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Cobra Gold 2010 Closing Ceremony
Closing ceremony of Cobra Gold 10 ...More

Combined Arms Life Fire Exercise at Cobra Gold 2010
Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise ...More

Friendships, training mark the success of CG10
UTAPAO, Thailand – The 29th iteration of Exercise Cobra Gold 2010 came to a close with a ceremony Feb. 11. Cobra Gold, conducted throughout the Kingdom of Thailand, is Asia’s largest multilateral military training exercise designed to improve joint and multinational interoperability and capability to plan and execute complex multinational operations. The exercise is co-sponsored by the Royal Thai ...More

311th Signal Command provides Signal Support for Cobra Gold 2010
UTAPAO, Thailand (Feb. 7 2010) – While nearly 15,000 civilians and servicemembers from around the world gathered to participate in the 29th iteration of exercise Cobra Gold, Soldiers and civilians of the 311th Signal Command, U.S. Army, Pacific Command Information Systems section, I Corps Forward, and Defense Information Systems Agency worked together to fulfill both the real-world and exercise communication ...More

KHVH News Radio 830 interviews Lt. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon
KHVH News Radio's Mike Buck interviews Lt. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon about Cobra Gold 2010. (Audio only) ...More

Cobra Strike 2010
See the official magazine of Exercise Cobra Gold 2010: "Cobra Strike" ...More

Coalition Forces connect with DCO
UTAPAO, Thailand (Feb. 8 2010) – Cobra Gold, a multilateral training exercise hosted by the Kingdom of Thailand and U.S. Army, Pacific, allows coalition servicemembers the opportunity to train together and become familiar with the way various nations operate . This year, in addition to regularly scheduled field and command post training, U.S. servicemembers are learning the Defense Connect Online ...More

Air Force recognizes Cobra Gold help desk team for outstanding support
UTAPAO, Thailand (Feb. 7 2010) – U.S. Air Force Col. Dave Newman, deputy commander of the Combined Forces Air Component Commander, visited the Cobra Gold Support Group Information Systems help desk, Feb. 7 to recognize several Soldiers for their technical support of the CFACC during the beginning of Cobra Gold 2010, the joint and combined multi-national exercise here. In three days, these Soldiers ...More

Multinational Servicemembers provide medical aid to locals
This was one of seven Medical Civic Assistance projects scheduled as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2010. ...More

CLB-4 conducts convoy training with Thai Army
KANCHANABURI, Thailand – Combat Logistics Battalion 4 conducted convoy training operations with the Royal Thai Army’s 9th Infantry Division during Exercise Cobra Gold 2010 at Kao Laemb Range, Feb 4. The training is an example of how U.S. forces are able to pass on operational experience, from something as basic as convoy operations, to their Thai counterparts during Cobra Gold. “It’s very good training, ...More

Deputy Commander checks HCA projects in Ratchaburi Province
Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Wilson, deputy commander, United States Army, Pacific commends U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Construction Battalion-1. ...More

U.S. Marine Corps Aerial Refueler Squadron supports CG10
UTAPAO, Thailand (Feb. 6, 2010) –U.S. Marine Corps Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-152 (VMGR) deftly maneuver their giant KC-130J tanker aircraft around the airstrip, in preparation for takeoff. Their mission: to conduct an in-air refuel for two AV-8B Harrier II jets in flight in support of Cobra Gold 2010, Feb.4. “Refueling jets in the air keeps them in the fight longer, to help Marines and Soldiers ...More

MWSS-172 participates on multiple levels at CG10
BAN CHAN KREM, Thailand – Marine Wing Service Support Group 172 kicked off Exercise Cobra Gold 2010 with various training exercises including bilateral training in Military Operations in Urban Terrain, at a training area in Ban Chan Krem, Thailand, Feb. 3. The Okinawa-based unit also inherited a billet usually filled by infantry units, offering services to the local populace like water treatment – ...More

U.S., Republic of Korea militaries bring smiles to Thai orphans
PATTAYA, Thailand – To the children exploring the halls and rough housing on the playground, the Mercy Center is much more than just a location. It is a gift; a second chance. Established in 2000 by Fred and Dianne Doell with the support of the Victory Family Church in Pattaya, the center serves as an emergency shelter for small children who are orphans or at risk of direct abuse or severe neglect. ...More

Cobra Gold 2010: Combined Joint Amphibious Assault
Naval and Marine forces from the U.S., Thailand, and republic Of Korea conduct an Amphibious Assault Hat Yao, Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold 2010 ...More

Cobra Gold 2010: Combined Joint Amphibious Assault
Naval and Marine forces from the U.S., Thailand, and republic Of Korea conduct an Amphibious Assault Hat Yao, Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold 2010 ...More

