Cobra Gold 2011

Royal Malaysian Navy Lt. Cmdr. Yusman Darmawan, the staff officer for operations and U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Jaimie L. Hertig, the adjutant for Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group 3, III M More

Marines and sailors from Marine Forces Pacific, fill out Joint Receiving Center check-in sheets upon arrival to Chiang Mai International Airport, Jan. 27, 2010. JRC consists of a multi-service task force, whose More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 play Frisbee with students during a Cobra Gold 2011 community service project at Pa Ka Mai School. The classroom construction project, one of several h More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gwendolyn Harris, left, and Lance Cpl. Alan Eidson, both with III Marine Expeditionary Force Civil Affairs, tutor students in English at Pa Ka Mai School in Tak province, Kingdom of Thail More

Royal Thai Military Mobile Development Unit engineers, and U.S. Navy seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 work together to complete a classroom during exercise Cobra Gold 2011 at Pa Ka Mai School More

U.S. Navy Seaman Kenneth Ward , a Quilcene, Wash., left, native and steel worker with Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 11, 1st Naval Construction Division, U.S. Naval Construction Force, based in Gulfport, Mi More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Meier, builder, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11, plays with students at Pa Ka Mai School during exercise Cobra Gold 2011. NMCB-11 provides contingency construct More

U.S. Navy Lt. Jason Dulac, left, a Chicago native and dentist with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Chief Petty Officer Kim Min Woo, middle, a Busan, Repu More

Lance Cpl. Justin Paradis, left, a refrigeration mechanic with 7th Communication Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and Cpl. Joseph Whitney, an electrician with Tactical Exer More

Lance Cpl. Keith Markle, a Stockton, N.J., native and satellite communications operator with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, inspects satellite connectio More

Seaman Greyson Harrelson, a Fuquay-Varina, N.C., native, is a religious program specialists assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, deployed to Korat, Kingdom More

Col. Jay Hatton, deputy commander of the Combined Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force, addresses service members with the medical, dental, veterinarian civic actions program team at Chanthaburi, Kingdom More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Briana Green, left, Royal Thai Marine Pfc. Srisondee Udom, middle, and U.S. Marine Pfc. Christopher Madera are cooks participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Green and Madera are cooks More

Sgt. Ian Trenkel, a radio operator with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, poses with children from the Pa More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Fernandez, a dentist with 724 Aeromedical Staging Flight, 624th Regional Support Group, out of Anderson Air Force Base on Guam, extracts an extra tooth from a Thai girl at Ban Muang More

Republic of Korea Marines with Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Republic of Korea Marine Corps, arrive Feb. 6, 2011, to Utapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Kingdom of Thailand, to provide support for an en More

Marines with 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, demonstrate the amphibious assault vehicle’s capabilities here Feb. 6, 2011, during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. T More

U.S. Army Pfc. Ativut Son, a utilities equipment repairer with the 71st Chemical Company, 8th Military Police Brigade, based at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, interprets for Alaska-based paratroopers at the Thai a More

Sgt. Maj. Robert L. Caldwell, sergeant major of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Forward, III Marine Expeditionary Force, celebrates the Pittsburgh Steelers scoring a touchdown while watching the Super Bowl Feb More

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians completed clearing 68 pieces of unexploded ordnance Feb. 7, from the new firing range built in Ban Chan Krem, Thailand, for multinational training being conducted during More

During the field training exercise opening ceremony of Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 here, Feb. 7, U.S. Marine Col. Stephen Neary, commanding officer of 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditio More

Thai and U.S. commanders stand with Thai army Maj. Gen. Phi Boon Khoomchaya, deputy commander of the 1st Army Area Thailand, as he issues the official order to begin Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 at Camp Erawan, Thailand.

