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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An airman walks through a swampy area holding a screening device.

Recovery Mission

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Draft Criss, a member of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovery team, does an initial sweep of an excavation site during a recovery mission in Quang Binh province, Vietnam, June 15, 2021. The mission involved days of digging and screening in hopes of finding a missing service member lost during the Vietnam War.

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