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The Pentagon announced today that retired Maj. Gen. Kelly McKeague, a 1977 Damien Memorial School graduate, is the new director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

The agency that searches for, recovers and identifies missing American war dead has not had a permanent director since Michael Linnington left in June 2016.

DPAA, which replaced the former Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, has a lab and offices at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and is headquartered in Washington D.C.

McKeague, who was born in Liliha and grew up in Papakolea, was sworn in this morning at a Pentagon ceremony.

“I know the importance of the agency’s mission and I look forward to working with DPAA’s team of dedicated professionals,” McKeague said in a release.

Fern Sumpter Winbush, who has been serving as acting director, will resume her role as principal deputy director for the agency, responsible for formulating policy, overseeing business development, and increasing