Major General Somphet Thipmala Receives a Plaque
Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander, U.S. Pacific Command, presents a plaque to, Major General Somphet Thipmala, Loa vice minister of National Defense. During a visit to Vientiane, Keating met with the Vice Mini... More
Dr. Marin Pilloud, an anthropologist with the Joint
Dr. Marin Pilloud, an anthropologist with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), uses a high-pressure water hose to remove soil from a sifting tray in search of remains or material evidence during a recov... More
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jacob Wimer, an explosive
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jacob Wimer, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, conducts a search for UXO's, aircraft wreckage or material evidence during a 35-day... More
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team members prepare
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team members prepare to search an area that may yield evidence of Americans unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. A trilateral investigation team with personnel from the U.S., t... More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Wayne Hansen, a photographer
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Wayne Hansen, a photographer and communication technician with Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, sets up a communications system at a remote location in Xepon, Lao People's Democratic Rep... More
Recovery Leader Kelley Esh and Petty Officer 2nd Class
Recovery Leader Kelley Esh and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lora Jones (right) carefully sift through recovered evidence for clues that could possibly identify seven airmen still unaccounted-for from the Vietnam war... More
A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command recovery team outlines
A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command recovery team outlines an excavated crash site with white engineer tape in preparation to take final site photos. The specialized 9-man team conducted operations on site for 3... More
Diary of a Vietnamese soldier
The diary of a Vietnamese soldier who fought in the Vietnam War is displayed in Hanoi, Vietnam, June 4, 2012. (Department of Defense photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Detachment
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Detachment 3 commander Lt. Col. Roy K. Horykawa, shakes hands with a Lao government official during a repatriation ceremony in Vientiane, Laos, Dec. 10, 2018. The mi... More
121021-N-ZZ352-179 BAN TALONG, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
121021-N-ZZ352-179 BAN TALONG, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF LAOS (Oct. 21, 2012) One of the workers from the village takes a rest after hiking up the hill to the excavation site. Local workers are commonly contract... More
XIENLU, THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (Mar.
XIENLU, THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (Mar. 12, 2013) Children from the local village crouch under the helicopter used by an investigation team from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). JPAC’s m... More
Participants in Infection Control, Hospital Epidemiology
Participants in Infection Control, Hospital Epidemiology and Medical Waste Management Training in Vientiane, Laos, practiced using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used to prevent and control spread of infec... More
Lao villagers build a screening station at a Defense
Lao villagers build a screening station at a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency excavation site near Xepon, Laos. DPAA conducts investigative search and recovery missions worldwide with the goal of repatriating ... More
Lt. Col Tathetra Joseph, Assistant Chief of Staff,
Lt. Col Tathetra Joseph, Assistant Chief of Staff, Medical, U.S. Army Pacific opens the Health Sector Panel during the Lower Mekong Initiative Disaster Relief Exercise and Exchange in Vientiane, Laos PDR, Sept.... More
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Director Michael
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Director Michael Linnington speaks with members of Recovery Team 3, Nov. 5, 2015 in Attapeu Province, Laos during his visit to recovery sites across Southeast Asia. Mr. ... More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Patrick Francis, Defense
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Patrick Francis, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), pours buckets of dirt at a dry screening station, Nov. 24, 2015, in Attapeu Province, Laos during search and recovery effort... More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Soto, Defense POW/MIA
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Soto, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), collects dirt, Nov. 24, 2015, in Attapeu Province, Laos during search and recovery efforts to retrieve two U.S. Army soldiers who wen... More
Members from Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
Members from Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) excavate, Nov. 24, 2015 in Attapeu Province, Laos, during search and recovery efforts to retrieve two U.S. Army soldiers who went down with a Grumman OV-1 M... More
U.S. Army Sgt. Aaron Korkki, Defense POW/MIA Accounting
U.S. Army Sgt. Aaron Korkki, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), (right) gives a sandbag to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jose Ruiz, DPAA, Dec. 4, 2015, in Attapeu Province, Laos, during search and recovery effort... More
Equipment is offloaded from a helicopter on a mountainside
Equipment is offloaded from a helicopter on a mountainside in the Attapeu province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic Jan. 14, 2016. Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) deployed to the area i... More
Lao villagers and Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Lao villagers and Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel work together to excavate a suspected F-4 Phantom crash site is the mountains near Xepon, Laos, Jan. 13 to Feb. 12, 2015, looking for evidenc... More
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Alex Avila, assigned to Defense
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Alex Avila, assigned to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), removes soil from an excavation unit as part of a DPAA recovery mission in Attapeu Province, Lao People’s Democratic Rep... More
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Spindler, Defense POW/MIA
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Spindler, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) deputy director, center, joins Mr. Kyle McCormick, DPAA forensic anthropologist, left, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jared Carrington, exp... More
Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) perform a medical evacuation drill prior to excavation in the Xiangkhoang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, March 5, 2016. Members of the DPAA d... More
Members of a joint recovery team deployed by the Defense
Members of a joint recovery team deployed by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team conduct a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) rehearsal before starting excavation operations in Lak Xao Province... More
