Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Russell Lindsey | Navy Medicine Operational Training Command | 08.26.2022
Recently, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (SECVA) Denis Richard McDonough decided to extend Dr. John P. Albano, MD’s appointment to the Veterans Affairs’ Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War...
Story by Sgt. Morgan Burgess | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 05.13.2022
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII -- Deputy Director for Operations for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, and other agency senior leaders hosted Dr. Andrew Moutu, director of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG), and a team from NMAG for a Papua New Guinea operations summit that culminated in the signing of the......
Story by Airman 1st Class Janae Aguirre | 139th Airlift Wing | 04.09.2022
U.S. Air Force Col. John Cluck, commander of the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, spoke about honoring Prisoner of War (POW)s alongside guest speaker retired Capt. Guy Gruters as part of the National POW Repatriation Day of Remembrance at Grace Calvary Chapel, April 9, 2022....
Story by Jenn DeHaan | Fort Knox | 12.02.2021
German Army soldiers visit Fort Knox’s Main Post Cemetery where several German World War II prisoners of war are laid to rest....
Story by Senior Airman Bailee Darbasie | Nellis Air Force Base | 11.03.2021
Like every veteran, retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eugene Ramos has a story. He recalled it as “the coldest winter in 100 years.” Ramos was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division as a machine gunner. Their mission was to establish and maintain the lines used to evacuate service members to the coast of the peninsula. From there, combat-worn Soldiers and Marines would board ships and......
Story by Staff Sgt. Preston Cherry | 502nd Air Base Wing | 09.18.2021
Members from the JBSA community attended a 5-Kilometer run commemorating Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day Sept. 18, 2021, at the Heritage Park on JBSA-Randolph, Texas....
Story by Staff Sgt. Christian Conrad | 60th Air Mobility Wing | 09.17.2021
Service members and civilians from across Travis Air Force Base, California, showed up in force for a 24-hour remembrance run to honor the legacy and sacrifices of prisoners of war and missing in action service members Sept. 16-17, 2021, at the base’s fitness center track....
Story by Airman 1st Class Briana Beavers | 23rd Wing | 06.08.2021
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- “I thought to myself ‘this is it -- I’m a dead man.’” As Lt. Col. Rob Sweet, the last serving Air Force POW, approached retirement on June 6, he recalled the moment during Operation Desert Storm when his A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft was shot down by enemy forces southwest of Basra, Iraq....
