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They routinely collect DNA samples from military members today.

TB — 8/22/2013 2:44:19 AM (archived)

Not to find out who crapped at the captain's door, or who threw his palm tree overboard (not worth the trouble) but to help identify remains.

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"Wasn't me!" - TB - 8/2/2013 4:25:53 AM
- It's an old Navy tradition. - ER - 8/21/2013 11:20:49 AM
  - Re: It's an old Navy tradition. - TB - 8/21/2013 4:56:24 PM
    - There are limits to what technology can do... - ER - 8/22/2013 1:46:37 AM
      - They routinely collect DNA samples from military members today. - TB - 8/22/2013 2:44:19 AM
- At least it wasn't in the punch bowl. - Jody - 8/2/2013 5:10:46 PM
- Kinda hard to blame the dog, isn't it? - bowser - 8/2/2013 5:01:59 PM
- ...wait until it hits one of those loops of fans. - Jody - 8/2/2013 4:33:59 PM
- Ew, that's defecating - SteveS - 8/2/2013 3:51:39 PM
- Surely that is a Court Martial offense... - FrankC - 8/2/2013 8:47:11 AM

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