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Video by Sgt. Morgan Burgess
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper, VNOSMP, and DPAA Personnel Conduct Repatriation Ceremony 25-2VN
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
April 19, 2025 | 4:44
​​B-roll package showcasing the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s 25-2VN repatriation ceremony in Vietnam, April 19, 2025. Officials from the U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Vietnam, Vietnam Office of Seeking Missing Persons, and DPAA personnel and short term individual augmentees from multiple recovery teams hailing from Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and Army units, supported this ceremony as the culmination of the 25-2VN mission. There are 1,573 missing personnel from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Morgan L. R. Burgess)
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The Middle East District provides engineering, design, construction execution, and related services and support to mission partners in the USCENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR) to increase regional security and stability in support of enduring U.S. interests; on order, supports contingency operations.

 

The Middle East District is a subordinate element of the Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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OUR VISION: Engineering solutions for the Nation’s toughest challenges

OUR MISSION: The Middle East District provides design, construction, execution and related engineering and reach-back services to mission partners across the CENTCOM AOR in order to enable regional security and stability; on order provides support to contingency operations

OUR FOUNDATION: A professional team rooted in the Army Values reinforced by Trust, Dignity, and Respect throughout and dedicated to our mission and the organization

 

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