FWIW. I tried to look up both Captain Pierce and 1LT Owen on AKO. No Joy. I've not had any trouble looking up folks who I knew were in the Army, including my nephew who is deployed to Southwest Asia as an activated reservist. I also had no problem finding a gent that some folks needed contacted on the Air Force equivalent site.
In looking, I did not use first names, but just last name and rank. Gots lots of CPT Pierces and 1LT Owens but none with the right first or middle names.
Move me to the skeptic column.
I've had tyhe worst luck searching for ANYBODY on AKO! I've had their first name, last name, rank, etc and still no dice! UGH!