Royal Thai Marine Col. Surachet Thawornkhajornsiri

Royal Thai Marine Col. Surachet Thawornkhajornsiri speaks with U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. Daniel Pierce-Parra before a pillar raising ceremony in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2018 at Wat Khlong Plu School in Chanthaburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand, Jan. 24, 2018. Pierce-Parra is a platoon commander with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, and is a native of Bellview, Nebraska. The ceremony marked the official start of engineering civic assistance projects for the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Timothy Irish)