July 14, 2025

Keeping the flame of hope burning; WWII lighter reunited with MIA Family

ARLINGTON, Virginia — To some, it is an artifact from the greatest generation’s darkest hour; to others, it is a two-ounce, two-inch piece of metal with a simple job, but to one family, it is the link to a hero who never came home. And thanks to the intervention of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency historians and the kindness of a stranger, turned friend, a Zippo lighter carried by missing Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Musashe is back with his family after 80 years. Like so many mysteries in the digital age, it all started with a Facebook post.

June 30, 2025

DPAA Met with Gold Star Families in Omaha, Nebraska for Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency held its Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 26 and 27, providing families with the latest information regarding their loved ones’ cases. This was the first time holding the meeting outside of Washington D.C.

June 26, 2025

From Sea to Summit: A Summer Cruise in South Korea

SOUTH KOREA — This wasn’t the kind of summer cruise you’d find featured in admissions pamphlets. There was no ship, no underway watches, and definitely no galley serving powdered eggs at 6 a.m. Instead, Midshipman 1st Class Nick Feaster and Midshipman 2nd Class Jordan Trantham, students at the U.S. Naval Academy, found themselves knee-deep in dirt on a remote Korean mountainside, wielding excavation tools rather than a sextant. Their instruments were a pinpointer and a trowel and were working with a pair of mountaineers who knew the ridgelines better than any GPS ever could.

June 17, 2025

Sergeant Major Returns to DPAA as Senior Enlisted Advisor

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The new Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency senior enlisted advisor, U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Lauren Flores, has returned to the agency for the third time in her career on May 27, 2025.

June 13, 2025

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Soldiers Celebrated Army’s 250th Birthday

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — U.S. Army personnel assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency celebrated their branch’s 250th birthday at the DPAA Daniel K. Inouye Center for Excellence in Hawaii, June 13, 2025.