May 18, 2026

USS Wahoo Submariners Honored in Ceremony

WASHINGTON — The U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs held a special ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial Visitors Center in Washington, D.C., May 15, for submariners of the USS Wahoo (SS-238), lost during World War II, during which soil, water, and video from the site where the Wahoo sank, as well as a model of the Wahoo, was given to the U.S. by Russia.The

Sept. 19, 2025

Hegseth Honors Nation's POW/MIAs

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth paid tribute to the U.S. military's prisoners of war and personnel missing in action during a ceremony commemorating National POW/MIA Recognition Day on the Pentagon.

Aug. 7, 2025

DPAA Provides Updates to Families of Missing in Action Personnel During Annual Briefing

More than 400 family members of service members who never returned home from the Korean War or who were lost during the Cold War met with representatives from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency during the agency's annual update to families of missing personnel.

March 26, 2025

Hegseth Announces 100th Service Member Identified From Remains Turned Over by North Korea

The 100th service member from a group of remains handed over by North Korea seven years ago has been successfully identified, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced from Hawaii.

Feb. 22, 2025

Department Tells Gold Star Families: We'll Find Loved Ones, Bring Them Home

Some 380 Gold Star families attended a family member update to learn how the agency is proceeding in efforts to repatriate the remains of service members who never returned home from the Vietnam War, the Korean War or World War II.

Jan. 6, 2025

Returning heroes home: How DISA supports DPAA’s mission to bring the missing back to their families

Every U.S. Warfighter who answers the nation’s call carries a solemn promise: they will never be forgotten. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency lives up to that promise by working to recover and identify Defense Department personnel still unaccounted for as prisoners of war or missing in action.With teams spanning 46 countries, DPAA’s mission

Dec. 26, 2024

HRC’s Past Conflicts Repatriation Branch strives to connect Families with fallen

Marge Hop Wong was in the third grade when her brother Staff Sgt. Yuen Hop, who became a waist gunner on a B-17G Flying Fortress, left to fight in World War II. Hop went missing Dec. 29, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. He was just 20 years old.Wong never stopped yearning to find out what happened to her brother and the U.S. Army never stopped

Dec. 3, 2024

Face of Defense: Air Force Officer Contributes to DPAA Efforts

People join the Air Force for many reasons, from the potential to travel abroad to the educational benefits it affords. For some, the opportunity presents itself in a way that can only be described as the right place at the right time, and the story that blossoms from there can be filled with more opportunities than planned.Air Force Maj. Anh Ison,

Oct. 15, 2024

Digging for answers: Ellsworth officer contributes to DPAA efforts

People join the Air Force for many reasons, from the potential to travel abroad to the educational benefits it affords. For some, the opportunity happens to present itself in a way that can only be described as the right place at the right time, and the story that blossoms from there can be filled with more opportunities than planned.Maj. Anh Ison,

Oct. 9, 2024

Missing Vet Found After 51 Years Laid to Rest by Family Who Never Gave Up

WASHINGTON D.C. — Under a clear-blue autumn sky, a 21-gun salute reverberated through Arlington National Cemetery's Section 47 on Monday, splitting the silence that had enveloped the mourners paying their final respects to Marine Corps Capt. Ronald Forrester. Two V-22 Ospreys performed a flyover while "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band played Taps and Marine