Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Brown, Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point pilot, stands at attention as he prepares to place a rosette next to the name of Lt. Jack C. Rittichier, a Coast Guard pilot who went missing in the Vietnam War, during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sept. 20, 2024. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is held on the third Friday of September each year to honor the commitment and sacrifices made by this nation's prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action, as well as their families. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jordan Akiyama.)