Augmentees lead the way in Laos
Joe Griffin, a senior archaeologist with the Army Corps of Engineers and recovery leader augmentee for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), takes notes on all activities on site during excavation in the Xiangkhoang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, March 10, 2016. Members of DPAA deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted for during the Vietnam War. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.