A landing craft utility anchors in the Gulf of Thailand after transporting Marines to take part in exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold 2011 is a U.S. and Thailand sponsored multi-national exercise designed to More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Austin Clark, a network administrator, with Tactical Exercise Control Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, works along side multinational force participants and multinational plan More

Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit load sea bags into a truck during exercise Cobra Gold 2011. The 31st MEU and the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 More

Sgt. Brenda Lowe, a Salt Lake City, Utah, native and electrician with the 56th Engineer Company (Vertical), 6th Engineer Battalion (Combat)(Airborne), 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, U.S. Army Alaska, based o More

Royal Thai and U.S. Marine aircraft provide air support for an amphibious assault raid here Feb. 10, 2011, during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold 2011 is a regularly scheduled multinational training exerci More

A Republic of Korea Marine moves into the treeline during a rehearsal amphibious assault here Feb. 9, 2011, during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. The assault was carried out by a multinational force of Royal Thai, R More

A Thai soldier assesses his direction of drift as he lands during a U.S.-Thai airborne skill badge exchange jump with U.S. Army Alaska's 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Feb. 9, during Exercise More

Thai troops look over a U.S. M4 rifle before moving to a live-fire range with U.S. Army Alaska paratroopers Feb. 10 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011, the latest in a continuing series of U.S.-Thai military exerc More

Amphibious assault vehicles from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver participate in an amphibious exercise. Denver is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is underway particip More

Capt. Thanapol Klongdee, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the Royal Thai Air Force, inspects the BomBot, an explosive ordnance disposal robot, Feb. 10, 2011, during training with the EOD Marines More

The barrel of an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon smolders between bursts as soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment lay down suppressive fire along with Thai forces in live-fire training Feb. More

F-18 Hornets from Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, are lined up on the flight line at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Bas More

A filter processes water through an experimental water-purification pump here Feb. 11, 2011. The pump was placed in the field by Experimentation Center, Marine Corps Forces Pacific, for field-testing by Ground More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rudy Martinez, a powerliner from Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, watches over the More

Pipat Kangatitan, left, a security volunteer, and Royal Thai Army 1st Sgt. Waranut Prasck stand guard on the sixth floor of a local hotel during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Both said they are proud to have the re More

Royal Thai Rear Adm. Sompong Sansuwan, left, and Brig. Gen. Mark A. Brilakis, center, commanding general, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Forward, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speak to Republic of Korea Mar More

Lance Cpl. Loreley Salazar, ground communications radio repairer, Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, inserts a new frequency i More

Two used smoke grenades sit on the ground where they were thrown during simulated combat at the military operations in urban terrain training town at Ban Chan Krem, Thailand, Feb. 12, during Exercise Cobra Gold More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Aguirre, a Qhuber Heights, Ohio, native and medical corpsman with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks with Sayam Younm More

A paratrooper with the Thai army’s 3-31st Infantry Regiment, King’s Guard videos a team of Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, as the More

Royal Thai Rear Adm. Sompong Sansuwan and Brig. Gen. Mark A. Brilakis, commanding general, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Forward, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speak to Republic of Korea Marine Lance Cpl. More

U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Rodriguez , a Harlingen, Texas native and dental assistant with the 618th Dental Activity based out of Young Sun, Republic of Korea, scrubs dental instruments during a medical civic actio More

The Royal Thai navy medium landing ship HTMS Surin is underway in the Gulf of Thailand. Surin is participating in exercise Cobra Gold 2011, a U.S. and Thailand co-sponsored multi-national exercise to improve in More

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale maneuvers behind the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold is a multi-national strategic training exercise co-spons More

A U.S. paratrooper from the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska prepares to land with his combat equipment onto Wang Luk East Drop Zone during Gold 2011.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale maneuvers behind the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold is a multi-national strategic training exercise co-spons More

An SA-330J Puma helicopter moves cargo from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a vertical replenishment. The Essex Am More

Local school children prepare to demonstrate Muy Thai kickboxing during the Baan Pong Wua School dedication ceremony Feb. 15. The school was constructed during an engineering civic assistance project with U.S., More

Thai school children dressed in attire native to the regional culture play before the dedication ceremony of a new schoolhouse built as an engineering civic assistance project during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011, Feb. 16.

