Recovery Mission in Laos Continues
U.S. Army Capt. Jordan Smith, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team lead, and U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ryan Edwards, DPAA life support investigator augment, personnel excavate soil from a unit during a recovery mission in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Jan. 21, 2023. DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)