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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 F/A-18s lined up before and after flights on the flight line here Feb. 6 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2012. For approximately two weeks, Marines and sailors will work together with U.S. allies for mission accomplishment. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Cayce Nevers)
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A Marine with Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (right), receives instruction on how to properly control a cobra during a jungle survival class held here, Feb. 13. The survival instruction, taught by members of the Royal Thai Marine Reconnaissance, educated U.S. and Republic of Korean Marines on finding sustenance and tools in the jungle environment. The class is part of exercise Cobra Gold 2012, now in its 31st iteration. The exercise is a multi-lateral event focused on strengthening the interoperability of all participating military forces. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and remains the nation’s force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.
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A Marine with Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (right), receives instruction on how to properly control a cobra during a jungle survival class held here, Feb. 13. The survival instruction, taught by members of the Royal Thai Marine Reconnaissance, educated U.S. and Republic of Korean Marines on finding sustenance and tools in the jungle environment. The class is part of exercise Cobra Gold 2012, now in its 31st iteration. The exercise is a multi-lateral event focused on strengthening the interoperability of all participating military forces. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and remains the nation’s force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.
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A Marine with Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, eats a cooked insect during a jungle survival class held here, Feb. 13. The survival instruction, taught by members of the Royal Thai Marine Reconnaissance, educated U.S. and Republic of Korean Marines on finding sustenance and tools in the jungle environment. The class is part of exercise Cobra Gold 2012, now in its 31st iteration. The exercise is a multi-lateral event focused on strengthening the interoperability of all participating military forces. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and remains the nation’s force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Lance Cpl. Matthew Kilby, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 fixed-wing mechanic, inspects the cockpit of an F/A-18 for safety after it returned from a flight on the flight line here Feb. 6 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2012. Exercise Cobra Gold is a Royal Thai and U.S. co-sponsored, multinational, multi-service exercise that includes forces from Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and representatives from other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Cayce Nevers)
Reconnaissance Marines of the Royal Thai Marines instructed their U.S. and South Korean brothers how to survive in an isolated jungle environment during a class here, Feb. 13.
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Military personnel of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, Marine Air Control Squadron 4, Detachment B and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 began their involvement in Exercise Cobra Gold 2012 Feb. 7 by conducting bilateral and unit level training with the Thai Armed Forces, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company.
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An amphibious assault defines Marines worldwide. The transition from sea to land; the explosions of sand as Marines aggressively force their way to the objective; imposing fear into the enemy; fearless in their actions. In this same way, Marines captured the beaches of Guantanamo Bay in 1898 and claimed the island of Iwo Jima during World War II.
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More than 2,300 Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit began a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle East regions Nov. 14 after embarking USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor here.
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