![Section Commander Ket, 30, carries detonators before a controlled demolition of a sub-munition found in a rice paddy littered with unexploded ordnance (UXO) near Muang Mai, Laos.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662770074-ZFJKJPU6S30JVKNCW4Q0/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_006.jpg)
Section Commander Ket, 30, carries detonators before a controlled demolition of a sub-munition found in a rice paddy littered with unexploded ordnance (UXO) near Muang Mai, Laos.
![jwt_20240313_laosSITE_001.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662749427-6DJDZS6SKGAZ4SBIWJ5A/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_001.jpg)
![Ka-Yavong, 82, stepped on an American UXO in 1970 and lost his leg as a result of his injuries.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662749819-JUWEOFB1K96U0P566WA3/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_002.jpg)
Ka-Yavong, 82, stepped on an American UXO in 1970 and lost his leg as a result of his injuries.
![Field operator Phone Onkeo scans for UXO in a rice paddy near Muang Mai, Laos.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1711008409746-XE7SP1OCJ084OMZNVYFK/jwt_20240321_laos_ad_SITE_002.jpg)
Field operator Phone Onkeo scans for UXO in a rice paddy near Muang Mai, Laos.
![Khoa Village Chief Douavonh Xaythalar, 54 makes notes in the village hall during a meeting with residents whose land have cleared of UXOs by demining teams.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662800807-N1KR4M6JLEUP0PPGXYBO/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_011.jpg)
Khoa Village Chief Douavonh Xaythalar, 54 makes notes in the village hall during a meeting with residents whose land have cleared of UXOs by demining teams.
![Members of a demining team Phone Onkeo, Phetmany Bounnasoy, Section Commander Ket and Khamla Phanvongsa take a lunch break as they work in a rice paddy littered with UXOs near Muang Mai.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662758489-O9WTUN58T7MELNOVLOJ9/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_004.jpg)
Members of a demining team Phone Onkeo, Phetmany Bounnasoy, Section Commander Ket and Khamla Phanvongsa take a lunch break as they work in a rice paddy littered with UXOs near Muang Mai.
![jwt_20240321_laos_ad_SITE_003.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1711008414039-5VVY71S3OMN82V3PWH94/jwt_20240321_laos_ad_SITE_003.jpg)
![Sop Hun](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662793278-GL13VUA3MTDEWLJPDPNU/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_009.jpg)
Sop Hun
![Section Commander Ket, 30 places a charge before a controlled demolition of a sub-munition.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662768690-7362L69S8CHLF6I371EC/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_005.jpg)
Section Commander Ket, 30 places a charge before a controlled demolition of a sub-munition.
![Bounsuly Soulinthong’s younger brother Samly Soulinthong died after hitting a UXO while digging for vegetables in the local forest age seven.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662802903-21A7EAX13GDW6UFJ07JA/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_012.jpg)
Bounsuly Soulinthong’s younger brother Samly Soulinthong died after hitting a UXO while digging for vegetables in the local forest age seven.
![Souvan Souliman inspects an American submunition discovered in a rice paddy by field operators.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662811773-V3GWYCDX3IEI2FXX2H3F/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_014.jpg)
Souvan Souliman inspects an American submunition discovered in a rice paddy by field operators.
![Field medic Daovy Orsavanh, 42 return home for a break after working in the field for three months.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662808431-ZSIRSS2AKL8102KNOM6B/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_013.jpg)
Field medic Daovy Orsavanh, 42 return home for a break after working in the field for three months.
![jwt_20240313_laosSITE_007.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662782327-VYQAP0C7ZBZJMEA9Z8KX/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_007.jpg)
![A demining team, NGO staff and local residents prepare dinner at a fly camp used for demining operations in Sop Hun.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662783724-7BX6IJMAFRGCJAJHPCRB/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_008.jpg)
A demining team, NGO staff and local residents prepare dinner at a fly camp used for demining operations in Sop Hun.
![Khamsone Laomany collided with an UXO in 1970 lost his leg as a result of his injuries.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1711008408912-99J1L4HUZ9PYOV8WOVCI/jwt_20240321_laos_ad_SITE_001.jpg)
Khamsone Laomany collided with an UXO in 1970 lost his leg as a result of his injuries.
