Posted on Sep 21, 2015
SSG Norman Lihou
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Justin Taylan has been to the remote Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea dozens of times over the past two decades, spending countless hours slogging through crocodile-infested swamps in his quest to document as many World War II airplane wreck sites as possible.

Since 2013, he has conducted those missions for the newly reorganized Pentagon agency whose predecessor he and others had criticized for years for failing to recover and identify more remains of U.S. service members.

Taylan's hiring is part of the military's plans to reach out to private groups and others to help with the search for thousands of American war remains scattered from Pacific jungles to the European countryside.

Read more:
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2015/0919/Pentagon-enlists-private-organizations-to-help-search-for-American-MIAs
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MCPO Roger Collins
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Depends on who is more effective, its that simple.
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SFC William Swartz Jr
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Any and all means should be utilized to ensure that everyone listed as MIA/POW be accounted for and found, period.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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Yes as some civilians dig harder, faster, and conduct searches in more spots than a federal peer. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is top heavy and inefficient.
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