U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Mobile Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) provides security with an M4 carbine while positioned behind a Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment (VAMPIRE) on April 8, 2026 during a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The VAMPIRE system is a modular, multi-role weapon capable of countering Group 2 and 3 unmanned aircraft systems and providing ground-based security in contested environments. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mariam Diallo)
| Date Taken: | 04.08.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.14.2026 16:17 |
| Photo ID: | 9608168 |
| VIRIN: | 260408-A-NQ629-5604 |
| Resolution: | 5330x3553 |
| Size: | 7.08 MB |
| Location: | FORT JOHNSON, LOUISIANA, US |
| Hometown: | CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE, US |
| Hometown: | LEESVILLE, LOUISIANA, US |
| Hometown: | NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, US |
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