![LaosSiteCpation.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1711009045976-C7LS1QF5ALFM1RAHECCZ/LaosSiteCpation.jpg)
![Section Commander Ket, 30, carries detonators before a controlled demolition of a sub-munition found in a rice paddy littered with unexploded ordnance (UXO) near Muang Mai, Laos.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662770074-ZFJKJPU6S30JVKNCW4Q0/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_006.jpg)
![jwt_20240313_laosSITE_001.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662749427-6DJDZS6SKGAZ4SBIWJ5A/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_001.jpg)
![Ka-Yavong, 82, stepped on an American UXO in 1970 and lost his leg as a result of his injuries.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662749819-JUWEOFB1K96U0P566WA3/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_002.jpg)
![Field operator Phone Onkeo scans for UXO in a rice paddy near Muang Mai, Laos.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1711008409746-XE7SP1OCJ084OMZNVYFK/jwt_20240321_laos_ad_SITE_002.jpg)
![Khoa Village Chief Douavonh Xaythalar, 54 makes notes in the village hall during a meeting with residents whose land have cleared of UXOs by demining teams.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662800807-N1KR4M6JLEUP0PPGXYBO/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_011.jpg)
![Members of a demining team Phone Onkeo, Phetmany Bounnasoy, Section Commander Ket and Khamla Phanvongsa take a lunch break as they work in a rice paddy littered with UXOs near Muang Mai.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662758489-O9WTUN58T7MELNOVLOJ9/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_004.jpg)
![jwt_20240321_laos_ad_SITE_003.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1711008414039-5VVY71S3OMN82V3PWH94/jwt_20240321_laos_ad_SITE_003.jpg)
![Sop Hun](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662793278-GL13VUA3MTDEWLJPDPNU/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_009.jpg)
![Section Commander Ket, 30 places a charge before a controlled demolition of a sub-munition.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662768690-7362L69S8CHLF6I371EC/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_005.jpg)
![Bounsuly Soulinthong’s younger brother Samly Soulinthong died after hitting a UXO while digging for vegetables in the local forest age seven.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662802903-21A7EAX13GDW6UFJ07JA/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_012.jpg)
![Souvan Souliman inspects an American submunition discovered in a rice paddy by field operators.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662811773-V3GWYCDX3IEI2FXX2H3F/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_014.jpg)
![Field medic Daovy Orsavanh, 42 return home for a break after working in the field for three months.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662808431-ZSIRSS2AKL8102KNOM6B/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_013.jpg)
![jwt_20240313_laosSITE_007.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662782327-VYQAP0C7ZBZJMEA9Z8KX/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_007.jpg)
![A demining team, NGO staff and local residents prepare dinner at a fly camp used for demining operations in Sop Hun.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1710662783724-7BX6IJMAFRGCJAJHPCRB/jwt_20240313_laosSITE_008.jpg)
![Khamsone Laomany collided with an UXO in 1970 lost his leg as a result of his injuries.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1711008408912-99J1L4HUZ9PYOV8WOVCI/jwt_20240321_laos_ad_SITE_001.jpg)
![LaosSiteCpation.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d523cee4b0b38230c918a7/1711009045976-C7LS1QF5ALFM1RAHECCZ/LaosSiteCpation.jpg)
Section Commander Ket, 30, carries detonators before a controlled demolition of a sub-munition found in a rice paddy littered with unexploded ordnance (UXO) near Muang Mai, Laos.
Ka-Yavong, 82, stepped on an American UXO in 1970 and lost his leg as a result of his injuries.
Field operator Phone Onkeo scans for UXO in a rice paddy near Muang Mai, Laos.
Khoa Village Chief Douavonh Xaythalar, 54 makes notes in the village hall during a meeting with residents whose land have cleared of UXOs by demining teams.
Members of a demining team Phone Onkeo, Phetmany Bounnasoy, Section Commander Ket and Khamla Phanvongsa take a lunch break as they work in a rice paddy littered with UXOs near Muang Mai.
Sop Hun
Section Commander Ket, 30 places a charge before a controlled demolition of a sub-munition.
Bounsuly Soulinthong’s younger brother Samly Soulinthong died after hitting a UXO while digging for vegetables in the local forest age seven.
Souvan Souliman inspects an American submunition discovered in a rice paddy by field operators.
Field medic Daovy Orsavanh, 42 return home for a break after working in the field for three months.
A demining team, NGO staff and local residents prepare dinner at a fly camp used for demining operations in Sop Hun.
Khamsone Laomany collided with an UXO in 1970 lost his leg as a result of his injuries.