Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command gets new commander
By Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) _ The Hawaii-based Joint P-O-W / M-I-A Accounting Command is getting a new commander.
The chief of naval operations says he has appointed Rear Admiral Donna Crisp to lead the organization. It's responsible for locating and identifying U-S service personnel from past conflicts.
Crisp is currently serving as the director for manpower and personnel at the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.
She has served in Hawaii before at Pearl Harbor. She was U-S Pacific Fleet personnel assignment and distribution officer.
The joint accounting command identifies about six servicemen from past wars each month, usually using advanced forensic science.
The command's historians and analysts gather letters, maps, photographs and other information that would help them identify the remains.
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