Air Force Master Sgt. Sirot Martin, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), (right) and Army Sgt. 1st Class Jean Villanueva excavate for remains in Lak Xao Province, Laos, March 15, 2016. Their efforts are focused on the search for personnel who went down in a Sikorsky HH-3E helicopter during a reconnaissance mission. DPAA's mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (DoD photo by Cpl. John Tran/RELEASED)

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