U.S. Navy Petty Officer, 3rd Class
Volunteer, AFIP forensic pathology team, Port Mortuary Facility, Dover Air Force Base, Del.
 Arabie, a histopathology technician at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., is a native of Louisiana. She decided to join the U.S. Navy in 1997 to receive a higher education, travel, and contribute to her country. As the only female in her graduating class to choose this career path, Arabie proudly says, "I have seen and experienced more than most people can imagine. The road that my life has taken after joining the military has been a very unique learning experience." Her military training after boot camp began with Hospital Corps School, followed by Field Medical Service School, ending with the Tri-Service School of Histopathology. While a student at the tri-service-school, she and four other Navy students were called on to assist following attacks on Sept. 11.
Richard M. Bennewate, R.M.D.I.
Medicolegal death investigator, Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) - Region 10
 Bennewate is the chief deputy medical examiner with the Douglas County Medical Examiner's Office in Roseburg, Ore. He has a background in law enforcement and teaches modules on death investigations and forensics at Umpqua Community College. Bennewate is also an instructor with the Oregon Emergency Management Association, assisting in teaching Emergency Managers statewide in the area of mass fatality incidents. Since 1998 he has also been a medicolegal death investigator with DMORT for Region 10. Following the attacks, he worked at the Emergency Operations Center and Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City.
Frederick R. Bieber, Ph.D.
Member, World Trade Center Kinship and Data Analysis Panel of the U.S. Dept. of Justice, N.Y. State Police, N.Y. State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
 Bieber serves as medical geneticist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and as associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass., where he is also a forensic geneticist. He has a long-standing interest in forensic medicine and public safety and was appointed to advisory boards of the FBI, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the United States Department of Defense. Bieber is also a special consultant to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a consultant to the Connecticut State Police Forensic Science Laboratory. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the Massachusetts District Attorney's Association and a Public Service Award from the Massachusetts State Police. He is a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Reserve and a sworn reserve deputy sheriff in Middlesex County, Mass.
Lynn Gunkle, U.S. Navy Petty Officer, 2nd Class
Volunteer, AFIP forensic pathology team, Port Mortuary Facility, Dover Air Force Base, Del.
 Gunkle, a hospital corpsman at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., grew up in Newport, Pa, a small town in the central region of the state. She joined the U.S. Navy to try something different, "I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do or where the Navy would take me." After 10 years of service, Gunkle has been stationed across the United States, Cuba, and traveled to Great Britain and the Baltic Sea. Although she started as a plane captain for F/A 18 A/B fighter jets, she has focused her recent training on health care. She has attended Hospital Corpsman School, and Basic and Advanced Laboratory Technician School. It was during her training at the Tri-Service School of Histology that she was called upon to assist forensic scientists identifying victims of the attacks on Sept. 11. Gunkle plans to complete her bachelor's degree in health care management from Southern Illinois University in the spring of 2003. She says, "I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up, but I am learning from and enjoying everything the Navy sends my way."
Michael Kaner, D.M.D.
Forensic dentist, Pennsylvania Dental Association Dental Identification Team (PADIT)
Forensic dentist, Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) - Region 3
Volunteer, Dental Identification Team, New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
 For the last 16 years, Kaner has practiced general dentistry in Trevose, Pa. Following up on a lifelong interest in forensics, he completed the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology course in forensic dentistry and joined DMORT and PADIT. His first activation with DMORT and PADIT was in Shanksville, Pa. in the days following Sept. 11, 2001 helping to identify the victims of United Airlines Flight 93 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania from Sept. 12 to Sept. 19, 2001, with what came to be known as the caretakers of heroes. He subsequently volunteered in the Dental Identification Unit of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York from November 2001 to May 2002 helping to identify the victims of the World Trade Center disaster and American Airlines Flight 587.
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Leon E. Moores, M.D., U.S. Army Lt. Col.
Physician, Pentagon recovery team, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
 Moores is director of the Pediatric Neurological Surgery and Neurosurgery Residency programs at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well as assistant chief of surgery for Educational Affairs. He is also a pediatric neurosurgeon at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md. and Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Dr. Moores is also an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University. In his more than 20 years service in the U.S. Army, he has received many awards recognizing his achievements and dedication to those in his care, including the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Ranger Tab, and Master Parachutist wings.
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