Vietnam: Playing in friendly

DA NANG, Vietnam (April 24, 2013) US and Vietnam People's Navy Sailors play volleyball during a barbecue and sports day at Navy Zone 3, Da Nang, Vietnam. Both sides won a game, and then played the final set with mixed teams. The US sailors are assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon visiting Da Nang in support of Naval Exchange Activity (NEA) 2013 (Read: http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20130422-us-navy-ships-arrive-in-central-vietnam.aspx).

The NEA provides opportunities for US and Vietnamese naval professionals to share best practices and exchange maritime skills. Maritime skill exchanges between the two navies are non-combatant events, such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, medical training, fire fighting and damage control, search and rescue, diving and salvage, sports and community service projects. The Vietnam People’s Navy sailors are part of the Lu Doan 161-V3-Headquarters. (US Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael Ard)

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