190322-N-JY509-0017 LAOS (March 22, 2019) Dr. Mike Kenyhercz, a scientific recovery expert (SRE) assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), hands a bucket of dirt to a local villager during recovery operations in Laos, March 22, 2019. The recovery team excavated the area in hopes of finding three U.S. service members lost during the Vietnam War. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Seth Coulter/Released)