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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An airmen digs in a forest.

Dig Duty

Air Force Master Sgt. Jacqueline Risley, with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, conducts excavation work during a recovery mission in Belgium, May 26, 2021. DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing U.S. military personnel in countries around the world.

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