An EOD technician’s passion returns him to DPAA
Tech. Sgt. Joshua Sims, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician assigned as a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency short term individual augmentee, and the DPAA Accounting Agency recovery team, Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons officials, and local Vietnamese workers pose for a photo after completing recovery operations in Vietnam on April 11, 2025. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting of U.S. missing personnel to their families and the nation; there are currently 1,572 missing U.S. personnel from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Chloe Zimmerer)