February 14, 2013 — Japanese troops with the Western Army Infantry Regiment took their first flights aboard an Osprey aircraft here Feb. 13, during the culminating event of Exercise Iron Fist. For the past four weeks Marines and Sailors from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force and members of the WAIR, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force have MORE
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February 13, 2013 — U.S. Marines and sailors visited the Thailand Children's Home in Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, during a community relations event Feb. 9 prior to the start of exercise Cobra Gold 2013.The community relations event was planned by U.S. Marine Capt. John Helm, CG 13 live fly cell officer in charge with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine MORE
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February 13, 2013 — U.S. Marines from Combat Logistics Regiment 3 began setting up their combat operations center Feb. 9 at Camp Samaesan in Sattahip, Kingdom of Thailand, which will facilitate communication, command and control between logistics units throughout the country during exercise Cobra Gold 2013.The exercise is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored multinational, MORE
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February 13, 2013 — Representatives from Burma, the People’s Republic of China, Laos, New Zealand and South Africa attended Cobra Gold 2013 as observers today in Chiang Mai province, Kingdom of Thailand. The Kingdom of Thailand invited the representatives, designated collectively as the coalition observer liaison team, to observe aspects of the exercise in order to MORE
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February 12, 2013 — Senior leaders from Thailand, the U.S., Singapore, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia attended a senior leader seminar Feb. 11-12, Chiang Mai province, Kingdom of Thailand, during exercise Cobra Gold 2013.Discussions during the seminar centered on protection of civilians during conflict situations, coordinated communication, MORE
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February 11, 2013 — Today’s opening ceremony for Exercise Cobra Gold 2013 in Chiang Mai province marks beginning of the 32nd iteration of the largest multinational exercise in the Asia-Pacific region.Service members from 15 nations attended the ceremony. The military representatives are participating in Cobra Gold to develop greater interoperability among forces, MORE
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February 10, 2013 — Multinational forces are making significant progress as they continue constructing new structures in five districts of the Kingdom of Thailand during ongoing engineering civic assistance projects part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2013.While the exercise officially begins Feb. 11, additional time was needed to ensure the buildings are complete before the MORE
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February 09, 2013 — Marines are men and women of diverse cultures and ethnicities who volunteer to serve in the armed forces for many different reasons. What varies even more are the life experiences each Marine brings with them to the Corps.For Lance Cpl. Cuong V. Cao, a combat engineer with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine MORE
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February 09, 2013 — Four MV-22B Ospreys landed at Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 8 in preparation for exercise Cobra Gold 2013.This marks the first time the aircraft has appeared in Thailand, which can be added to its list of accomplishments. The Ospreys are assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine MORE
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February 01, 2013 — The common perception of a unit commendation is that it usually goes to a highly-decorated battalion of steely-eyed desert warriors. In contrast, out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, sitting atop the Ko’olau Mountain Range of Oahu, warriors with not-so-dusty boots have played a large part in opening a new chapter for the Marine Corps. They stood MORE
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