Members of a joint recovery team deployed by the Defense
Members of a joint recovery team deployed by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team conduct a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) rehearsal before starting excavation operations in Lak Xao province... More
U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Sean Jones (left), recovery
U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Sean Jones (left), recovery non-commissioned officer with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), screens the last few buckets of dirt produced as Staff Sgt. Delbert Ruede (righ... More
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducts
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducts a repatriation ceremony in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, June 16. Remains that are connected to the Vietnam War are returned to the United States an... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Josh Stonetreet, an explosive
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Josh Stonetreet, an explosive ordnance disposal technician, searches for metal during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission in Baan Nakout, Lao People's Democratic Republi... More
U.S. Army Sgt. Ray Pugh, Defense POW/MIA Accounting
U.S. Army Sgt. Ray Pugh, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), excavates, May 14, 2016 in Xiangkhoang Province, Laos during search and recovery efforts to retrieve a U.S. Air Force pilot who went down with ... More
Members from Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
Members from Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and local Lao nationals pose for a photo June 5, 2016 in Xiangkhoang Province, Laos after completing a recovery mission. The DPAA’s mission is to provide th... More
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducts
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducts a repatriation ceremony in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, June 16. Remains that are connected to the Vietnam War are returned to the United States an... More
A landscape of Villaboi, Laos taken from the Defense
A landscape of Villaboi, Laos taken from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's helicopter landing zone, Oct. 25, 2016. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel, t... More
U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting
U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) drape a U.S. flag over a disinterred casket with the remains of an unknown service member from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacifi... More
Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) ride to a location in Boualapha District, Laos to search for the remains of a U.S. service member still considered missing-in-action from the Vietnam War,... More
Jack Kenkeo, life support investigator, shovels dirt
Jack Kenkeo, life support investigator, shovels dirt from the screening stations during excavation operations as part of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s (DPAA) mission in the Khammouane Province, Laos, ... More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Aaron Korkki, Defense POW/MIA
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Aaron Korkki, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mountaineer, cuts steps in the dirt for the placement of a water pump as part of a DPAA recovery mission in Khammouon province, Lao Pe... More
A local villager sets up a break area for service members
A local villager sets up a break area for service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) during recovery operations in Khammouan Province, People’s Democratic Republic of Laos, March 9... More
Laotian villagers transport soil during recovery operations
Laotian villagers transport soil during recovery operations with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in Khammouan province, Laos Peoples Democratic Republic March 14 2017. DPAA team members deployed to the ar... More
U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Matthew Chamberlain,
U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Matthew Chamberlain, Naval Information Operations Command Hawaii yeoman, excavates with a citizen of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic March 24, 2017, in the Khommouon pr... More
Recovery team members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA
Recovery team members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, (DPAA) operate a wet screening station in the Xieng Khouang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nov 2, 2018. DPAA was in the regi... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Amen, left, and U.S.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Amen, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rhita Daniel, both with the Defense POW/MIA Accountability Agency (DPAA) screen soil during a DPAA mission to recover fallen servic... More
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Joyce Cruz, a life
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Joyce Cruz, a life support investigator with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screens possible evidence during a DPAA mission to recover fallen service members from... More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kham Khammanee, Defense
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kham Khammanee, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) linguist, conducts recovery operations in Khammouan province, Laos, June 09, 2017. DPAA team members deployed to the area in h... More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Anthony Sepongviwat, a linguist
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Anthony Sepongviwat, a linguist augmentee with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), takes a break during a recovery mission in Xiang Khouang province, Lao People's Democratic... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas Gathings, a communication
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas Gathings, a communication systems specialist augmentee with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), right, alongside Air Force Master Sgt. Kham Khammanee, center, and a L... More
Local Lao workers clear an idle rice paddy in preparation
Local Lao workers clear an idle rice paddy in preparation for building a wet screening station for an excavation site that will be manned by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel and augmentees in ... More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Greenburg, an augmentee deployed
U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Greenburg, an augmentee deployed by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), works at a wet-screening station during a recovery mission in Xiang Khouang province, Lao People's Dem... More
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Jon Kreitz, left, Defense POW/MIA
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Jon Kreitz, left, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Deputy Director, looks to pass a football to DPAA recovery team members Thanksgiving Day while waiting for flight clearance to proc... More
U.S. service members and civilians with the Defense
