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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency team searches for the missing

U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) carry transfer cases containing the remains of possible U.S. military personnel lost during the Battle of Tarawa at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 27, 2019. The remains are being transferred to DPAA's laboratory for forensic examination, so that they may be identified. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Mitchell Ryan)

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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency team searches for the missing

An Airman from the 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron walks on the flight line before a heavy rainfall at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 23, 2019. The Airman was greeting a C-17 Globemaster III that had just returned from Papua New Guinea with personnel from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). The team was returning with possible remains of service members lost during WWII. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Apryl Hall)

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Dr. Meghan-Tomasita Cosgriff-Hernandez, a forensic anthropologist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), assists with excavation operations while looking for possible human remains from WWII, March 6, 2019. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Bruch)

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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency team searches for the missing

U.S. Navy Equipment Operator 2nd Class Spencer Angel, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery noncommissioned officer augmentee, shovels mud out of a wet screening station’s water supply during a DPAA recovery mission in Khammouan province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, June 10, 2018. DPAA team members deployed to the area in hopes of locating U.S. service members who went missing from the Vietnam War. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mikaley Kline)

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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency team searches for the missing

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joel Brigham, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) medic, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brandon Swain, DPAA recovery noncommissioned officer augmentee, dig trenches for overflowing rain water during a DPAA recovery mission in Khammouan province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, May 23, 2018. DPAA team members deployed to the area in hopes of locating U.S. service members who went missing from the Vietnam War. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mikaley Kline)

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B-1s support of U.S. Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence

A B-1B Lancer from Anderson Air Force Base in Guam and two F/A-18E Super Hornets from the “Golden Dragons” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192 fly over the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as it transits the Philippine Sea. The B-1s are deployed in support of U.S, Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence mission. In place since 2004, the CBP missions are conducted by U.S. Air Force bombers such as the B-1, B-52 Stratofortress and B-2 Spirit in order to provide non-stop stability and security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The Carl Vinson Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Feet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy Photo by Seaman Jake Cannady)

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USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 18, 2017) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean. Carl Vinson is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of the U.S. 3rd Fleet in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico)

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Pacific Partnership

U.S. Navy Capt. Craig Salt (right), from Annapolis, Maryland, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeff Healy, from Honolulu, both plastic surgeons assigned to USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), examine a patient during a Pacific Partnership 2016 surgical screening at the Kuantan Naval Base medical facility. This is the first time Pacific Partnership has visited Malaysia. Partner nations are working side-by-side with local organizations in a search-and-rescue exercise, civil engineering projects, community relation events and subject matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lindsey E. Skelton/Released)

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Air Contingent

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dirk Smith, the Pacific Air Forces Director of Air and Cyberspace Operations, and Philippine Air Force Maj. Gen. Raul del Rosario, the PAF First Air Division commander, walk and discuss daily operations during a site visit to Clark Air Base, Philippines, June 29, 2016. The Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 expeditionary detachment was at Clark to excercise bilaterally with Armed Forces of the Philippines members and provide support for routine operational missions that enhance regional maritime domain awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Martinez/Released)

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Air Contingent

U.S. Navy LCDR Jeff Pinkerton, an EA-18G Grolwer pilot assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 138, speaks with a group of Philippine Air Force pilots assigned to Clark Air Base, Philippines, June 28, 2016. U.S. forces arrived in the Philippines to excercise bilaterally with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and support routine operational missions that enhance regional maritime domain awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Elias Zani/released)

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RED FLAG-Alaska

U.S. Navy Air Controlman First Class Cameron French, a leading petty officer, and Airman Samuel Akomolafe, a plane captain trainee, both assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 209, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., inspect an EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, Aug. 7, 2015, following a RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 15-3 sortie to ensure the jet maintains operational readiness at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercise for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1Lt Elias Zani/Released)

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RED FLAG-Alaska

U.S. Navy Airman Samuel Akomolafe, a plane captain trainee assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 209, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., inspects an EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, Aug. 7, 2015, following a RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 15-3 sortie to ensure the jet maintains operational readiness at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercise for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1Lt Elias Zani/Released)

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RED FLAG-Alaska

U.S. Navy Airman Monty Lowden, a plane captain assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 209, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., inspects an EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, Aug. 7, 2015, following a RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 15-3 sortie to ensure the jet maintains operational readiness at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercise for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1Lt Elias Zani/Released)

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RED FLAG-Alaska

U.S. Navy Airman Monty Lowden, a plane captain assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 209, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., inspects an EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, Aug. 7, 2015, following a RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 15-3 sortie to ensure the jet maintains operational readiness at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercise for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1Lt Elias Zani/Released)

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RED FLAG-Alaska

U.S. Navy maintainers assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 209, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., prepare to recover an EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft following a RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 15-3 sortie, Aug. 7, 2015, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercise for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1Lt Elias Zani/Released)

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RED FLAG-Alaska

U.S. Navy Airman Monty Lowden, a plane captain assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 209, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., inspects an EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, Aug. 7, 2015, following a RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 15-3 sortie to ensure the jet maintains operational readiness at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercise for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1Lt Elias Zani/Released)

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RED FLAG-Alaska

U.S. Navy Airman Monty Lowden, a plane captain assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 209, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., assists in the parking of an EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, Aug. 7, 2015, following a RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 15-3 sortie at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercise for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1Lt Elias Zani/Released)

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US, Aussies conduct joint refueling for Talisman Sabre 2015

A Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport refuels a RAAF F/A-18 Hornet during a refueling training exercise as part of Talisman Sabre 2015 near Darwin, Australia, July 13, 2015. U.S. and Australian forces are conducting air refueling missions throughout the Talisman Sabre 2015 exercise to improve interoperability and familiarization with each other's procedures.Talisman Sabre is a biennial exercise that provides an invaluable opportunity for nearly 30,000 U.S. and Australian defense forces to conduct operations in a combined, joint and interagency environment that will increase both countries’ ability to plan and execute a full range of operations from combat missions to humanitarian assistance efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Martinez/Released)

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US, Aussies conduct joint refueling for Talisman Sabre 2015

A Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport refuels an U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler during a refueling training exercise as part of Talisman Sabre 2015 near Darwin, Australia, July 13, 2015. U.S. and Australian forces are conducting air refueling missions throughout the Talisman Sabre 2015 exercise to improve interoperability and familiarization with each other's procedures. Talisman Sabre is a biennial exercise that provides an invaluable opportunity for nearly 30,000 U.S. and Australian defense forces to conduct operations in a combined, joint and interagency environment that will increase both countries’ ability to plan and execute a full range of operations from combat missions to humanitarian assistance efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Martinez/Released)

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US, Aussies conduct joint refueling for Talisman Sabre 2015

Royal Australian Air Force Leading Aircraftman Nick Hodkinson, an avionics technician with the No. 33 Squadron, prepares a KC-30A refueler for takeoff July 13, 2015 at RAAF Darwin, Australia. U.S. and Australian forces are conducting air refueling missions throughout the Talisman Sabre 2015 exercise to improve interoperability and familiarization with each other's procedures. Talisman Sabre is a biennial exercise that provides an invaluable opportunity for nearly 30,000 U.S. and Australian defense forces to conduct operations in a combined, joint and interagency environment that will increase both countries’ ability to plan and execute a full range of operations from combat missions to humanitarian assistance efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Martinez/Released)

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