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2024-07-13 18:31:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B2CE257C2CFD4A83F2E27FE68333F422F0524EBAD12FE89F4B781624144ECC55
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The Pentagon only has advised military personnel not to use at-home DNA testing kits, such as 23andMe, and never, outright, not allow members to not use it. Military members still are able to purchase and use them but it just isn’t advised that they do. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/us/military-dna-tests.html https://www.npr.org/2019/12/24/791205583/pentagon-advises-members-of-armed-forces-not-to-use-home-dna-testing-kits#:~:text=The%20Pentagon%20is%20advising%20members%20of%20the,DNA%20testing%20kits%20like%20Ancestry%20and%2023andMe. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/pentagon-tells-military-personnel-not-use-home-dna-kits-n1106761#
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