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U.S. Marine Corps Col. Matt Brannen, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency deputy director, and Sgt. Maj. Anthony Worsley, senior enlisted advisor, pay respects to the victims of the Mi-17 crash during the Mi-17 memorial ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 5, 2024.DPAA hosts a memorial service each year in honor of 16 American and Vietnamese personnel who were lost in a Mi-17 helicopter crash while searching for missing and unaccounted for personnel from the Vietnam War on April 7, 2001. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Todd

A grave marked as unknown is displayed at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 25, 2024. Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) disinterred eight caskets as part of the agency’s efforts to identify unknown service members lost during the Korean War. The caskets were transferred to the DPAA laboratory, where they will undergo further scientific analysis and possible identification.U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry

Dan West, National adjutant general of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW), and Fern Sumpter-Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) principal deputy director, pose for a photo during a visit to VFW National Headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, March 21, 2024. Winbush briefed West and several VFW staff members on the DPAA mission and the valued partnership between the two organizations. The event was one of several leading up to the 2024 Kansas City Family Member Update, a periodic event designed to keep families of missing Americans informed about the DPAA mission, and to share information about their specific losses.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales)

Please join us this Saturday, March 23, 2024, as we host our Family Member Update in Kansas City. If you are unable to attend us in person, please follow the link below to join the livestream.Related: Livestream

Detachment 2 in Vietnam hosted cadets from Seton Hall University Army ROTC March 4. The "Pirate Battalion" learned about our mission on their staff ride and how the Defense Department keeps its promise to never leave a comrade behind. Founded in 1893, the ROTC detachment is made of up of students from 26 universities across the state of New Jersey, and its most notable alumni is Medal of Honor Recipient Army Chaplain (Major) Charlie Watters. Thanks to Det. 2 for letting the next generation of Army leaders learn about our mission and its importance.

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC), Marines jump into a pool during water survival training at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. Marines from units around the island, including the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, trained through basic and intermediate swim qualifications to fulfill their swim qualification requirements during this multiple-hour exercise.The course is designed to train Marines in water survival through intense aquatic training events such as victim rescues, distance swims, and underwater endurance exercises. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry

2024 Mi-17 Remembrance Ceremony

DPAA continues Korean War disinterment efforts

DPAA visits Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. National Headquarters

Kansas City FMU 2024

Det 2 Hosts ROTC Cadets

Training Never Stops!