Team Dover Airmen run with the U.S. and POW/MIA flag during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Memorial Run Sept. 18, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is annually observed in the United States on the third Friday of September. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman William Johnson)
Dover Air Force Base’s Air Force Sergeants Association chapter’s leadership run the first shift during a National POW/MIA Recognition Day Memorial Run Sept. 17, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Team Dover Airmen ran 15 minute shifts for 24 consecutive hours to pay honor to America’s POWs and MIAs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Zachary Cacicia)
Senior Master Sgt. Steven Dirksen, 436th Operations Support Squadron superintendent, carries an American flag during a 24-hour National POW/MIA Recognition Day Memorial Run Sept. 17, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. An American and POW/MIA flag were carried the entirety of the run. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Zachary Cacicia)
Master Sgt. Anthony Christ, 436th Operations Support Squadron first sergeant, salutes as members of Team Dover run by with the U.S. and POW/MIA flags during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day vigil Sept. 18, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Christ stood guard at the base flag pole along with other first sergeants for 10-minute rotations during the vigil. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman William Johnson)
A Team Dover four-person detail stands vigilant as members of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System run by with the U.S. and POW/MIA flags during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day vigil Sept. 18, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Numerous four-person details stood guard at the base flag pole in 10-minute increments as one member of the detail saluted the U.S. flag every time it passed by. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)
Members from the 436th Airlift Wing run in formation as the American and POW/MIA flags are carried during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day run on Sept. 18, 2015, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Team Dover conducted the run along with a formal retreat ceremony which included the reading of names of those identified by the Armed Forces Mortuary Affairs Service; a tenant unit at Dover, during the past year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
Col. Michael Grismer, 436th Airlift Wing commander, center, stands watch with other members of Team Dover leadership at base flag pole during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day vigil Sept. 18, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The senior leaders started the vigil and members of Team Dover took 10-minute rotations standing guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman William Johnson)
Airman 1st Class Ryan Macadam, 9th Airlift Squadron C-5M Super Galaxy loadmaster, stands stoicly under the watchful eye of Dover Air Force Base's iron eagle during the POW/MIA Rememberance Day on Sept. 18, 2015, on Dover AFB, Del. Team Dover conducted a run, vigil at the base flagpole a formal retreat ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
A four-person Base Honor Guard flag detail ceremoniously lowers the U.S. flag during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day retreat ceremony Sept. 18, 2015, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Lt. Col. Michael McCoy, 436th Operations Group deputy commander, was the commander of troops for the ceremony in which the men and women of Dover AFB paid tribute to all prisoners of war, missing in action and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)
Airman 1st Class Minsoo Goh, 436th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services specialist, stands at parade rest during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day retreat ceremony Sept. 18, 2015, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Goh, a member of the Base Honor Guard, was part of the flag detail for the retreat ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)
Airman 1st Class Monique Lozano, 436th Aerial Port Squadron, grabs the edge of the American flag as it is lowered from the base flagpole during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day on Sept. 18, 2015, on Dover AFB, Del. Team Dover conducted a formal retreat ceremony attended by members of Team Dover along with civic and military leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
Airman 1st Class Minsoo Goh, 436th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services specialist, cradles the American flag after it was lowered from the main flag pole during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day formal retreat ceremony Sept. 18, 2015, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Goh was part of an honor guard team at the center of the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
Airman 1st Class Monique Lozano, 436th Aerial Port Squadron, left, and A1C Alaina Marti, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron, extend their arms to reveal the colors of the American flag before folding it during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day on Sept. 18, 2015, on Dover AFB, Del. Team Dover conducted a run, vigil at the base flagpole and a formal retreat ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)