Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 09.01.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jeremy Smith, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Indo-Pacific deputy director, excavates an open unit in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sep 1, 2025. During the recovery mission, DPAA personnel, augmentees and local workers spent their days digging and screening in hopes of finding missing U.S. Marines lost during the first allied offensive in the Pacific Theater of......
Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.29.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jeremy Smith, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Indo-Pacific deputy director, and Dr. Katherine Pompeani, scientific recovery expert assigned to DPAA recovery team, conducts a dig site walk through in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 29, 2025. Dr. Pompeani shows Lt. Col. Smith the progress that had been made at the dig site and what still need to be excavated.......
Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.19.2025
Local workers fill buckets with excavated soil during a recovery mission in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sep 3, 2025. Local workers fill buckets with excavated soil to be brought over to the wet screens to be carefully searched though for possible evidence to help identify missing personnel lost during WWII. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher)...
Photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 08.19.2025
Local workers fill buckets with excavated soil during a recovery mission in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sep 3, 2025. Local workers fill buckets with excavated soil to be brought over to the wet screens to be carefully searched though for possible evidence to help identify missing personnel lost during WWII. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Adam Fisher)...
Photo by Cpl. Anita Ramos | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 08.07.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jason C. Armas, the commanding officer of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, and 1st Sgt. Roberto Portell, the MRF-D 25.3 Command Element Headquarters Company 1st Sgt., lay a wreath during the 13th Anniversary of Solomon Scout Coastwatcher commemoration in Honiara, Solomon Islands, Aug. 7, 2025. The ceremony commemorated the 13th anniversary of Solomon Scout......
Photo by Cpl. Anita Ramos | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 08.07.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jason C. Armas, the commanding officer of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, and 1st Sgt. Roberto Portell, the MRF-D 25.3 Command Element Headquarters Company 1st Sgt., pay respects during the 13th Anniversary of Solomon scout Coastwatcher commemoration in Honiara, Solomon Islands, Aug. 7, 2025. The ceremony commemorated the 13th anniversary of Solomon Scout......
Photo by Cpl. Anita Ramos | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 08.07.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jason C. Armas, the commanding officer of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, gives a speech during the 13th Anniversary of Solomon Scout Coastwatcher commemoration in Honiara, Solomon Islands, Aug. 7, 2025. The ceremony commemorated the 13th anniversary of Solomon Scout Coastwatchers and served to honor the courage and sacrifice of local men and women who supported......
Photo by Cpl. Anita Ramos | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 08.07.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific color guard present colors during the 13th Anniversary of Solomon Scout Coastwatcher commemoration in Honiara, Solomon Islands, Aug. 7, 2025. The ceremony commemorated the 13th anniversary of Solomon Scout Coastwatchers and served to honor the courage and sacrifice of local men and women who supported Allied forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign of World War......