U.S. service members and civilians with the Defense POW/MIA Agency (DPAA) take a moment to remember a fallen DPAA comrade, U.S. Army Capt. Patrick Wilson, before running a 5k race in his memory during a recover... More
U.S. Army Maj. Christopher Goodrich, Defense POW/MIA
U.S. Army Maj. Christopher Goodrich, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Detachment Three Commander, and Mr. Somxai Kittanoivong, Director of America Division, Europe-Americas Department, Ministry of Forei... More
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. De’Von Williams, an augmentee
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. De’Von Williams, an augmentee recovery noncommissioned officer with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), assists in setting up a tent at the main base camp during a DPAA re... More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rosa Martinez uses a pick axe
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rosa Martinez uses a pick axe to dig up roots during excavation operations in Khammouan province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Jan. 19, 2018. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)... More
Members of a recovery team play football at a base
Members of a recovery team play football at a base camp during Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's (DPAA) excavation operations in Khammouan province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Jan. 21, 2018. DPAA team ... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Dennis Shaffer, team sergeant
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Dennis Shaffer, team sergeant of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team, follows a trail during excavation operations in Khammouan province, March 8, 2018. The team de... More
Members of recovery team one practice a medical evacuation
Members of recovery team one practice a medical evacuation during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, May 10, 2018. With operations being on a mounta... More
A local villager rests while being interviewed during
A local villager rests while being interviewed during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, May 13, 2018. U.S. service members and local nationals work... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Courtney, Defense
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Courtney, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team captain, watches as a local villager pours a bucket of dirt into a screen while on a DPAA recovery mission in Khammou... More
Dr. Mark Henshaw, a senior recovery expert deployed
Dr. Mark Henshaw, a senior recovery expert deployed with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), looks through a total station during a DPAA recovery mission in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, May 2... More
U.S. service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA
U.S. service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) prepare to conduct a repatriation ceremony, Pakse, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, June 21, 2018. The ceremony was conducted in su... More
DPAA Mission 18-5LA - A helicopter is parked on the tarmac in front of...
Team members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) load a helicopter, at the Luang Prabang International Airport, Laos, July 11, 2018. DPAA conducts global search, recovery and laboratory operations... More
180712-N-VQ790-023 LAOS. (July 12, 2018) – U.S. Air
180712-N-VQ790-023 LAOS. (July 12, 2018) – U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Raymond, the team leader for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Mission recovery team, introduces the team to the Laos work... More
A local Lao villager sits during a scheduled break,
A local Lao villager sits during a scheduled break, in the Houaphanh province, Laos, July 17, 2018. Local citizens and officials played an essential role working along side DPAA personnel during excavation oper... More
Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conduct an excavation in Laos, Nov. 2, 2018. The team was searching for the remains of a service member who went missing during the Vietnam War. The missi... More
Lao workers from the local village, clear land with
Lao workers from the local village, clear land with sickles in preparation for a recovery mission led by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel and augmentees in Houaphan Province, Lao People's Demo... More
U.S. service members assigned to a Defense POW/MIA
U.S. service members assigned to a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team perform excavation operations in the Houaphan province, Laos, Feb. 3, 2019. The team deployed to the area in support of ... More
DPAA Survey Team Searches Laos Jungles
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ethan Shrader, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician (EOD) assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), conduct site sweeps during an investigation mission in the... More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Roy K. Horikawa, Defense POW/MIA
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Roy K. Horikawa, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Detachment 3 commander, left, and Mr. Somsai Kittanouvong, Americas Division (POW/MIA), Europe and Americas Department director, Mini... More
The main base camp for Recovery Team One rests in a
The main base camp for Recovery Team One rests in a field March 12, 2019, in the country of Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency deploys agency teams... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chad Niebles, a team sergeant
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chad Niebles, a team sergeant with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), pauses from digging a unit during a recovery mission in Laos, March 13, 2019. The recovery team excavate... More
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Marrero, the life
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Marrero, the life support investigator (left), and U.S. Army Capt. Daniel Collier, the recovery team three leader, assist in the excavation process during a Defense POW/MIA Acc... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Miles Morissette, a member
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Miles Morissette, a member of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s (DPAA) recovery team, conducts an excavation in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, April 4, 2019. The team was se... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chad Niebels (left), team
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chad Niebels (left), team sergeant, and scientific recovery expert, (SRE) Dr. Mike Kenyherc, both attached to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), prepare transfer cases for a ... More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Walton, assigned to the
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Walton, assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), conducts an honorable carry ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 10, 2019. The remains in the ... More
U.S. Ambassador to the Lao PDR Rena Bitter (center
U.S. Ambassador to the Lao PDR Rena Bitter (center left) and Dr. Robert Pope (center) met with Lao officials to review U.S.-Lao cooperative efforts to strengthen training for Lao veterinarians and animal health... More
