Members of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Joint Service Color Guard posts colors during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Sept. 18, 2026.

The event is held every year on the third Friday of September, honoring POW and MIA service members.

DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl.

Megan Ozaki)