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    Recovery Operations - 24-1GB

    UNITED KINGDOM

    08.05.2024

    Photo by Sgt. Morgan Burgess 

    Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

    U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Matthew K. Sponagle, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) explosive ordnance disposal technician, stages buckets of material near the wet screen station during recovery operations in England, August 05, 2024. The daily recovery operations that each member cycles through for the 24-1GB team include loading material into buckets, utilizing the low-pressure water system, wet screening material, and collecting possible osseous material and life support equipment under the guidance of the SRE and LSI. DPAA and it’s STIA’s from U.S. Army and Air Force units; 1st and 10th Cavalry Regiment, 91st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 786th Civil Engineering Squadron, 86th Dental Squadron, 606th Air Control Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs, 52nd Medical Group combine their knowledge and skills to propel progress in achieving the fullest possible accounting during the 60+ day recovery mission. There are currently approximately 72,000 U.S. personnel unaccounted-for from World War II in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and the surrounding European and Mediterranean area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Morgan L. R. Burgess)

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    Date Taken: 08.05.2024
    Date Posted: 08.14.2024 11:34
    Photo ID: 8587426
    VIRIN: 240805-M-UN760-1034
    Resolution: 3497x5765
    Size: 7.26 MB
    Location: GB

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