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  • AFDIL gets the SNP: A New Era in DNA Technology

    As if being a world leader in understanding and utilizing DNA wasn’t a high-enough achievement, the Department of Defense (DoD) DNA Operations division within the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) has set the bar to a whole new level.For the record, as someone who graduated High School

  • AFMES, DPAA shares missions with service members, families

    The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency provided local outreach to communities in Alabama January 24-26, 2019.“These outreach opportunities are important for us to educate the community and service members about the DPAA and AFMES missions,” said Todd

  • Male lineage helps identify missing service members

    The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System’s Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory briefed families of missing service members at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s latest family member update in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 8, 2018.