Lance Cpl. Casey Boatman prepares to attach an MK-82

Lance Cpl. Casey Boatman prepares to attach an MK-82 general purpose bomb to an FA-18D Hornet aboard Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, for a combined arms live fire training exercise Feb. 20 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. CG 14 is a joint, multinational exercise conducted annually in the Kingdom of Thailand aimed at enhancing and increasing multinational interoperability. Boatman is an ordnance technician with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The FA-18D Hornet is with VMFA(AW)-242. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James R. Smith/released)