A local boy watches as members from the Defense POW/MIA
A local boy watches as members from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) arrive at his village in Laos to conduct an investigation on May 10, 2019. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible acco... More
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Monica Segni, a recovery
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Monica Segni, a recovery noncommissioned officer assigned to a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team, shares a laugh with a Laos national during a mission near... More
U.S. Army Pfc. Marthin Ramos and Spc. Noble Justus,
U.S. Army Pfc. Marthin Ramos and Spc. Noble Justus, both Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery augmentees, construct the wet screening site with a local national as part of a recovery mission conduc... More
U.S. Army Sgt. Deon Johnson, Defense POW/MIA Accounting
U.S. Army Sgt. Deon Johnson, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery personnel, wraps plumber’s tape around a pipe as part of a recovery mission conducted in Houaphanh Province, Laos, July 27, 2019. D... More
Flags are reflected in a puddle of water during a
Flags are reflected in a puddle of water during a repatriation ceremony, Vientiane, Laos, Aug. 26, 2019. The ceremony was conducted in support of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's (DPAA) mission to provid... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Unpingco, assigned
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Unpingco, assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) as a recovery non-commissioned officer, clears brush during recovery operations in Savannakhet Province, Lao ... More
U.S. Army Capt. Orlando Pena, attached to the Defense
U.S. Army Capt. Orlando Pena, attached to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), helps construct an A-frame during a recovery mission in Sekong Province, Laos, Oct. 23, 2019. Members of DPAA deployed to ... More
Allison Campo, an archeologist assigned to the Defense
Allison Campo, an archeologist assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), sights-in an excavation grid for future field work during a recovery mission in Savannahket Province, Lao People's Democr... More
U.S. Army Capt. Orlando Pena, a recovery team leader
U.S. Army Capt. Orlando Pena, a recovery team leader assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), removes a tree from an excavation site during a recovery mission in Sekong Province, Lao Democratic... More
Vientiane, Laos (Nov. 14, 2019) -- Brig. Gen. Thomas
Vientiane, Laos (Nov. 14, 2019) -- Brig. Gen. Thomas Tickner (third from right), Pacific Ocean Division(POD) commanding general, along with Mark Ahlstrom (second from right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers senior... More
VIENTIANE, Laos (Nov. 14, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps
VIENTIANE, Laos (Nov. 14, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Pacific Ocean Division has completed phase one and two construction of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), officially turning ... More
VIENTIANE, Laos (Nov. 14, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps
VIENTIANE, Laos (Nov. 14, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed phase one and two construction of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), officially turning over major portions of th... More
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Derek Turner, assigned
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Derek Turner, assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), digs a test unit during an investigative recovery mission in Sekong Province, Laos Democratic People’s Republ... More
U.S. Army Capt. Slade Barren, a recovery team leader
U.S. Army Capt. Slade Barren, a recovery team leader assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), digs out a dry screening station during a recovery mission in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nov... More
U.S. service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA
U.S. service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) prepay to carry a transfer case containing the possible remains of U.S. personnel lost during the Vietnam War during a repatriation ... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Luigi Lawrence and Staff Sgt.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Luigi Lawrence and Staff Sgt. Carter Caracker, recovery noncommissioned officers assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), construct a screening station during a joint f... More
Local workers form a line to help pass buckets from
Local workers form a line to help pass buckets from open excavation units to screening stations during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) joint field activity (JFA) in Khammouan province, Lao Peoples De... More
U.S. service members attached to the Defense POW/MIA
U.S. service members attached to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) dry screen alongside local villagers during a recovery mission in Boualapha District, Khammouan Province, Laos, Jan. 23, 2020. A rec... More
Ohio native supports DPAA recovery efforts
Staff Sgt. Abby Koah, a public health technician assigned to the 11th Medical Squadron at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, screens excavated dirt during a joint field activity (JFA) in Khammouan Province, Lao Peop... More
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Spindler, Defense POW/MIA
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Spindler, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) deputy director, center, digs with Staff Sgt. Joshua Slotnick, DPAA recovery noncommissioned officer, during his visit at a recovery ... More
U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Barnett, a Joint POW/MIA Accounting
U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Barnett, a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command recovery team member, sets up a communication system in the Xekong province of Lao People's Democratic Republic, Oct. 17, 2010. The team was deplo... More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Lawrence Renas and
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Lawrence Renas and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Wesley Manson read over a case file during a 35-day investigation mission to the Xiangkhoang District, Lao People's Democratic Republi... More
Investigation team members from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting
Investigation team members from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command take a break after searching for evidence of Americans that remain unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War. Three multi-service military and civ... More
Anthropologist Hedy Justus, left, checks the placement
Anthropologist Hedy Justus, left, checks the placement accuracy of the engineering tape as Tech. Sgt. Sasha Barker, center, and Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Harris, right, await further instruction for final photograp... More
Chief Petty Officer Jerrad Monagan, assigned to the
Chief Petty Officer Jerrad Monagan, assigned to the Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command, screens excavated dirt for evidence with a local Laos worker in Khammouan, Laos. Monagan is part o... More