Photo by Sgt. Lesley Cisneros | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.13.2024
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Marya Leong, Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché U.S. Embassy to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, greets a Lao citizen during their visit to 24-5LA in Lao DPR, Aug. 13, 2024. During their distinguished visit, they witnessed the recovery efforts for missing U.S. service members lost during the Vietnam War. More than 1,000 missing service members have been......
Photo by Sgt. Lesley Cisneros | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.13.2024
U.S. Embassy Ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Heather Variava, center, poses for a photo with Lao citizens, Aug. 13, 2024. During her distinguished visit, Variava witnessed the recovery efforts for missing U.S. service members lost during the Vietnam War. More than 1,000 missing service members have been identified and returned to their families for burial since the end of......
Photo by Sgt. Lesley Cisneros | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.13.2024
Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team pose for a group photo during a visit from Heather Variava, center, U.S. Embassy Ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), and Khampheng Duangthonglaa, Director General of the Europe and Americas Department of the Foreign Ministry of the Lao PDR, Aug. 13, 2024. During their distinguished visit, they witnessed......
Photo by Sgt. Lesley Cisneros | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.13.2024
U.S. Army Maj. Aaron Lorenson, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) medical outreach doctor, speaks with Heather Variava, U.S. ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Khampheng Duangthonglaa, Director General of the Europe and Americas Department of the Foreign Ministry of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Aug. 13, 2024. Lorenson briefs overseas humanitarian......
Photo by Sgt. Lesley Cisneros | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.13.2024
U.S. Army Capt. Brett Harris, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team leader, demonstrates operations while Khampheng Duangthonglaa, Director General of the Europe and Americas Department of the Foreign Ministry of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), and Heather Variava, U.S. ambassador to the Lao PDR, visits a recovery site Aug. 13, 2024. During their distinguished visit, they......
Photo by Sgt. Lesley Cisneros | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.13.2024
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Cesar RiveroVelasco, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team sergeant, gives a brief of DPAA operations to Heather Variava, U.S. ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Aug.13, 2024. RiveroVelasco supports each mission by organizing and managing the logistics and outlook on the execution of every mission. Since 1985, the United States and Lao......
Photo by Sgt. Lesley Cisneros | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.13.2024
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Cesar RiveroVelasco, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team sergeant, gives a brief of DPAA operations to Heather Variava, U.S. ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Aug.13, 2024. RiveroVelasco supports each mission by organizing and managing the logistics and outlook on the execution of every mission. Since 1985, the United States and Lao......
Photo by Sgt. Lesley Cisneros | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.13.2024
Jack Kenkeo, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) life support investigator, gives a brief of DPAA operations to Heather Variava, U.S. ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Aug.13, 2024. Kenkeo supports each mission by using his expertise in LSI to look through found objects within the excavated soil to determine if any aircraft wreckage has been found. This can help......
