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Howard Mariteragi searches through possible aircraft

Howard Mariteragi searches through possible aircraft

Howard Mariteragi searches through possible aircraft wreckage for material evidence or human remains during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Mariteragi was assigned as the life support investigator ... More

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public affairs chief of media operations, performs one-leg step ups during his workout, March 12, 2012, at the James Gym on Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Garland rec... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 18, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint combat res... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico  and U.S. Army Staff

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico and U.S. Army Staff

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steve Elhajj wait to resume dig operations during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Pico and Elhajj were assigned as recovery noncommissioned... More

Dr. Bradley Sturm and Staff Sgt.’s Steve Elhajj and

Dr. Bradley Sturm and Staff Sgt.’s Steve Elhajj and

Dr. Bradley Sturm and Staff Sgt.’s Steve Elhajj and Bradley Thompson mark out grids of a possible crash site for recovery operations during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Sturm was assigned as the ... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines screens dirt

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines screens dirt

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines screens dirt for possible remains or material evidence on a dry-screening station during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Haines was assigned as a recovery no... More

Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michael

Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michael

Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michael Lumpkin speaks to Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command personnel on the implementation of its merger with the Defense Prisoners of War/Missing Personnel Office b... More

Anthropologist Dr. Penny Minturn and U.S. Army Staff

Anthropologist Dr. Penny Minturn and U.S. Army Staff

Anthropologist Dr. Penny Minturn and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton scrape the floor of a unit during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Minturn was assigned as the on-site recovery leader and Bri... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II drops practice bombs over the

An A-10 Thunderbolt II drops practice bombs over the

An A-10 Thunderbolt II drops practice bombs over the Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 11, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint a... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 18, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial training that... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial tra... More

Bringing our heroes home

Bringing our heroes home

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kurt Legnon screens dirt for possible remains or material evidence on a dry-screening station during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Legnon was assigned as a recovery noncommis... More

A joint service team renders one final salute for a

A joint service team renders one final salute for a

A joint service team renders one final salute for a fallen service member being returned home during a repatriation ceremony at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, Nov. 5, 2015. The team will stay with the service membe... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton clears corn stalks

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton clears corn stalks

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton clears corn stalks in order to open up digging operations for a site on a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Britton was assigned as a recovery noncommissioned officer... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bradley Thompson cuts down a rye

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bradley Thompson cuts down a rye

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bradley Thompson cuts down a rye field in preparation of a dig site during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Thompson was assigned as recovery noncommissioned officers on a 16-mem... More

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conduct recovery operations, searching for remains of nine service members whose plane crashed during World War II. The 13-member specialized recovery t... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico screens dirt for possible

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico screens dirt for possible

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico screens dirt for possible remains or material evidence on a dry-screening station during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Pico was assigned as a recovery noncommissio... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steve Elhajj screens dirt for

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steve Elhajj screens dirt for

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steve Elhajj screens dirt for possible remains or material evidence on a dry-screening station during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Elhajj was assigned as recovery non-commiss... More

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Byron Davis and U.S.

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Byron Davis and U.S.

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Byron Davis and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico finish out a unit during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Davis and Pico were part of a 16-member specialized recovery t... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines and U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines and U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines and U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Byron Davis shovel dirt into an excavator to finish out a unit during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. The excavator was use... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An F-15E Strike Eagle flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An F-15E Strike Eagle flies over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 11, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial training that ... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires and air-to-surface missile

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires and air-to-surface missile

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires and air-to-surface missile over the Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 11, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command condu... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick White carries the

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick White carries the

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick White carries the remains of a fallen service member during a repatriation ceremony at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, Nov. 5, 2015. The ceremony, performed by both U.S. and Malaysi... More

Anthropologist, Josh Peck, uses a total station to

Anthropologist, Josh Peck, uses a total station to

Anthropologist, Josh Peck, uses a total station to verify grid coordinates during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Peck was assigned as the on-site recovery leader on a 13-member specialized recover... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30mm

