Pacific Angel team arrives in Vietnam
Staff Sgt. Katrina Young shares a spirited moment with Vietnamese translators as they talk about home medical remedies in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, Sept. 16. Sergeant Young, a medic from the 374th Medial Group at Yokota Air Base, Japan, is participating in Operation Pacific Angel 2009. U.S. military members are in Vietnam Sept. 15-24 to provide humanitarian assistance in cooperation with local authorities to Quang Tri Province residents. Pacific Angel is a Pacific Air Forces operation led by 13th Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The joint and combined humanitarian assistance operation is conducted in the Pacific area of responsibility to support U.S. Pacific Command’s capacity-building efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kerry Jackson)