COMDTINST 6510.1
MAY 12 1997
(2)
Ensure reimbursement is made to the AFIP for all funds advanced to support
operations under the MOA.
c.
Commanding Officers of Training Center Cape May and Reserve Training Center
Yorktown shall collect specimens from permanent party members and all new enlisted and
officer accessions (active and reserve) upon reporting for basic training, Reserve Officer
and Enlisted Basic Indoctrination or Officer Candidate School. There will not be any
distinction between active and reserve components for collection purposes.
d.
The Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy shall collect a specimen from permanent
party members and all cadets before graduation.
e.
The Coast Guard shall not deploy any member into a hostile fire or imminent danger zone
unless his or her DNA specimen is on file. The the DNA repository staff will annotate
specimens contained in the DoD DNA Repository in the member's DEERS eligibility file.
To reduce duplicative samples, commanding officers will ensure that the service member's
medical record is annotated with the date a DNA sample is taken on the Problem
Summary List (NAVMED 6150). During this program's start-up phase, commanding
officers shall collect DNA specimens from all other active and reserve members during
their routine quadrennial physical examination.
6.
DATA AND SPECIMEN COLLECTION. AFDIL controls data and specimen collection
procedures and issues collection kits. Enclosure (1) contains detailed procedures to collect
personal (identifying) data, blood specimens, and oral swabs as well as procedures to
reassemble and ship specimen kits.
7.
SPECIMEN STORAGE. AFDIL will store specimens submitted to the DNA Repository
according to DoD instructions and conform with Privacy Act requirements. DNA specimens
will be held for fifty years at the DNA repository. A service member having fulfilled his or her
service obligation may request their DNA sample be destroyed by submitting a written request
to the DNA Repository.
8.
USING DNA SPECIMENS TO IDENTIFY REMAINS. Using the DNA Repository does not
preclude using other techniques, such as fingerprint comparison, serological analysis, or
medical and dental radiograph comparisons, to identify remains. Medical personnel should use
each of these procedures, when appropriate, to ensure identifying remains accurately and
returning them expeditiously to next-of-kin. If using DNA Repository specimens becomes
necessary, an official written request via the appropriate chain of command with a copy to
Commandant (G-WKH) may be submitted to: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Office of
Armed Forces Medical Examiner, Washington, D.C. 20306-6000.
9.
ORDERING SPECIMEN KITS. DNA specimen collection kits are sole-source items.
Collection kits and bulk supplies are available directly from the AFDIL Repository at no direct
cost to units. (Refer to enclosure (2) for kit components and ordering information.)
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