U.S. Navy Diver 1st Class James Mostek, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Company ONE-SIX, embarked aboard USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), waits on a diving stage during a two-hour decompression stop after diving to 240 feet off the coast of Madang, Papua New Guinea, Dec. 7, 2018. The sailor is completing a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) underwater recovery mission searching for personnel who went missing during WWII. DPAA conducts global search, recovery and laboratory operations to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tyler Thompson)
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