Dr. Chris Davis, archaeologist from the University
Dr. Chris Davis, archaeologist from the University of Illinois at Chicago, excavates soil during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Thua Thien Hue province, Socialist Republic of Vie... More
A local villager passes a bucket of dirt during a Defense
A local villager passes a bucket of dirt during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Thua Thien Hue province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, June 7, 2019. DPAA’s mission is to provide ... More
Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters
Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Stephen Janz (first in front row), a missionary and children’s camp developer from Calgary, Canada, Capt. Ruslans Ma... More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Lauren Falk, forensic photographer
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Lauren Falk, forensic photographer with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), takes a break during recovery operations in search of fallen Service members from the Vietnam War in ... More
161109-N-VN584-510 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 9, 2016) Petty
161109-N-VN584-510 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 9, 2016) Petty Officer 2nd Class Rotchil Noel landscapes as part of volunteer efforts by Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a community ... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Justin Curtiss, Defense POW/MIA
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Justin Curtiss, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) medic, swings a pick ax during a recovery mission in Thua Thien Hue province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, May 23, 2019. Curti... More
Airmen from the 39th Communications Squadron install
Airmen from the 39th Communications Squadron install underground communications, the framework for commuication infrastructure, Nov. 18, 2015, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The underground communication cable i... More
A Paratrooper assigned to 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute
A Paratrooper assigned to 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division provides area security from a defensive fighting position during a joint training exe... More
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ethan Schrader, Defense
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ethan Schrader, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, explosive ordinance disposal technician, digs for a metal anomaly in the ground during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) ... More
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Patrick Hardiman with
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Patrick Hardiman with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, pulls wood bays into place during a humanitarian assistance scenario at Mount Bundey Training Are... More
Stephen Janz (right), a missionary and children’s camp
Stephen Janz (right), a missionary and children’s camp developer from Calgary, Canada, gives the benediction before lunch for soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry ... More
A Lao worker poses for a photo during a Defense POW/MIA
A Lao worker poses for a photo during a Defense POW/MIA Accountability Agency (DPAA) mission to recover fallen service members from the Vietnam war in Khammouan Province, Laos, May 17, 2017. The mission of DPAA... More
Latvian soldiers engages targets during a combined
Latvian soldiers engages targets during a combined arms defensive life-fire exercise with soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, April 7, at Adazi Military Base, La... More
200507-N-AZ907-0017 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (May
200507-N-AZ907-0017 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (May 7, 2020) -- Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 68, use a skid steer with an auger bit to drill ... More
200507-N-AZ907-0059 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (May
200507-N-AZ907-0059 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (May 7, 2020) -- Equipment Operator Constructionman Walker Osborne, from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 68, o... More
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Ramon Hill, life support
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Ramon Hill, life support investigator with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screens possible evidence during a DPAA mission to recover fallen service members from the Vietna... More
A Lao worker takes a break during a Defense POW/MIA
A Lao worker takes a break during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission to recover fallen service members from the Vietnam War in Khammouan Province, Laos, May 20, 2017. The mission of DPAA is to p... More
U.S. Navy Lt. Rebekah Sorensen, left, medic and U.S.
U.S. Navy Lt. Rebekah Sorensen, left, medic and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rhita Daniel, recovery non-commissioned officer both with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) sweep a unit during a DPAA mission... More
200507-N-AZ907-0074 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (May
200507-N-AZ907-0074 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (May 7, 2020) -- Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 68, drill a post hole, during an obstacle course... More
U.S. Marines with Logistics Combat Element, Marine
U.S. Marines with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, drive vehicles across a hastily constructed bridge during a humanitarian assistance scenario at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern... More
180207-A-RW053-055 Camp Buehring, Kuwait – Spc. Byron
180207-A-RW053-055 Camp Buehring, Kuwait – Spc. Byron Tasset, Area Support Group – Kuwait carries a tank round to stack on the demo site during a code H demo at Camp Buehring, Kuwait February 07, 2018. (U.S. Ar... More
Sgt. Warren Bridenthal, a fire support specialist assigned
Sgt. Warren Bridenthal, a fire support specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment moves a log while clearing a trail during a community outreach project, Apri... More
Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force-Europe
Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 18.1 dig into the hillside to construct snow caves during a winter warfare training exercise at Haltdalen Training Center, Norway, April 14, 2018. More th... More
U.S. Marines with Logistics Combat Element, Marine
U.S. Marines with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, drive vehicles across a hastily constructed bridge during a humanitarian assistance scenario at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern... More
An Afghan National Army commando digs a trench for
An Afghan National Army commando digs a trench for a kitchen sewer at Jalalabad Airfield Intermediate Staging Base, Wardak province, Afghanistan, April 7. The ISB is a second home to the 1st Commando Kandak whi... More
Sgt. Nicolas Schroeder, an infantryman assigned to
Sgt. Nicolas Schroeder, an infantryman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, cuts through a branch with a chainsaw clearing a trail during a community outreach pro... More
Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters
Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, dig a fighting position for Stryker Armored Fighting Vehicles using a D6 bulldozer, April 5, at Adazi Military Base,... More
U.S. Airforce Capt. Christopher Perez, team leader
U.S. Airforce Capt. Christopher Perez, team leader with the Defense POW/MIA Accountability Agency (DPAA) screens soil during a DPAA mission to recover fallen service members from the Vietnam War in Khammouan Pr... More
A soldier assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters
A soldier assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment ground guides a Stryker Armored Fighting Vehicle into a fresh fighting position dug using a D6 bulldozer, April 5, a... More
