US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Richard L. Slaysman, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 31 (MSSG-31), 31st MEU SOC (Special Operations Capable), Amphibious Squadron 11 (PHIBRON 11), Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), sutures a patient inside the temporary medical clinic set up at a Ban Khok Wat Elementary School, Thailand. The MSSG-31 is working with Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) Marines in a combined Medical/Dental Community Assistance Project (Med/Den CAP) providing medical and dental aid to the local rural population at a temporary clinic established at Ban Khok Wat Elementary School, in Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2004
