Rear Adm. Jon C. Kreitz; named as deputy director for operations DPAA
Military.com reports that Rear Admiral Jon C. Kreitz has been assigned as the deputy director for operations of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA);
The Pentagon has tapped Navy Rear Adm. Jon C. Kreitz to be the next deputy director for operations of the agency that searches for, recovers and identifies missing American war dead from around the world.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, with a budget of $112 million, has the bulk of its operations based out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, with about 400 personnel in Hawaii.
According to the Navy, Admiral Kreitz initially enlisted in the Navy as a machinist mate and rose through the ranks from there, commissioned through the Navy’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Georgia Institute of Technology.
DPAA ha been doing an outstanding job of returning the earthly remains of our brothers to their bereaved families in the last few years. We hope that continues under Rear Admiral Kreitz.
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Go Jackets! The Army and Navy ROTC programs at tech have a long and proud history. I went to Tech with a lady whose father was a Marine MOH awardee (and a MG), who also graduated from Tech. So there is a long tradition of service after you get out. You don’t graduate, you get out, still to this day.
Congrats Admiral. Your new guys do great work!
What do ya know…a SWO with a smile….prior service too….I’m liking him!
In the SWO’s defense, he’s probably thinking about torturing some boot Ensign.