A Royal Thai Army soldier and U.S. Army Staff Sgt.

A Royal Thai Army soldier and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Samnang Virakpanyou discuss a construction project in Thai Feb. 13 at the Ban Sa la Kai Fub School in Sukhothai province, Kingdom of Thailand. Soldiers with the 176th Engineer Company, Washington Army National Guard, supported the construction of the multipurpose building here as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG14 is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored exercise committed to improving regional partnership, prosperity and security in the Asia-Pacific region. Virakpanyou is a carpentry and masonry specialist with the unit. U.S. Army forces attended CG 14 in support of U.S. Army Pacific. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tyler Meister/Released)