Maj. Gen. Kampanart Ruthdit, commanding general of the Royal Thai Army’s 1st Division, shakes the hand of 1st Sgt. Richard C. Wiley, A Co., 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, while inspecting Tha More

Sailors and Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit load equipment aboard the amphibious transport dock landing ship USS Germantown. Germantown and the 31st MEU completed exercises as part of Cob More

Royal Thai Marine works with U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas Forte, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 Marine Wing Support Group 17, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary F More

Capt. Alistiar Howard, a San Diego native and civil affairs officer, and Master Sgt. Jonathan Dowdall, a West Falls, N.Y., native and civil affair staff noncommissioned officer, both with III Marine Expeditiona More

Navy Seabees with Navy Mobile Construction Unit 11, 1st Naval Construction Division, U.S. Naval Construction Force, based in Gulfport, Miss., and students with Pa Ka Mai School in Mae Sot province, Thailand, pl More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 build a classroom at Pa Ka Mai School during exercise Cobra Gold 2011. The classroom construction project, one of several humanitarian assistance proje More

Lance Cpl. Keith Markle, a Stockton, N.J., native and satellite communications operator with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, inspects satellite connectio More

Lance Cpl. Justin Paradis, right, a refrigeration mechanic with 7th Communication Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, fills up a sandbag held by Cpl. Joseph Whitney, an electr More

U.S. Marines and Republic of Korea sailors unload medical supplies Feb. 2, 2011, in support of a medical civic action program here during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold 2011, regularly-scheduled joint/coa More

Special Col. Chanchai Romyen, middle, commander of the Combined Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force and Col. Jay Hatton, right, deputy commander of the CJCMOTF, talk Feb. 3, 2011, before speaking in fron More

Lance Cpl. John Stefanowicz, an aviation communications technician with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, More

Pfc. Christopher Madera, a cook with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, prepares food Feb. 4, 2011, for Marines and sailors at Samesan, Kingdom of Thailand More

Marines with 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, storm ashore during a demonstration of the amphibious assault vehicle’s capabilities here Feb. 6, 2011, during More

Republic of Korea Marines with Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Republic of Korea Marine Corps, arrive Feb. 6, 2011, to Utapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Kingdom of Thailand, to provide support for an en More

Amphibious assault vehicles depart the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver during a Cobra Gold 2011 amphibious training operation. Cobra Gold is a joint military exercise involving amphibious operations, More

U.S. Marines Sgt. Andrew Nicholas,left, platoon sergeant, and Lance Cpl. Kevin Coleman, right, a motor transportation operator, both with 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Briga More

Pfc. Ativut Son interprets the instruction of a Thai jungle expert on edible plants during a survival class for the U.S. paratroopers at the Special Warfare School here. Son is a utilities equipment repairer wi More

Sgt. Scott Secker, motor vehicle operator with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Forward, III Marine Expeditionary Force, celebrates the Green Bay Packers scoring a More

Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit load sea bags during exercise Cobra Gold 2011. The 31st MEU and the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2011, a U.S. and More

Service members from different nations work together, Feb. 8, in Chiang Mai during the staff exercise portion of Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. During the STAFFEX, a multinational force and componets will conduct fu More

Soldiers raise the American flag at an opening ceremony for Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 at Camp Erawan, Thailand. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled joint and coalition multinational exercise hosted annually by t More

A landing craft utility pulls into Sattahip Naval Base to offload Marines and their equipment to take part in exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold 2011 is a U.S. and Thailand sponsored multi-national exercise d More

A Royal Thai Marine, along with U.S. infantry Marines with the Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Forward, III Marine Ex More

Children with the Ban Louk Rak Orphanage in Khon Kaen perform a dance routine Feb. 9, 2011 for U.S. Army soldiers with the 56th Engineer Company (Vertical), 6th Engineer Battalion (Combat)(Airborne), 3rd Maneuv More

Spc. Brandon Mellott of 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, removes himself from his T-10 Delta parachute harness after a U.S.-Thai airborne skill badge exchange jump Feb. 9 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011.

A Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Ground Combat Element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Forward, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and a R More

U.S. Army Alaska and Thai forces fire each others' weapon systems at a live fire range. The U.S. soldier fires the Thai TAVOR-21 rifle, while the Thai soldier fires the U.S. M4 carbine rifle.

Capt. Thanapol Klongdee, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the Royal Thai Air Force, uses the operational control unit for the Mark 2 Talon, an explosive ordnance disposal robot, Feb. 10, 2011, dur More

A small experimental solar-power source charges a laptop here Feb. 11, 2011. The solar-power source was put in place by Experimentation Center, Marine Corps Forces Pacific, for field testing by Marines from 4t More

Lt. Gen. Duane D. Thiessen, commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Pacific, tries cobra egg while U.S., Royal Thai and Republic of Korea Marines look on at the jungle survival training course in Ban Chan Kre More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rudy Martinez, a powerliner from Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, watches over the More

Thai and U.S. forces maintain radio communication with the flanking infantry element as they lay down suppressive machine gun fire during for a joint training exercise, Feb. 11, during Cobra Gold 2011.

An F-18 Hornet from Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, taxis back through the runway as an F-16 from the Royal Thai Ai More

A military operations in urban terrain instructor supervises as a platoon of Royal Thai Marines conduct MOUT training using SESAM during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 at Ban Chan Krem, Thailand, Feb. 12. The Marines More

Royal Thai Rear Adm. Sompong Sansuwan, left, Brig. Gen. Mark A. Brilakis, middle, commanding general, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Forward, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and Col. Stephen M. Neary, command More

Spc. William O'Kelly Spc. Kyle Schultz of A Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment demonstrate U.S. methods for an enemy, personnel and weapons search, or EPW, to members of the Royal Thai ar More

Lance Cpl. Erica Rindal a digital multi channel wide band transmission equipment operator, Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, More

U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Rodriguez , a Harlingen, Texas, native and dental assistant with the 618th Dental Activity, based out of Young Sun, Republic of Korea, bathes dental instruments in a anti-fungal wash duri More

The forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown and the Royal Thai navy medium landing ship HTMS Surin are underway in the Gulf of Thailand. Germantown is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Gro More

Thai and U.S. officers discuss plans and tactical options under cover of darkness during a training mission for Cobra Gold 2011.

Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver receive a fuel probe from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Rappahannock during an underway replenishment. Denver is part o More

An SA-330J Puma helicopter places supplies on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richar More

Royal Thai Army Lt. Gen. Parinya Boorananggoon, left, Kristie Kenney, middle, the U.S. ambassador to Thailand, and Woot Sittisurat, the deputy governor of Tak province symbolically open a schoolhouse for the lo More

The guidon of A Co., 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment ripples in the wind as the unit’s Soldiers move into formation for the Feb. 17 closing ceremony of Exercise Cobra Gold 2011.

The amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver passes along side the Singapore navy endurance-class amphibious transport dock ship Resolution during Cobra Gold 2011. Denver is part of the forward-deployed Essex More

Royal Thai Marines with Combat Engineer Battalion and U.S. servicemen with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Wing Support Group 17, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, assemble reba More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gwendolyn Harris, left, and Lance Cpl. Alan Eidson, both with III Marine Expeditionary Force Civil Affairs, tutor students in English at Pa Ka Mai School in Tak province, Kingdom of Thail More

Lance Cpl. Keith Markle, a Stockton, N.J., native and satellite communications operator with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, inspects satellite connectio More

Cpl. Joseph Whitney, electrician with Tactical Exercise Control Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, holds a sandbag as it is filled with sand Feb. 1, to stabilize a generator in preparation for Exercise Cobr More