Local Lao workers clear an idle rice paddy in preparation
Local Lao workers clear an idle rice paddy in preparation for building a wet screening station for an excavation site that will be manned by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel and augmentees in ... More
A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel,
A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel, left, hands local children candy before leaving the excavation site at the end of the day, Xiangkouang Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Oct. 31, ... More
A local Lao worker aids in building a wet screening
A local Lao worker aids in building a wet screening station during the set-up of an excavation site that will be manned by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel and augmentees in Xiangkouang provin... More
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members haul a rail road tie to a wet screening station to be cleaned as local workers watch at an excavation site, Xiangkouang province, Lao People's Democratic Re... More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Greenburg, a Defense POW/MIA
U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Greenburg, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) augmentee medic, takes the blood pressure of a local worker during a medical exam during the recovery mission in Xiangkouang provin... More
A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team member,
A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team member, right, places a scoop of excavated soil into an evidence bucket, as a local worker, left, waits to take the bucket to a wet screens for further inspection... More
A local worker smiles during a recovery mission led
A local worker smiles during a recovery mission led by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel, Xiangkouang province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nov. 1, 2017. DPAA personnel and augmentees spe... More
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team members and local workers push excavated soil through mesh screens at a wet screening station during a recovery mission in Xiangkouang province, Lao People... More
Local Lao children wait at the helicopter landing zone
Local Lao children wait at the helicopter landing zone in the mornings and afternoons to say hello to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel and augmentees (not shown) as they go to and from their r... More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Souksavanh Souvannavong,
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Souksavanh Souvannavong, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) augmentee linguist, looks through debris at a wet screening station, Xiangkouang province, Lao People's Democratic Re... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Fair, Defense POW/MIA
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Fair, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team sergeant, chops a rail road tie in half in order to remove it from a unit and inspect it for any material evidence from an air... More
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel and augmentees share a snack of "s’mores" with local workers during a lunch break, Xiangkouang province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nov. 10, 2017. DPAA ... More
Local Lao workers move sandbags at an excavation site
Local Lao workers move sandbags at an excavation site manned by a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team, Xiangkouang province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nov. 17, 2017. DPAA personnel an... More
A local Lao woman carries debris from an idle rice
A local Lao woman carries debris from an idle rice paddy as it is cleared during the set-up of an excavation site that will benmanned by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel and augmentees in Xian... More
U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st
U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class James Glatt, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) explosive ordinance disposal augmentee, aids fellow DPAA recovery team members (not shown) in bui... More
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel and augmentees work together to build a supply storage area, Xiangkouang province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Oct. 28, 2017. The mission of DPAA is to p... More
A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) augmentee,
A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) augmentee, right, and local workers screen buckets of excavated soil in Xiangkouang province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Oct. 31, 2017. DPAA personnel and augme... More
Local Lao children gather to watch the return of Defense
Local Lao children gather to watch the return of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel and augmentees (not shown) after a day of excavation at an excavation site, Xiangkouang province, Lao People's... More
Local workers sit on a hill during a break during a
Local workers sit on a hill during a break during a recovery mission led by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel and augmentees, Xiangkouang province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nov. 1, 201... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Fair, right, Defense
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Fair, right, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team sergeant, and local workers push excavated soil and debris through a wet screening station, Xiangkouang province, Lao P... More