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Archive: February, 2011

Dedication ceremony opens new school house built during Cobra Gold 2011 February 16, 2011 — Public figures gathered Feb. 16, 2011 to commemorate the completion of a new schoolhouse built here as an engineering civic assistance project during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. The dedication ceremony acknowledged the eight engineering civic assistance projects and nine medical civic assistance projects completed throughout Thailand during Cobra MORE

Marine Air Control Squadron 4 air traffic controllers support Cobra Gold 2011 February 13, 2011 — Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni-based air traffic controllers are helping to keep U.S. and Thai aircraft flying safely.Detatchment B, Marine Air Control Squadron 4, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Iwakuni, Japan, is currently deployed to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand in MORE

Dental specialists pull together to pull teeth during Cobra Gold 2011 February 13, 2011 — Two members of the mobile dental clinic of the Combined Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force have developed a working relationship that mirrors the multinational bond strengthening aspect of Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Though they are from diferent parts of the world, U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Rodriguez, a Harlingen, Texas, native and dental MORE

Cobra Gold 2011 troops volunteer at Chiang Mai orphanage February 13, 2011 — Service members based in Chiang Mai for Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 lent a helping hand to a local orphanage Feb. 12-13, 2011.The 27 troops spent the two days painting an 80-foot long wall and a 10 by 15 foot room at the Ban Kingkaew Wiboolsanti Orphanage. Some of the volunteers also took some time to interact with and hold the young children.The MORE

3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Marines, sailors take on Cobra Gold 2011 February 12, 2011 — The 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade has begun Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 which will be conducted from Feb. 7 to Feb. 18, 2011.This year marks the 30th anniversary of Cobra Gold, which is the largest United States Pacific Command level exercise conducted each year, continuing to build upon the partnerships of all seven countries that take part. This MORE

Cobra Gold 2011 Marines, sailors provide help to local Thai community February 12, 2011 — Marines and sailors participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 visited Thamrapakorn Home for the Aged Feb. 12, 2011, as part of a community relations project through the chaplains office.Approximately 20 Marines and sailors went to Thamrapakorn Home for the Aged for the tenth community relations project of Cobra Gold 2011.Cobra Gold is a regularly MORE

Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18 keeps Marine Aircraft Group 36 connected during Cobra Gold 2011 February 12, 2011 — Marines from Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, deployed to Korat Royal Thai Air Force base in Korat, Thailand, in support of MAG-36 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011.Twenty-six Marines make up the MWCS-18 detachment, located outside the command operations center, and MORE

Live-fire training unites US, Thai troops during Cobra Gold 2011 February 11, 2011 — Two division-level generals from the Royal Thai Army attended a live-fire exercise Feb. 11, 2011, combining troops from the Thai Royal Army and U.S. Army Alaska’s 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment.The live-fire training was part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2011, a regularly scheduled joint, multinational exercise designed to ensure MORE

Thai security protecting joint U.S. forces during Cobra Gold 2011 February 11, 2011 — Hundreds of U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are gathered at a hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as part of Cobra Gold 2011, a joint and multinational exercise that includes Thailand, the United States, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore as participating nations.In this 30th recurrence of Cobra Gold, a group of Thai Army MORE

Marines experiment with renewable energy resources during Cobra Gold 2011 February 11, 2011 — BAN CHAN KREM, Kingdom of Thailand – New environmental procedures designed for energy use and water purification are being tested by Marines here during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Experimentation Center, Marine Corps Forces Pacific, set up three experimental solar-power sources and an experimental water purification pump for Marines with Ground MORE