HOW PROJECT
RECOVER CAN
HELP MIA FAMILIES
Pat Scannon realized in the early days of this mission the importance of bringing closure to America’s MIA families. Thirty years later over 750 family members have reached out to Project Recover about their loved one. Our work will not be done until all our recoverable MIAs are home. This may not happen for some time, but we feel that this mission is extremely important as a testament to all our MIA family members that fellow Americans are stepping forward to do all we can to honor and remember the immense sacrifices of our MIA service members and their families.
Please contact us to add your MIA family member to the Project Recover database using the form below. We will send you any information we can find and will reach out to you if we ever have any updates on our end.
MIA Inquiry Form:
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DPAA
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is an official government entity. It falls under the Department of Defense and is tasked with the full accounting for America’s missing personnel for their families and nation. While Project Recover is an official partner of DPAA, and our work directly supports their mission, we are in no way part of DPAA. We do not have any access to their information.
Because we manage our own database of information, we rely on family member outreach to help us expand our database of MIA cases. If you receive additional information about your family member’s case from DPAA or any other source, please send it to us as it will be helpful in building strong search cases with the highest likelihood of success.
For this reason, it is important that family members reach out to DPAA to ask for information regarding their missing loved one and provide DNA samples when appropriate.
what you can do to research your Mia and help project recover:
1. CALL YOUR SERVICE CASUALTY OFFICE
Your primary points of contact are personnel in one of the following Service Casualty Offices. Be sure to ask if you can submit a DNA sample.
Your primary points of contact are personnel in one of the following Service Casualty Offices:
United States Air Force 1 (800) 531-5501
United States Army 1 (800) 892-2490
United States Marine Corps 1 (800) 847-1597
United States Navy 1 (800) 443-9298
Department of State 1 (202) 485-6106
2. ATTEND DPAA FAMILY MEETING
Here is the link to the DPAA page that lists dates of all upcoming family briefings (on the right-hand side of the page). All updates are live streamed on that same page, for those who cannot travel to briefings.
You can find more details and instructions related to these initial steps in our blog. Just click here.
Unsure what to do next? Not sure what questions to ask? We created a private Facebook group just for our MIA family members to be able to support each other. Click here to ask to join the group (MIA family members only, please).
Our Commitment
To Students
Project Recover is committed to educating current and future generations. Our partnership includes two universities, the University of Delaware School of Marine Science and the University of California San Diego SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography. We have also collaborated with other universities and high schools to conduct research and involve students in our international search missions.
Providing unique educational opportunities in the areas of science, technology, history, leadership, public service and diplomacy is part of our vision statement. In collaboration with the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation, our Skyward Bound Educational Initiative provides unique educational opportunities with real-world applications that integrate science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), and many other disciplines in and outside the classroom. Students have the opportunity to experience flying a jet and walking through the jungles of Palau through virtual reality goggles. They also visit with a data scientist and one of our Underwater Automated Vehicles. In some cases, students will also meet military pilots and see military planes up close, and wrap up with a speed mentorship session. Skyward Bound is designed to ignite students’ curiosity and passion for aerospace, instill confidence in pursuing STEM-related careers, and guide them toward a future where they can boldly reach for the stars.
For more information on how to partner with or sponsor Project Recover’s Skyward Bound Educational Initiative, please contact christian@projectrecover.org.
Are you a student with a deep connection and passion for the Project Recover mission? Consider applying to be a Project Recover Ambassador. Apply Here.
Veterans & Active Duty Military
We serve the morale of our nation’s veteran community (18 million) as well as the active-duty military community (2 million). Many of our team members and supporters are veterans, active-duty military, and affiliated groups. We often receive heartfelt messages and in-person conversations that express profound appreciation from our veterans, active-duty military, and their families. They are comforted to know that we would just as diligently search for them. Many of them were in places very similar to the places that took the lives of our MIAs. Because of their experience, they understand more than most the importance of our mission.
Project Recover Team Member and Gold Star MIA family member Scott Althaus, gives a briefing to 90th Missile Wing Command at Warren Air Force Base. The “Heaven Can Wait” B-24 flew with the 5th Air Forces Jolly Rogers 90th Bombardment Group. They were the predecessor of the 90th Missile Wing. There are currently 367 service members still MIA from the 90th Bombardment Group. Read more here.
Photo by Glenn S. Robertson, 90th Missile Wing Public Affairs.
