Feb. 22, 2025 Department Tells Gold Star Families: We'll Find Loved Ones, Bring Them Home Some 380 Gold Star families attended a family member update to learn how the agency is proceeding in efforts to repatriate the remains of service members who never returned home from the Vietnam War, the Korean War or World War II.
Oct. 11, 2024 AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
Sept. 20, 2024 Austin Says Finding the Missing is the Nation's 'Ironclad Commitment' Locating and identifying the remains of service members killed in conflicts is the nation's 'ironclad commitment,' Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said during a National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony at the Pentagon.
Sept. 16, 2021 Defense Department Observes National POW/MIA Recognition Day National POW/MIA Recognition Day — which usually falls on the third Friday in September — was established in 1979 to honor those service members who were held captive and returned, as well as those who remain missing.
Aug. 28, 2018 McCain’s Life Should Serve as Example for Today’s Service Members, Mattis Says The life of Arizona Sen. John S. McCain, whose faith in country saw him through more than five years in captivity in Vietnam, should serve as an example for service members today, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said.