Oregon Air National Guard Maj. Blake Echeverri, a special tactics officer assigned to the 125th Special Tactics Squadron, discussed the integration of small unmanned aerial systems into operations to locate simulated casualties and improve situational awareness of U.S. and Vietnamese search and rescue teams during a sUAS and water rescue mass casualty scenario as part of Pacific Friendship 2026 in Quảng Trị, Vietnam, June 26, 2026. Pacific Friendship is an annual U.S. Army Pacific-led bilateral engagement focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster response, as well as medical and engineering activities, to strengthen the partnership between the United States and Vietnam in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army video by Spc Brooke Saleem and Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes)
| Date Taken: | 07.02.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 07.06.2026 19:04 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 1013656 |
| VIRIN: | 260702-A-HJ041-8965 |
| PIN: | 261000-S |
| Filename: | DOD_111822592 |
| Length: | 00:00:48 |
| Location: | QUANG TRI, VN |
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