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2010 National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Photo by Mass Communication Specialist
2nd Class Robert Stirrup
Words by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (AW)
LaTunya Howard
Slide show by JoAnne Green
Posted on 09/17/2010
Today
September
17, 2010, is National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
Observances of National POW/MIA Recognition Day are held
across the country on military installations, ships at
sea, state capitols, schools and veterans' facilities.
The
theme for the 2010 National POW/MIA Recognition Day is
"Until every story ends..."
National POW/MIA Recognition Day is traditionally
observed on the third Friday in September each year.
This observance is one of six days throughout the year
that Congress has mandated the flying of the National
League of Families' POW/MIA flag. The others are Armed
Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and
Veterans Day.
The flag is to be flown at major military installations,
national cemeteries, all post offices, Veterans Affairs
medical facilities, the World War II Memorial, Korean
War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial,
the official offices of the secretaries of state,
defense and veterans affairs, the director of the
selective service system and the White House.
The
Navy's POW/MIA Casualty Assistance Division is
responsible for policy, control and oversight of ongoing
efforts to identify Sailors unaccounted for due to
hostile or non-hostile circumstances.
"We
can provide the family of a POW/MIA service member with
survivor benefits, we can make service arrangements for
them, but we cannot provide them closure until we can
provide them with that final piece of information," said
Kenneth Terry, Navy Casualty Assistance, POW/MIA
department head.
"Information related to the status or case progress of
an unaccounted-for-service member is presented to family
members through official correspondence monthly and
annually for government briefings," said Terry.
"Identification briefings are presented to the primary
next-of-kin when positive identification has been
determined."
The Navy actively monitors nearly 40,000 POW/MIA from
War World II, the Korean War, the Cold War, the Vietnam
conflict and the Gulf War.
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