Oregon Air National Guard Master Sgt. Briant Vogelsang, a drone instructor, and Michael Hill, an elite combat medic and rescue specialist, both members of a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle team approaches a launch site for an AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma drone during a flight and capabilities demonstration alongside members of the People’s Army of Vietnam in Quang Tri, Vietnam, Sept. 12, 2025. The exchange enhanced the two partners’ shared understanding of how to implement sUAS platforms into Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief response efforts both locally and throughout the larger Indo-Pacific region. Pacific Friendship 2025 is an inaugural-annual exchange led by United States Army Pacific and represented by the U.S. Army’s 18th Theater Medical Command. The engagement reinforces the longstanding relationship between Vietnam and the United States, and includes Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, medical, civil affairs, and engineering lines of effort, which directly enhance the quality of life of Vietnamese citizens while helping the greater region prepare for manmade and historically-unpredictable natural disasters. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes)
| Date Taken: | 09.12.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.12.2025 05:43 |
| Photo ID: | 9309156 |
| VIRIN: | 250912-A-XH946-8335 |
| Resolution: | 7952x5304 |
| Size: | 16.93 MB |
| Location: | QUANG TRI, VN |
| Web Views: | 6 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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