Building relationships in Laos through medicine
ATTAPEU PROVINCE, Laos – U.S. Army Maj. Tammie Kerns, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) physician, meets with local of Attapeu Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, January 17, 2016, to better understand the available medical capabilities in the area during a routine DPAA mission. Members of DPAA deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of two pilots unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.