n August 1970, Carson was assigned to Dover Air Force Base a mortuary inspector and was promoted to chief port mortuary officer a year later. Charles C. Carson applied his skills in a number of disasters, including the Tet Offensive in Vietnam and the Jonestown cult mass suicide in Guyana, Tenerife-Canary Islands at the request of the State Department; and he served as technical advisor to the Wing and Group Commanders for mortuary affairs. Carson also supervised the processing of the remains of victims in the NASA Challenger mission and Operation Desert Storm as well as the airplane disaster that claimed the life of Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.

n August 1970, Carson was assigned to Dover Air Force Base a mortuary inspector and was promoted to chief port mortuary officer a year later. Charles C. Carson applied his skills in a number of disasters, including the Tet Offensive in Vietnam and the Jonestown cult mass suicide in Guyana, Tenerife-Canary Islands at the request of the State Department; and he served as technical advisor to the Wing and Group Commanders for mortuary affairs. Carson also supervised the processing of the remains of victims in the NASA Challenger mission and Operation Desert Storm as well as the airplane disaster that claimed the life of Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.