U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alex Koeneke, a Humanitarian Mine Action Thailand Explosive Ordnance Disposal instructor with 3rd EOD Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, supervises Staff Sgt. Parawut Pongfai, a Thailand Mine Action Center student, during an EOD level 1-2 course at Jarumanee training area, Ratchaburi, Thailand, November 22, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 1-2 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMAC’s mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defense’s HMA Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance. - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alex Koeneke, a Humanitarian Mine Action Thailand Explosive Ordnance Disposal instructor with 3rd EOD Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, supervises Staff Sgt. Parawut Pongfai, a Thailand Mine Action Center student, during an EOD level 1-2 course at Jarumanee training area, Ratchaburi, Thailand, November 22, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 1-2 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMAC’s mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defense’s HMA Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance.
A Royal Thai Marine showcases a scorpion to U.S. Marines during jungle survival training at Camp Lotawin, Kingdom of Thailand, March 4. - A Royal Thai Marine showcases a scorpion to U.S. Marines during jungle survival training at Camp Lotawin, Kingdom of Thailand, March 4.
From left to right, U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Stacy Clardy, the III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, Thai Army Lt. Gen. Sittipol Nimnuan, director general of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Thai Mine Action Center, and the RTAF Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Pariphat Phalasin celebrate after detonating a group of recovered landmines at a landmine reduction event during Cobra Gold 2020 at Watthana Nakjon, Sa Kaeo, Kingdom of Thailand, March 3. - From left to right, U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Stacy Clardy, the III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, Thai Army Lt. Gen. Sittipol Nimnuan, director general of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Thai Mine Action Center, and the RTAF Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Pariphat Phalasin celebrate after detonating a group of recovered landmines at a landmine reduction event during Cobra Gold 2020 at Watthana Nakjon, Sa Kaeo, Kingdom of Thailand, March 3.
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