U.S. Army personnel assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency celebrated their branch’s 250th birthday at the DPAA Daniel K. Inouye Center for Excellence in Hawaii, June 13, 2025.
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii —The new Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency senior enlisted advisor, U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Lauren Flores, has returned to the agency for the third time in her career on May 27, 2025.
U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Lauren Flores, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency senior enlisted advisor, has returned to DPAA for the third time in her career, marking the first time ever a female has held the position since the establishment of the modern-day accounting mission.
In the dense, rain-soaked jungles of Southeast Asia, the mission endures. Beneath the canopy of Dak Man, Laos, a dedicated team of U.S. service members and civilians press forward through thick mud and relentless monsoons—not for victory, but for remembrance. They are part of a recovery operation led by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, working to recover and identify missing U.S. personnel who never returned from the war in Vietnam.