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30mm

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30mm Gatling-style canon, over the Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 11, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air ... More

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conduct recovery operations, searching for remains of service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice during World War II. The 17-member specialized rec... More

U.S. Army Capt. Jason Kappes screens dirt for possible

U.S. Army Capt. Jason Kappes screens dirt for possible

U.S. Army Capt. Jason Kappes screens dirt for possible remains or material evidence on a dry-screening station during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Kappes was assigned as team leader of a 16-membe... More

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Louie Bismonte digs up

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Louie Bismonte digs up

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Louie Bismonte digs up flagged metal hits, looking for possible aircraft wreckage or life support material during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Bismonte was assigned... More

Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michael

Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michael

Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michael Lumpkin speaks to Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command personnel on the implementation of its merger with the Defense Prisoners of War/Missing Personnel Office b... More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Dukes clears corn

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Dukes clears corn

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Dukes clears corn stalks in order to open up digging operations for a site on a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Dukes was assigned as the assistant team leader/team S... More

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency screen dirt, searching for remains of service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice during World War II. The 13-member specialized recovery team spent... More

An HH-60 Pave Hawk flies over Grand Bay Bombing and

An HH-60 Pave Hawk flies over Grand Bay Bombing and

An HH-60 Pave Hawk flies over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial training that sho... More

Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command personnel participate

Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command personnel participate

Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command personnel participate in a medical evacuation simulation prior to starting dig operations. The simulation was used to prepare and refresh personnel on what procedures to take in... More

Buckets of dirt are transported to screening stations

Buckets of dirt are transported to screening stations

Buckets of dirt are transported to screening stations during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Members assigned to DPAA screen each bucket, searching for remains of service members who paid the ultim... More

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conduct recovery operations, searching for remains of nine service members whose plane crashed during World War II. The 13-member specialized recovery t... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Hans Metz works to remove

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Hans Metz works to remove

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Hans Metz works to remove a lodged round from a .50 Caliber machine gun during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Metz was assigned as the explosive ordnance disposal technic... More

U.S. Army Capt. Jason Kappes and Dr. Katrin Koel-Abt

U.S. Army Capt. Jason Kappes and Dr. Katrin Koel-Abt

U.S. Army Capt. Jason Kappes and Dr. Katrin Koel-Abt screen dirt for possible remains or material evidence on a dry-screening station during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Both were part of a 16-me... More

Bringing our heroes home

Bringing our heroes home

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Dukes takes a break from clearing corn stalks in order to open up digging operations for a site on a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Dukes was assigned as the assista... More

Lt. Col. Jim Pauling, KC-135 pilot, and 1st Lt. Mark

Lt. Col. Jim Pauling, KC-135 pilot, and 1st Lt. Mark

Lt. Col. Jim Pauling, KC-135 pilot, and 1st Lt. Mark Titus, 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, prepare for takeoff in preparation for a deployment in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn... More

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public affairs chief of media operations, trains Security Forces airmen on how to deal with media during crisis response events, April 11, 2012, at Scott Air Forc... More

A joint service repatriation team renders one final

A joint service repatriation team renders one final

A joint service repatriation team renders one final salute for a fallen service member being returned home during a repatriation ceremony at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, Nov. 5, 2015. The team will stay with the ... More

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public affairs chief of media operations, trains Security Forces airmen on how to deal with media during crisis response events, April 11, 2012, at Scott Air Forc... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 11, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial training that... More

A joint service team prepares to drape an American

A joint service team prepares to drape an American

A joint service team prepares to drape an American flag over a casket during a repatriation ceremony at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, Nov. 5, 2015. The 15-member team comprised of members of the Defense POW/MIA Ac... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico  fills buckets with

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico fills buckets with

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico fills buckets with dirt to be screened for possible remains or material evidence during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Pico was assigned as a recovery noncommissio... More

