U.S. Navy corpsmen with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, train Marines on administering IVs during Balikatan 25 at Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines, April 21, 2025. This training provides Marines advanced casualty care training, critical for dealing with an array of medical emergencies in a tactical environment. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Keegan Jones)
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Connor Dougherty, a medic with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, played a critical role in maintaining the health, safety and operational readiness of his recovery team during a recent mission with DPAA.
QUẢNG TRỊ, Vietnam –After spending years in laboratories and archaeological digs across the globe — from a post-classic Mayan town in Belize to colonial cemeteries in Mississippi, this year marked a new kind of fieldwork for a seasoned scientist: her first full recovery mission with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
After joining DPAA in late 2024, forensic anthropologist Dr. Larkin F. Kennedy was quickly deployed to Quảng...