Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is an agency within the United States Department of Defense whose mission is to recover United States military personnel who are listed as prisoners of war (POW), or missing in action (MIA) from designated past conflicts, from countries around the world.[3][4][5] It was formed on January 30, 2015, as the result of a merger of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, and parts of the United States Air Force's Life Sciences Lab. Scientific laboratories are maintained at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Currently, DPAA is in a cooperative agreement with The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc, which provides operational support during worldwide recovery operations.[6]
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| Formed | January 15, 2015 |
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| Headquarters | Washington, D.C.[1] |
| Annual budget | US$112 million (2016)[2] |
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| Parent department | United States Department of Defense |
| Website | www |
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References
- "Statement from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Personnel Accounting Reorganization". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
- http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/FY2017/budget_justification/pdfs/01_Operation_and_Maintenance/O_M_VOL_1_PART_1/DPAA_OP-5.pdf
- "Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Becomes Operational". U.S. Department of Defense.
- "Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency". dpaa.mil.
- "Past Conflicts". Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- "HJF | HJF Teams With Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to Account for Missing DoD Personnel". www.hjf.org. Retrieved 2018-10-22.