Latvian soldiers hang mortar rounds during a combined
Latvian soldiers hang mortar rounds during a combined arms defensive life-fire exercise with soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, April 7, at Adazi Military Base,... More
Iraqi army engineers practice digging trenches using
Iraqi army engineers practice digging trenches using a hydraulic excavator at Camp Taji, Iraq, Aug. 11, 2015. Engineer training is critical to the Iraqi army's future success by providing the skills needed to e... More
U.S. Army Spc. Supitcha Wiriyaskunpan, recovery Soldier
U.S. Army Spc. Supitcha Wiriyaskunpan, recovery Soldier with the Defense POW/MIA Accountability Agency (DPAA), screens soil during a DPAA mission to recover fallen service members from the Vietnam war in Khammo... More
A Lao worker holds buckets during a Defense POW/MIA
A Lao worker holds buckets during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission to recover fallen service members from the Vietnam War in Khammouan Province, Laos, May 17, 2017. The mission of DPAA is to p... More
U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Ryan Theobald, explosive
U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Ryan Theobald, explosive ordnance disposal technician with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screens soil during a DPAA mission to recover fallen service members from the... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Krogman, supply
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Krogman, supply non-commissioned-officer with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), fills buckets with soil during a DPAA mission to recover fallen Service members f... More
U.S. service members attached to the Defense POW/MIA
U.S. service members attached to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) rehearse medical evacuation procedures during a recovery mission in England, July 22, 2019. This was DPAA’s first-ever recovery miss... More
Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters
Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, dig a fighting position for Stryker Armored Fighting Vehicles using a D6 bulldozer, April 5, at Adazi Military Base,... More
From left, U.S. Army Capt. Michelle Shin, Defense POW/MIA
From left, U.S. Army Capt. Michelle Shin, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team leader, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jourdan Clark, medic, remove dirt from an excavation site during a recovery... More
Rock is removed from a dried up river bed in the village
Rock is removed from a dried up river bed in the village of Do'ab, Panjwa'i district, Kandahar province. By strategically quarrying the rock, the river bed will become an obstacle for insurgents who, until now,... More
A member of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
A member of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team passes a bucket to local workers during a recovery mission in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, May 29, 2019. The mission of DPAA is to prov... More
U.S. Army Capt. Matt Salyer, associate professor, U.S.
U.S. Army Capt. Matt Salyer, associate professor, U.S. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, excavates soil during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Thua Thien Hue provin... More
Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters
Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment wait in line before lunch after a morning of hard work during a community outreach project at a Christian youth summe... More
Capt. Andrew Sullivan (left), commander of Headquarters
Capt. Andrew Sullivan (left), commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, feeds rounds into an M2 50 caliber machine gun as Maj. Mark Snakenberg, the 3rd Squadron, 2nd ... More
A Latvian soldier engages targets during a combined
A Latvian soldier engages targets during a combined arms defensive life-fire exercise with soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, April 7, at Adazi Military Base, L... More
U.S. Service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting
U.S. Service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) bucket soil during a DPAA mission to recover fallen Service members from the Vietnam War in Khammouan Province, Laos, May 20, 2017. The mis... More
U.S. Service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting
U.S. Service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screen soil during a DPAA mission to recover fallen Service members from the Vietnam War in Khammouan Province, Laos, May 20, 2017. The mis... More
180207-A-RW053-042 Camp Buehring, Kuwait – Soldiers
180207-A-RW053-042 Camp Buehring, Kuwait – Soldiers from the 797th Ordinance Company, EOD techs from other branches and others, stack ammunition on the demo site during a code H demo at Camp Buehring, Kuwait Fe... More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Byron Lawson, life support
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Byron Lawson, life support investigator, sprays water into a screen during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, May 29, 20... More
SIGONELLA, Sicily (Nov. 16, 2019) Sailor volunteers
SIGONELLA, Sicily (Nov. 16, 2019) Sailor volunteers from Naval Air Station Sigonella’s Public Works department assist a University of Illinois at Chicago research team during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency... More
Sgt. Taylor Stone, an infantryman assigned to Headquarters
Sgt. Taylor Stone, an infantryman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment cuts a fallen tree with an axe while clearing a trail during a community outreach project, A... More
Reservists from the 302nd Civil Engineer Squadron excavate
Reservists from the 302nd Civil Engineer Squadron excavate a site in preparation for burying a pipe on the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, July 12, 2020. The task was performed as part of an exercise where Ai... More
Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team remove dirt from an excavation site during a mission in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, May 29, 2019. The mission of DPAA is to provide the... More
Lao workers pose for a photo during a Defense POW/MIA
Lao workers pose for a photo during a Defense POW/MIA Accountability Agency (DPAA) mission to recover fallen service members from the Vietnam War in Khammouan Province, Laos, May 17, 2017. The mission of DPAA i... More
Airman 1st Class Zachary Keep directs Airman Uriah
Airman 1st Class Zachary Keep directs Airman Uriah Palmer, both 39th Communications Squadron cable and antenna systems technicians, as he covers a trench containing communication cable Nov. 18, 2015, at Incirli... More
Spc. Zachary Beougher (center), a combat medic assigned
Spc. Zachary Beougher (center), a combat medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, places a stone into the bed of a truck after gathering piles of stones to be u... More
A Lao worker holds buckets during a Defense POW/MIA
A Lao worker holds buckets during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission to recover fallen service members from the Vietnam War in Khammouan Province, Laos, May 17, 2017. The mission of DPAA is to p... More
200507-N-AZ907-0048 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (May
200507-N-AZ907-0048 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (May 7, 2020) -- Equipment Operator Constructionman Walker Osborne, from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 68, o... More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Lauren Falk, forensic photographer
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Lauren Falk, forensic photographer with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), extracts soil from a unit at an excavation site during a DPAA mission to recover fallen Service membe... More
161109-N-VN584-484 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 9, 2016) Petty
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