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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Joint Base Andrews conducts dignified transfer of honorable Czech Gen. Moravec remainsPublished April 26, 2022
                    
                    By Senior Airman Bridgitte Taylor
                    
                    
                    316th Wing Public Affairs
            **JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md.  --****Joint Base Andrews** leadership hosted the dignified transfer of Czech Brig. Gen. František Moravec on base, April 25.Brigadier Gen. Ales Knizek, head of the Czech Republic Military History Institute, speaks about the importance of the dignified transfer of  Brigadier Gen. František Moravec at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 25, 2022.Brig. Gen. Ales Knizek, Czech Republic Military History Institute head, speaks about the importance of the dignified transfer of Czech Brig. Gen. František Moravec at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 25, 2022. Moravec was born in Caslav, Czech Republic, in 1895. Moravec served as a military intelligence officer before and during World War II and is well known for his leadership in Operation Anthropoid, which led to the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, a top Nazi leader. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bridgitte Taylor)
            
            
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Moravec was born in Caslav, Czech Republic, in 1895. He served as a military intelligence officer before and during World War II and is well known for his leadership in Operation Anthropoid, which led to the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, a top Nazi leader. In 1948, Moravec settled in the United States and served as an intelligence advisor in the U.S. intelligence community.

“It's been an extraordinary honor for me to be here,” Knizek said. “The symbolic transfer of Moravec’s remains presents itself as the best example of understanding friendships between the Czech Republic and the United States.”The Old Guard Casket Team holds the remains of Brigadier Gen. František Moravec during the dignified transfer of Moravec at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 25, 2022.The Old Guard Casket Team carries the remains of Czech Brig. Gen. František Moravec during the dignified transfer of Moravec at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 25, 2022. Moravec was born in Caslav, Czech Republic, in 1895. He served as a military intelligence officer before and during World War II and is well known for his leadership in Operation Anthropoid, which led to the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, a top Nazi leader. In 1948, Moravec settled in the United States and served as an intelligence advisor in the U.S. intelligence community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bridgitte Taylor)
            
            
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    Col. Tyler Schaff, 316th Wing and Joint Base Andrews installation commander, right, greets distinguished guests during the dignified transfer of Brigadier Gen. František Moravec at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 25, 2022.U.S. Air Force Col. Tyler Schaff, 316th Wing and Joint Base Andrews installation commander, right, greets distinguished guests during the dignified transfer of Czech Brig. Gen. František Moravec at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 25, 2022. Distinguished guests in attendance included Moravec’s granddaughter, Anita Moravec Gard, grandson, Alan Moravec Gard and great-granddaughter, Alicia Francis Carter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bridgitte Taylor)
            
            
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    Distinguished guests listen to Lt. Col. Micheal Zgoda, U.S. Air Force attaché to the Czech Republic, as he makes opening remarks during the dignified transfer of  Brigadier Gen. František Moravec at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 25, 2022.Distinguished guests listen to U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Micheal Zgoda, attaché to the Czech Republic, as he makes opening remarks during the dignified transfer of Czech Brig. Gen. František Moravec at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 25, 2022. Moravec’s remains will be transported to his home country of the Czech Republic where he will be laid to rest. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bridgitte Taylor)
            
            
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