Dr. Bradley Sturm establishes his grid coordinates

Dr. Bradley Sturm establishes his grid coordinates

Dr. Bradley Sturm establishes his grid coordinates of a possible crash site for recovery operations during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Sturm was assigned as the recovery leader and anthropologis... More

A CV-22 Osprey deploys a tactical air control party

A CV-22 Osprey deploys a tactical air control party

A CV-22 Osprey deploys a tactical air control party onto the ground of Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 18, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial tra... More

An HH-60 Pave Hawk lands for a simulated rescue on

An HH-60 Pave Hawk lands for a simulated rescue on

An HH-60 Pave Hawk lands for a simulated rescue on Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aer... More

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Malaysia

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Malaysia

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Malaysia Deputy Defense Minister Dato’ Wira Mohd Johari Bin Baharum officially sign documents turning over remains of a U.S. service member prior to a repatriation ce... More

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public affairs chief of media operations, is pictured in his military uniform and Air Force football gear. Garland has served as a dedicated officer in the United... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires and air-to-surface missile

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires and air-to-surface missile

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires and air-to-surface missile over the Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 11, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command condu... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton preps materials

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton preps materials

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton preps materials for setup of site operations during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Britton was assigned as a recovery noncommissioned officer to a 13-member spec... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial tra... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An F-15E Strike Eagle flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An F-15E Strike Eagle flies over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial training that ... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines screens dirt

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines screens dirt

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines screens dirt for possible remains or material evidence on a dry-screening station during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Haines was assigned as a recovery no... More

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public affairs chief of media operations, stretches between sets of squats in the James Gym weight room, March 12, 2012, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. He uses str... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An F-15E Strike Eagle flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An F-15E Strike Eagle flies over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 11, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial training that ... More

A CV-22 Osprey comes in for a landing on Grand Bay

A CV-22 Osprey comes in for a landing on Grand Bay

A CV-22 Osprey comes in for a landing on Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 18, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint combat rescue... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines and U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines and U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines and U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Byron Davis shovel dirt into an excavator to finish out a unit during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. The excavator was use... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 18, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint combat res... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines and Dr. Brad

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines and Dr. Brad

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines and Dr. Brad Sturm, anthropologist, examine a piece of possible evidence from a screening station during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Dr. Sturm was the on... More

A CV-22 Osprey deploys a tactical air control party

A CV-22 Osprey deploys a tactical air control party

A CV-22 Osprey deploys a tactical air control party onto the ground of Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II banks through flare smoke over

An A-10 Thunderbolt II banks through flare smoke over

An A-10 Thunderbolt II banks through flare smoke over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint ... More

Aircrew from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois

Aircrew from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois

Aircrew from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, process a deployment line as they prepare to deploy in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the U.S.... More

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public affairs chief of media operations, tops off his shopping cart stuffed with groceries with two loaves of bread at the Commissary, March 9, 2012, at Scott Ai... More

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public affairs chief of media operations, runs sprints at the James Gym track as the sun goes down, March 12, 2012, on Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Garland worked o... More

A joint service team drapes an American flag over a

A joint service team drapes an American flag over a

A joint service team drapes an American flag over a casket during a repatriation ceremony at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, Nov. 5, 2015. The 15-member team comprised of members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Ag... More

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Byron Davis fills buckets

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Byron Davis fills buckets

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Byron Davis fills buckets with dirt to be screened for possible remains or material evidence during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Davis was the medic on a 16-member s... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 18, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial training that... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay

An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases flares over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial tra... More

Randolph breaks ground on elementary school additions

Randolph breaks ground on elementary school additions

The 502nd Air Base Wing leadership, along with Randolph Field Independent School District personnel and project managers, stand together for a photo at the Randolph Elementary School ground breaking ceremony at... More

