Members of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Recovery Team 1 and local Vietnamese workers conduct excavation operations alongside U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Jennifer Wicks on a hillside recovery site in Vietnam, Aug. 26, 2026. The joint team cleared terrain and screened soil as part of ongoing efforts to recover missing U.S. service members from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Lawrence Whaley III)