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Press Release | April 27, 2026

WRAIR-AFRIMS provides zoonotic disease training at Pacific Friendship ‘25

From 8-16 September 2025, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences visited Quảng Trị, Vietnam to provide training in veterinary science and zoonotic disease surveillance for Pacific Friendship 2025.

Pacific Friendship 2025 was the inaugural occurrence of a new annual joint exercise between the U.S. Army Pacific and the Government of Vietnam, focused on humanitarian aid and disaster relief, medical readiness, civil-military coordination, and continuing the long-standing relationship between the two nations.

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