U.S. Army Capt. Dale Nelson, Joint POW/MIA Accounting

U.S. Army Capt. Dale Nelson, Joint POW/MIA Accounting

U.S. Army Capt. Dale Nelson, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command Investigation and Recovery medical director, asks Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michael Lumpkin about future manning of the command's... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Chad Pilkington screens dirt for possible

U.S. Army Sgt. Chad Pilkington screens dirt for possible

U.S. Army Sgt. Chad Pilkington screens dirt for possible remains or material evidence on a dry-screening station during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Pilkington was part of a 16-member specialized... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle releases flares over Grand Bay

An F-15E Strike Eagle releases flares over Grand Bay

An F-15E Strike Eagle releases flares over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 18, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint combat resc... More

Dr. Bradley Sturm directs mission operations during

Dr. Bradley Sturm directs mission operations during

Dr. Bradley Sturm directs mission operations during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Sturm was the recovery leader and anthropologist on a 16-member specialized recovery team for more than 45 days se... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Grand Bay Bombing

An F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 18, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial training tha... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton scrapes the floor

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton scrapes the floor

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton scrapes the floor of a unit during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Britton was assigned as a recovery non-commissioned officer to a 17-member specialized recovery... More

A CV-22 Osprey deploys a tactical air control party

A CV-22 Osprey deploys a tactical air control party

A CV-22 Osprey deploys a tactical air control party onto the ground of Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command... More

Members of the Malaysian military guard render one

Members of the Malaysian military guard render one

Members of the Malaysian military guard render one final salute as they transfer the remains of a fallen service member back to the U.S. during a repatriation ceremony at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, Nov. 5, 2015... More

U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Jayson Franco renders a salute

U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Jayson Franco renders a salute

U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Jayson Franco renders a salute to U.S. Marine Capt. Gregory Lynch signifying the transfer of custody of the color guard during a repatriation ceremony at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, Nov. ... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico  and U.S. Army Staff

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico and U.S. Army Staff

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josias Pico and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steve Elhajj screen dirt for possible remains or material evidence on a dry-screening station during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Pico a... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30mm

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30mm

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30mm Gatling-style canon, over the Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 11, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air ... More

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conduct recovery operations, searching for remains of service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice during World War II. The 17-member specialized rec... More

Two HH-60 Pave Hawks land at Moody Air Force Base,

Two HH-60 Pave Hawks land at Moody Air Force Base,

Two HH-60 Pave Hawks land at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial training that showcased the aircraft's tactical air and g... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon releases a flare over Grand

An F-16 Fighting Falcon releases a flare over Grand

An F-16 Fighting Falcon releases a flare over Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Mar. 4, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat Command conducted joint aerial tr... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines screens dirt

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines screens dirt

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Haines screens dirt for possible remains or material evidence on a dry-screening station during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Haines was assigned as a recovery no... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton preps materials

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton preps materials

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keeon Britton preps materials for set-up of site operations during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Britton was assigned as a recovery non-commissioned officer to a 13-member sp... More

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public

Second Lt. Ben Garland, 375th Air Mobility Wing public affairs chief of media operations, is pictured standing next to his fellow public affairs airmen. Garland's size stands out among the average airmen at 6 f... More

Anthropologist, Josh Peck, uses a total station to

Anthropologist, Josh Peck, uses a total station to

Anthropologist, Josh Peck, uses a total station to verify grid coordinates during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Peck was assigned as the on-site recovery leader on a 13-member specialized recover... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30mm

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30mm

An A-10 Thunderbolt II fires the GAU-8 Avenger, a 30mm Gatling-style canon, over the Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 11, 2016. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air ... More

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conduct recovery operations, searching for remains of service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice during World War II. The 17-member specialized rec... More

Dr. Bradley Sturm watches site operations as he plans

Dr. Bradley Sturm watches site operations as he plans

Dr. Bradley Sturm watches site operations as he plans his next move during a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command mission. Sturm was the recovery leader and anthropologist on a 16-member specialized recovery team f... More

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