Pacific Marines Stories

Infantrymen with the Royal Thai Marines take up positions during an amphibious raid exercise. The training was part of Cobra Gold 2007, an annual U.S. and Thai exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies. - Infantrymen with the Royal Thai Marines take up positions during an amphibious raid exercise. The training was part of Cobra Gold 2007, an annual U.S. and Thai exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies.

Thai Marines conduct beach raid training during Cobra Gold

Royal Thai Marines stormed ashore at Thailand’s Hatyao Beach, May 11 during amphibious raid training as part of Cobra Gold 2007, an annual U.S. and Thai exercise now in its 26th year. The amphibious assault is a small piece of the many training exercises comprising Cobra Gold. Exercise Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled joint/combined

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VMGR-152 keeps jets fueled, flying during Cobra Gold training

Lance Cpl. Marcus B. Vegas stares intently out the window of the KC-130 Sumo. This is his first aerial refueling, and the drone of the engines and radio chatter in his headset is distant as he waits for the FA-18’s probe to make contact with the para-drogue attached to the end of the Sumo’s 90-foot hose. The jet deftly maneuvers up, down, left and

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Maj. Gen. George J. Trautman III, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, (second from left) tours service membersâ?? living areas Korat Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold 2007 May 8.Â - Maj. Gen. George J. Trautman III, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, (second from left) tours service membersâ?? living areas Korat Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold 2007 May 8.Â

Maj. Gen. Trautman visits Korat, praises service members’ efforts during Cobra Gold

The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Commanding General paid a visit to the air base Tuesday during Exercise Cobra Gold 2007. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled joint/combined multinational exercise and is the latest in the continuing series of U.S.-Thai military exercises. It is mutually beneficial for the Pacific partners to train together to improve

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Marines salute top Navy commander

The Marine Corps’ tradition of professionalism and training to execute with perfection earned 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment the honor of providing arrival honors for the Chief of Naval Operations, May 8. The Navy requested 1/12 to provide the 19-gun salute during the United States Pacific Fleet change-of-command ceremony at U.S. Naval

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ABHAKORN HOSPTIAL, SATTAHIP, Thailand (May 9, 2006) -- A hyperbaric chamber patient climbs out of the chamber after spending an hour and 45 minutes inside. She was treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy to help recover from cancer treatments. - ABHAKORN HOSPTIAL, SATTAHIP, Thailand (May 9, 2006) -- A hyperbaric chamber patient climbs out of the chamber after spending an hour and 45 minutes inside. She was treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy to help recover from cancer treatments.

U.S., Thai Navy work to tackle hyperbaric treatments

Thai cancer patients at Sattahip Naval Base’s Abhakorn Hospital experienced the healing powers of hyperbaric oxygen therapy May 9 while Thai and U.S. military members trained together during the combined military exercise Cobra Gold 2007. In continuing their humanitarian assistance in the Pacific region, the U.S. Navy helped its Thai counterparts

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Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Pallop Naewwab, Thai Marines Engineer Battalion and Seaman Kathryn R. Henderson, builder, NMCB-3, paint the trim on the stage of the new multipurpose room built by both services for Wat Nong Grab Elementary School May 9. - Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Pallop Naewwab, Thai Marines Engineer Battalion and Seaman Kathryn R. Henderson, builder, NMCB-3, paint the trim on the stage of the new multipurpose room built by both services for Wat Nong Grab Elementary School May 9.

The official party for the combined military exercise "Cobra Gold, 2007" joined hands in a symbol of unity and brotherhood to start the 26th annual exercise during an opening ceremony at the Ambassador City Hotel, Jomtiem, Thailand, May 8. (From left to right) Indonesian Ambassador Ibrahim Yusuf, Singaporean Ambassador Peter Chan Jer Hing, Thailand Supreme Commander General Boonsrang Niumpradit, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Alexander A. Arvizu, and Japanese Ambassador Hideaki Kobayashi. - The official party for the combined military exercise "Cobra Gold, 2007" joined hands in a symbol of unity and brotherhood to start the 26th annual exercise during an opening ceremony at the Ambassador City Hotel, Jomtiem, Thailand, May 8. (From left to right) Indonesian Ambassador Ibrahim Yusuf, Singaporean Ambassador Peter Chan Jer Hing, Thailand Supreme Commander General Boonsrang Niumpradit, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Alexander A. Arvizu, and Japanese Ambassador Hideaki Kobayashi.