Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness Anthony J. Tata and U.S. Navy Capt. Meghan Bodnar, deputy director for operations for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, visit the MI 17 Memorial on Heroes’ Green in front of the Daniel K. Inouye DPAA Center for Excellence at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii, on May 11, 2026. The memorial honors the seven U.S. service members assigned to DPAA predecessor organizations—Joint Task Force–Full Accounting and the Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii—along with U.S. Navy augmentees who were killed when their aircraft, flying in poor weather conditions, struck a hilltop while preparing for the next planned mission on April 7, 2001, in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher)

Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness Anthony J. Tata, briefed by Dr. John Byrd, lead scientist at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, during a tour of the Daniel K. Inouye DPAA Center for Excellence at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 11, 2026. Tata gained insight into laboratory operations and the identification process during his first visit since DPAA’s realignment under Personnel & Readiness. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher)

Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness Anthony J. Tata visits the Daniel K. Inouye Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Center for Excellence at Joint Base Pearl Harbor‑Hickam, Hawaii, on May 11, 2026, for the first time since DPAA was realigned under Personnel & Readiness. During the visit, Tata gained insight into laboratory operations and the identification process. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher)

Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness Anthony J. Tata, briefed by Dr. John Byrd, lead scientist at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, during a tour of the Daniel K. Inouye DPAA Center for Excellence at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 11, 2026. Tata gained insight into laboratory operations and the identification process during his first visit since DPAA’s realignment under Personnel & Readiness. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher)