The Pentagon announced April 24 that DOD analysts had identified the remains of two airmen missing in action from the Vietnam War: Col. Norman D. Eaton of Weatherford, Okla., and Lt. Col. Paul E. Getchell of Portland, Maine. On Jan. 13, 1969, the two were flying a B-57B bomber during a nighttime raid in Laos and elected to make a third run even though they were low on fuel and the flares dropped by a C-130 had dimmed. The bomber crashed. A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team in 1995 interviewed a Laotian who had seen the crash and another surveyed the crash site. A subsequent search in 2003 found Eaton’s identification tag. Five more visits between 2004 and 2005 produced additional remains.
Watchdog Says Military Can Make Cyber Ops More Efficient
Sept. 17, 2025
The Government Accountability Office called for paring down the military's sprawling cyber enterprise in a recent report, amid renewed discussion about standing up a separate cyber force.
