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Dr. Andrew Moutu, director of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG), left and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, deputy director for operations for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a Papua New Guinea operations summit hosted by DPAA on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 13, 2022. Papua New Guinea National Museum Art Gallery (NMAG) is one of the long-term host nation government partners that assists DPAA in the search for missing U.S. service members. The NMAG has assisted DPAA for over 25 years through contributing to the return and identification of and returning over 320 U.S. service members, which attests to the strong cooperation forged from years of working together on this noble mission. DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rusty Frank)

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII May 18, 2022

U.S. and Papua New Guinea strengthen relationship through summit

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII — Deputy Director for Operations for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, and other agency senior leaders hosted Dr. Andrew Moutu, director of the Papua New

A photo of three brothers.

May 11, 2022

A Bulldog Returns Home

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — After nearly 80 years, 1st Lt. Newell F. Mills’ whereabouts were no longer a mystery. Finally, this Wingman, son, brother and friend is able to rest in peace.

OMAHA, Neb May 10, 2022

Offutt lab IDs MIA Medal of Honor recipient from 1943 raid on 'Hitler's Gas Station'

OMAHA, Neb — Forensic anthropologists at Offutt Air Force Base have identified the remains of a missing World War II pilot who earned the Medal of Honor for his role in a spectacular 1943 raid on German oil

Ms. Fern Sumpter Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Principal Deputy Director, and Vietnam Veteran and Gold Star brother Col. Al Shine leave a ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial on National Vietnam Veterans Day, March 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. Since 1973, the remains of more than 1,000 Americans killed during the Vietnam War have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. The Agency vigorously pursues the fullest possible accounting for 1,584 missing American personnel from the war to include civilians. (Defense Department photo by Ashley M. Wright)

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 4, 2022

DPAA Remembers Vietnam Veterans, their families

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On March 29, National Vietnam War Veterans Day, in sub-freezing temperatures, Defense Department leaders paused at the iconic Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. along with Gold Star family

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Feltz, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team sergeant, top, and U.S. Army Capt. Matt Moschgat, DPAA team leader, have a discussion during a recovery mission in Myanmar, Jan. 23, 2020. A DPAA recovery team visited the area in hopes of finding missing U.S. service members whos B-25G crashed in Myanmar during WWll. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Seth Coulter)

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, HI March 2, 2022

Commentary- Global mission brings neighborhood bond close to home

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, HI — On Feb. 22, 2020, I stood together with the rest of the recovery team inside the 20 meter by 16 meter excavation area southwest of Monywa, Myanmar (formerly Burma).Deployed to the site for nearly 45

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