U.S. Navy Diver Master Chief Petty Officer Peter Kozminsky, left, a master diver assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, and U.S. Navy Diver Chief Petty Officer Jason Friars, a master diver assigned to MSDU 1, conducts in-water checks on their equipment prior to being lowered to the excavations site during an underwater recovery mission for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in the Philippines, April 6, 2026. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for missing U.S. personnel to their families and the nation; this recovery effort is the first of a multiyear effort to attempt to recover remains associated with the Oryoku Maru, a Japanese prisoner of war ship that sank during World War II. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Crul)
| Date Taken: | 04.06.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.29.2026 19:20 |
| Photo ID: | 9648187 |
| VIRIN: | 260406-F-CQ002-1004 |
| Resolution: | 5568x4176 |
| Size: | 2.45 MB |
| Location: | PH |
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