US Historians ID a New Mexico Soldier Killed During WWII, but Work Remains on Thousands of Cases After years of combing through military records and making some key deductions, a team of U.S. government historians and...
The Hard Work of Identifying the Remains of Service Members Missing for Decades Must Continue "The DPAA continues to work on identifying the more than 81,000 personnel missing from World War II, the Korean War, the...
Slow Progress on Identifying Korean War Missing as North Korea Stonewalls on Searches 500 family members of missing troops from the Korean War attended a DPAA briefing for them at an Arlington, Virginia, hotel...
Nearly 80 Years After Going MIA in WWII, US Soldier Accounted For The remains of Pvt. Wing O. Hom, of Boston, were identified in April using both anthropological and mitochondrial DNA...
4 Things to Know About POW/MIA Recognition Day The POW/MIA movement is about remembering those who didn't come home.
The Pentagon Is Still Trying to Identify Dozens of Airmen Who Didn't Make It Home From Raid on 'Hitler's Gas Station' The attack on Ploiești, a sweeping, low-level bombing raid, took a heavy toll on the U.S. airmen involved.
South Korea, US Repatriate War Casualties 70 Years Later The 68 remains came to the accounting agency from North and South Korea. One was from a disinterment at the cemetery.
A Missing ID Card Spent 50 Years in Vietnam. Now It's Coming Home How the card was discovered after 50 years missing is an unlikely story of serendipity.
American Legion to Congress: Don't Replace POW/MIA Flags with Transgender Banners "These servicemen and servicewomen went missing while defending all Americans. Their flags should not go missing as well."
'Never Forget Our Duty:' Mattis Says Push to Bring MIA Troops Home Continues The defense secretary hailed the sacrifice of the missing at a Pentagon ceremony.
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
Fired After 6 Months: Army Sacks Commander of Germany Unit Meant to Bolster NATO Against Russia Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was relieved of command, the service...
Toxic Exposure Screenings: Vets Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits Rolled out with great fanfare in November 2022, toxic exposure screenings for all VA patients were mandated by the PACT Act...
Feds Settle Case for $2 Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway Nearly four years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...