Photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 09.02.2024
Local workers receive a briefing from Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) leadership during a recovery mission in Papua New Guinea, Sept. 2, 2024. Brenda Ilifanoa, Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG) field technical officer, also briefed the workers, and provided translation assistance when necessary. There are approximately 72,000 missing personnel from World War II.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 09.02.2024
Brenda Ilifanoa, Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG) field technical officer, briefs local workers during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Papua New Guinea, Sept. 2, 2024. NMAG typically provides a representative to act as a bridge between DPAA and the local representatives surrounding recovery sites in Papua New Guinea. There are approximately......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.30.2024
A Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG) emblem worn by Brenda Ilifanoa, NMAG field technical officer, during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Papua New Guinea, Aug. 30, 2024. NMAG oversees all archaeological activity within Papua New Guinea, and consistently aids DPAA in both investigations and recovery operations. There are approximately 72,000......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.30.2024
Brenda Ilifanoa, Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG) field technical officer, poses for a photo during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Papua New Guinea, August 30, 2024. NMAG oversees all archaeological activity within Papua New Guinea, and consistently aids DPAA in both investigations and recovery operations. There are approximately 72,000......
Photo by Sgt. Morgan Burgess | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 05.09.2022
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, deputy director for operations for Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), right, greets Dr. Andrew Moutu, director of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG) at a DPAA facility during a Papua New Guinea operations summit hosted by DPAA on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 9, 2022. Papua New Guinea NMAG is one of the long-term......
