The Partner Perspective: Collaborative Approaches to DPAA's Mission

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "A Decade of DPAA: Challenges and Opportunities to the Accounting Mission", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

DPAA’s Partnerships and Innovation Directorate was created in 2015 in order to help the Agency leverage the expertise, assets, and capabilities of a global partner network in its effort to account for missing US servicemembers. Partners serve as a force multiplier and continue to be a critical asset to the Agency. DPAA and its many partner organizations conduct terrestrial and underwater investigations, excavations, and recovery operations to recover the remains of missing personnel throughout the world. These areas of investigation and/or excavation often represent complex battlefield landscapes and most importantly to our Agency, the last known location of missing servicemembers. Collaborating closely with other DPAA Directorates and stakeholders, PI identifies and engages capable and dedicated partners aligned with DPAA's mission requirements. This paper will highlight the opportunities and challenges of working within the DPAA partner paradigm.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• A Decade of DPAA: Challenges and Opportunities to the Accounting Mission   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2025

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