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18. I had to give up my DNA sample when I was on active duty

Tue Dec 24, 2019, 07:38 PM

Dec 2019

When I retired, I asked for it back... they laughed.

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Wow....they are just NOW realizing this? /NT sdfernando Dec 2019 #2

Did they say that? Igel Dec 2019 #5

Well the referenced memo is dated Dec 20 sdfernando Dec 2019 #6

I had to give up my DNA sample when I was on active duty maxrandb Dec 2019 #18

Ancestry doesn't not share, Historic NY Dec 2019 #3

I've said this from the beginning. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2019 #4

Maybe they don't want to pay benefits to previously unknown kids. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2019 #7

We have an entire generation coming up who do not value privacy. EllieBC Dec 2019 #8

Could that be because the GOP MissMillie Dec 2019 #11

I don't think you can easily write this off as political. EllieBC Dec 2019 #17

No DNA test, No Alexa, No Echo and No Facebook jpak Dec 2019 #9

Check! Check! Check! ProfessorGAC Dec 2019 #16

Yet- the Pentagon itself has been James48 Dec 2019 #12

It's fun, it's informative, and it can lead... reACTIONary Dec 2019 #13

Too late for me. LittleGirl Dec 2019 #15