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Feb. 1, 2016

DPAA Reaches FOC Status

Feb. 1, 2016 — In the year since being established as a Defense Agency on Jan. 1, 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has accomplished a critical milestone, reaching “full operational capability” or “FOC” on Jan. 8, 2016. This declaration signifies the completion of the reorganization of the Department of Defense’s legacy past conflict accounting organizations into a single, unified defense agency.

Local workers secure frames for a wet screening station at a site that will be excavated by a recovery team from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Dien Bien province, Vietnam, Nov. 13, 2015. The DPAA mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Kathrine Dodd, USAF/RELEASED)

Jan. 28, 2016

DPAA Returns to Dien Bien Province

January 14, 2016 — A specialized recovery team comprised of 15 joint service members and a forensic archeologist resumed excavation operations for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) at a rice paddy in Dien Bien province, Vietnam

Bill Hill with photo of his son Billy Hill.

Jan. 14, 2016

Vietnam Veteran Laid to Rest

Bill Hill didn’t want his son Billy to go to war in Vietnam, but the need to keep his younger brother Bobby safe was too strong for his eldest son.“Billy was afraid Bobby would go to Vietnam and get

Medal of Honor recipient, retired Army Lt. Col. James “Mike” Sprayberry speaks with employees of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 9. Sprayberry served two tours in Vietnam and was awarded the Medal of Honor as a result of his heroic actions in April 1968 during Operation Delaware in the A Shau Valley, where he neutralized enemy forces and saved numerous Soldiers.

Jan. 8, 2016

Medal of Honor Recipient Recalls Times in Vietnam

ARLINGTON, Virginia- Medal of Honor recipient, retired Army Lt. Col. James “Mike” Sprayberry, spoke with employees of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) in

Dale Costill speaks to nearly 200 family members about his brother, who was lost during World War II in Pearl Harbor. Costill, looking for answers, attended a government briefing hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, in Portland, Maine, Nov. 14

Dec. 14, 2015

New England Family Members Remain Hopeful

PORTLAND, Maine—It has been more than seven decades since World War II veteran Gene Costill saw his brother. Costill’s brother, Harold, was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Harold’s

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