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A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) member carries buckets through the mud during a recovery mission in Belgium, May 26, 2021. During the 72-day mission, the team regularly faced difficult weather conditions to include snow, hail, wind and rain. DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Apryl Hall)

June 7, 2021

DPAA completes recovery operations in Belgium

VAN, Belgium — “You are not authorized to have bad days.”He stressed this point to the other 23 individuals in the room, preparing them for what to expect over the following two months of working tirelessly in the

Gujuarat MOU Signing

May 27, 2021

DPAA Establishes Partnership with National Forensic Sciences University, India

WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has established a three-way partnership with the Univeristy of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and the National Forensic Sciences University of India (NSFU) with

From left, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III tours a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) facility on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 30, 2021. During Austin’s visit, he met with service members and senior leaders to reinforce the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region, presided over a U.S. INDOPACOM change-of-command ceremony, and visited a DPAA facility. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry)

May 1, 2021

SECDEF Visits DPAA

HONOLULU — Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin visited the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) facility on Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam, April 30, 2021. DPAA is unique as it is one of several agencies

(right) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, Deputy Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and Scott Burch, superintendent of Pearl Harbor National Memorial, untie a maile lei to commemorate a new DPAA exhibit at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. The display will be featured in the Memorial's Exhibit Gallery : "Attack", and will be seen by the millions of visitors that visit the Memorial each year. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Seth Coulter)

March 9, 2021

World War II Artifacts Unveiled at Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) partnered with the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Honolulu to create a display case of World War II artifacts which was unveiled in a ceremony March

Leadership from the Defense Health Agency meets with laboratory personnel from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency at the Senator Daniel K. Inouye DPAA building, Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 25, 2021. DPAA has the responsibility and authority to provide the fullest possible accounting for service members and civilians unaccounted for or missing from designated past conflicts. DHA, through the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System-Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, supports the DPAA mission with medical examiner assets and all DNA testing for human identification. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Mitchell Ryan)

March 3, 2021

Defense Health Agency Director tours DPAA facility, highlighting unique, enduring partnership

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) hosted the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Director, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, and the Senior Enlisted Leader of DHA, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj.

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