Medical personnel host MEDCAPs throughout Thailand
KANCHANABURI PROVINCE, Thailand – Doctors, dentists and veterinarians from the Armed Forces of Indonesia, Japan, Kingdom of Thailand, Republic of Korea, Singapore and the United States, came together at the Baan Kroeng Kra Reaon School, in the Kanchanaburi, Province, for the first of seven Medical Civic Assistance Projects in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2010, Feb 1. Royal Thai Army Col. Krittikorn ...More

DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Cobra Gold 10
Lt. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon answered questions from the blogosphere pertaining to Cobra Gold 10, the U.S. Army Pacific's annual exercise in Thailand. You can listen to the interview (MP3) and read the transcript (PDF). ...More

First CG10 MEDCAP brings together 6 nations to treat patients
First CG10 MEDCAP brings together 6 nations to treat patients ...More

Exercise Cobra Gold 10 Medical Civic Assistance Programs kick off
Exercise Cobra Gold 10 Medical Civic Assistance Programs kick off ...More

29th annual Cobra Gold opening ceremony kicks off exercise, promotes unity
UTAPAO, Thailand – The 29th annual Cobra Gold exercise presented the perfect picture of unity among nations as the exercise kicked off with an opening ceremony, Feb.1. Hosted by the Kingdom of Thailand, Cobra Gold is an annual Thailand and U.S. co-sponsored joint and multi-national theater campaign plan exercise designed to train a coalition task force comprised of the armed forces of Indonesia, Japan, ...More

Ties strengthened during luncheon
Ambassador Luncheon after the Exercise Cobra Gold 2010 opening ceremony ...More

Multi-national engineer crews shuffled for strength in training at CG10
UTAPAO, Thailand (January 31, 2010) – When engineering units from the Royal Thai Armed Forces, Indonesian Army, and U.S. Armed Forces were shuffled and dealt like a deck of cards to five construction sites throughout Central Thailand, planners for Exercise Cobra Gold 2010 hoped each site yielded a winning hand. For the first time at Cobra Gold, an annual multinational training exercise now in its 29th ...More

ENCAP projects provide infrastructure, training
UTAPAO, Thailand (Jan. 30, 2010) – In a village too small to recognize on a map, the principal of the Wadnakhunsan School in the Ratchaburi Province in Central Thailand, observes progress on a multi-purpose room currently under construction in front of the main school building. The building and four others presently under construction at schools in the region are projects in support of Exercise Cobra ...More

Bridging a Language Barrier at HCA site
PETCHABURI PROVINCE, Thailand (Jan. 29, 2010) – Helping to bridge a language barrier during a Humanitarian/Civic Assistance project in Thailand, U.S. Army Sgt. Samnung Virakpanyou draws on his childhood growing up in Thailand to help Soldiers assigned to the 176th Engineer Company, Washington Army National Guard succeed in a foreign land while participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2010. Virakpanyou’s ...More

Engineers build buildings, relationships during CG10
CHANTABURI PROVINCE, Thailand (Jan. 26, 2010) – A joint force of combat engineers from the U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Thai Marines laid more than just a physical structure while constructing a new schoolhouse during Exercise Cobra Gold 10, they built a foundation for friendship. The engineering project, at the Nong Jek Sroi School in the Keang Hang Meaw District of Chantaburi Province, is one ...More

 
Seabees prove they ‘Can Do’ anything
UTAPAO, Thailand (Jan. 30, 2010) – At four construction sites in Central Thailand, U.S. Naval Construction Forces, or Seabees, are working jointly with Royal Thai Armed Forces, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat, or Indonesian Army, and U.S. engineers to build multi-purpose rooms at schools in rural communities. The projects are in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 10, a regularly scheduled joint ...More

Humanitarian Civic Assistance projects Exercise Cobra Gold 10
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Humanitarian-Civic Assistance Projects
Cobra Gold 10 continues to build and strengthen U.S. and Thai Army relations to support future man-made or natural disaster contingency operations and regional security and humanitarian situations. Each year Cobra Gold offers the U.S. Army and participating nations unmatched opportunities for bi-lateral interoperability. Currently U.S. and Thai troops are working together to complete construction on ...More

News Release: Cobra Gold 2010 to build on 29 years of dynamic training
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- Cobra Gold, the largest multinational exercise in the world, begins its 29th year of joint training and cooperation among six countries in the Asia-Pacific Theater in Thailand on Feb. 1, including Thailand, U.S., Singapore, Indonesia, Japan and the Republic of Korea. “Thailand is one of our closest friends and partners in Asia, as well as being our oldest ally in Asia,” said ...More

 
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