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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Motor Transportation, set up concertina wire along the perimeter at Camp Red Horse, Utapao, Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD. The exercise is an annual multi-national training exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Marine Wing Communication Squadron One Eight (MWCS-18) maintain a power supply generator at Camp Red Horse, Utapao, Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD. The exercise is an annual multi-national training exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces. Pictured are CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO) Harrison, Corporal (CPL) Vasquez, and Lance Corporal (LCPL) Boser
The US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat Cameras Operations Center at Camp Red Horse, Utapao, Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD. The exercise is an annual multi-national training exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) McKinney, 3rd Transport Support Battalion (TSB), prepares to offload a transport trailer containing compressed gas, inside the cargo compartment of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered Theater Support Vessel (TSV) WESTPAC EXPRESS at the port in Chuk Su Met, Thailand, during Operation COBRA GOLD. The exercise is an annual multi-national training exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
US Marine Corps (USMC) High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) parked at a staging area at Camp Red Horse, Utapao, Thailand, during Operation COBRA GOLD. The exercise is an annual multi-national training exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Hamilton, 3rd Transport Support Battalion (TSB), directs the operator of a forklift as he offloads supplies form the cargo compartment of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered Theater Support Vessel (TSV) WESTPAC EXPRESS at the port in Chuk Su Met, Thailand, during Operation COBRA GOLD. The exercise is an annual multi-national training exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST Marine Air Wing, crane lift a UH-1B Huey helicopter from the deck of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered Theater Support Vessel (TSV) WESTPAC EXPRESS onto the dock at the port in Chuk Su Met, Thailand, during Operation COBRA GOLD. The exercise is an annual multi-national training exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
US Marines, from Kilo Company, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines, and Royal Thai Marines from 3rd company, 7th Battalion, go over the Operations Order for a combined live fire attack during Exercise COBRA GOLD '97. COBRA GOLD is a continuing series of US-Thai military exercises designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand. The training includes joint combined air, land and sea operations
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST Marine Air Wing, crane lift a UH-1B Huey helicopter onto the dock at the port in Chuk Su Met, Thailand, during Operation COBRA GOLD. The exercise is an annual multi-national training exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
US Navy (USN) Hospitalman Third Class (HM3) Tujillo, Third Marine Headquarters Group, prepares a makeshift heat index flag outside the sick call trailer at Camp Red Horse, Utapao, Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD. The exercise is an annual multi-national training exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD
Base: Camp Red Horse, Utapao
Country: Thailand (THA)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James P. Douglas, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
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