The Patriot Files Forums  

Go Back   The Patriot Files Forums > Veterans > POW/MIA

Post New Thread  Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 03-24-2020, 01:29 PM
Boats's Avatar
Boats Boats is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sauk Village, IL
Posts: 21,783
Arrow Why the Pentagon is shutting down the search for POWs and missing troops

Why the Pentagon is shutting down the search for POWs and missing troops
By: Mike Glenn - The Washington Times - 03-24-20
Re: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...s-and-missing/

Be Advised:

A Defense Department agency that tracks down the remains of missing military members and prisoners-of-war has been forced to suspend search missions because of the coronavirus pandemic:

* Officials with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Office said COVID-19 has had a “significant impact” on their worldwide operations.

* All field missions this month have been either been completed or terminated earlier than planned.

* Agency personnel have returned to their home base. All future missions have been postponed or canceled, at least through early June.

* The agency suspended several missions earlier than planned, including recovery operations and investigations in the Republic of Kiribati - location of the Battle of Tarawa in World War II - along with other former battlefields in the Philippines, Poland and Vietnam.

* Other than a privately-funded underwater investigation off the coast of Latvia, there are no search missions occurring anywhere, agency officials said.

* “All personnel are home and in 14 day self-isolation,” DPAA officials said in a statement.

* Most of the agency employees are now teleworking when possible to limit the number of employees in offices.

* Organized meetings for family members planned in Miami and Little Rock have been cancelled. Briefings will still be provided by telephone, DPAA officials said.
__________________
Boats

O Almighty Lord God, who neither slumberest nor sleepest; Protect and assist, we beseech thee, all those who at home or abroad, by land, by sea, or in the air, are serving this country, that they, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore in all perils; and being filled with wisdom and girded with strength, may do their duty to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

"IN GOD WE TRUST"
sendpm.gif Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 04:36 AM.


Powered by vBulletin, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.