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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A group of people use graters to sift dirt.

Recovery Mission

Personnel with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and local workers screen excavated dirt during a recovery mission in Laos, Sept. 23, 2023. Since 1985, the U.S. and Laotian governments have worked closely together to find and recover unaccounted-for American service members. There are still 288 Americans missing in Laos from the Vietnam War.

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