Navy divers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, stand with the American flag, and the POW/MIA flag on the wreckage of a B-17 bomber that was shot down and sank during World War II. The team is deployed alongside JPAC aboard the USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53) as part of a 30-day underwater recovery mission for an unaccounted-for service member who went missing during the crash. JPAC conducts global search, recovery and laboratory operations to identify unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts. From top left, Chief Explosive Ordnance
Navy divers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, stand with the American flag, and the POW/MIA flag on the wreckage of a B-17 bomber that was shot down and sank during World War II. The team is deployed alongside JPAC aboard the USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53) as part of a 30-day underwater recovery mission for an unaccounted-for service member who went missing during the crash. JPAC conducts global search, recovery and laboratory operations to identify unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts. From top left, Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Matthew Harrison, Chief Navy Diver Eric Eberle, Navy Diver 3rd Class Brian Stewart, Senior Chief Master Diver Michael Woods, Navy Diver 2nd Class Sean Mcconnell, and Chief Warrant Officer John Sullivan. US Navy divers, alongside the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command, search for an unaccounted-for service member who went missing during World War II 121019-N-OT964-091
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Keywords: -17, armed, calvi, conflict, corsica, diving, forces, france, grapple, jpac, mdsu, mediterranean, military, recovery, scuba, states, supplied, surface, underwater, united, usns, war
