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U.S. Marine and Royal Thai sailors move in to a burnt aircraft with hand line hoses to put out spot fires and the rest of the cargo area after they used roof turrets to put out the majority of the flames during Exercise Cobra Gold 16 at Utapao, Thailand, Feb. 19, 2016. This training event was designed to build relationships between the two firefighting groups. Cobra Gold is a multi-national exercise with focuses on preserving and promoting peace in the Asia-Pacific region. The Marines with the aircraft rescue and firefighting section with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - U.S. Marine and Royal Thai sailors move in to a burnt aircraft with hand line hoses to put out spot fires and the rest of the cargo area after they used roof turrets to put out the majority of the flames during Exercise Cobra Gold 16 at Utapao, Thailand, Feb. 19, 2016. This training event was designed to build relationships between the two firefighting groups. Cobra Gold is a multi-national exercise with focuses on preserving and promoting peace in the Asia-Pacific region. The Marines with the aircraft rescue and firefighting section with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Cobra Gold: Training in flames

U.S. Marines and Royal Thai sailors have grown close during Exercise Cobra Gold 16. They’ve spent every day together, living, eating and training.Marines with aircraft rescue and firefighting section, Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 teamed up with Royal Thai sailors during a unique training event, February 16, 2016, where they set an unserviceable

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Cobra Gold 16: Non-combatant evacuation operation

The U.S. military conducted a simulated non-combatant evacuation operation alongside the armed forces of Thailand, Malaysia and Japan Feb. 17, 2016, in Utapao, Thailand, during Cobra Gold 16.Cobra Gold 16 demonstrates the commitment of the Kingdom of Thailand and the United States to our long-standing alliance and regional partnership toward

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Cobra Gold 16: naval opportunities for Osprey

Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 land a MV-22B Osprey on the USS Ashland (LSD 48), during Cobra Gold 16 at Utapao, Thailand, February 16, 2016.The MV-22B Osprey is a joint service multi-role combat aircraft capable of moving troops or cargo.“With its rotors in the vertical position, it can take off, land and hover like a

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Cobra Gold 16: Promoting peace in pacific

The 35th iteration of Exercise Cobra Gold 2016 begins with a display of multi-national forces in the opening ceremony at Sattahip Naval Base, Thailand, Feb. 9, 2016.During the next 10 days partnering nations will increase the capabilities to conduct combined joint operations as well as achieve effective solutions to common challenges.“Cobra Gold

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Marines, corpsmen ‘ran toward’ Twentynine Palms home rocked by explosion

8/26/2026 - https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/25/marines-corpsmen-ran-toward-twentynine-palms-home-rocked-by-explosion/

Marine rushes into burning Okinawa hotel to alert sleeping occupants

8/24/2026 - https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2026-08-21/marine-hero-okinawa-hotel-fire-22615707.html

Marines Field Underwater Robots to Hunt Explosives Before Troops Hit the Beach

8/21/2026 - https://www.military.com/marines-field-underwater-robots-to-hunt-explosives-before-troops-hit-the-beach

Thales to equip U.S. Marine Corps ACV fleet with more than 400 Minerva dual-band cameras for improved battlefield visibility

8/19/2026 - https://defence-industry.eu/thales-to-equip-u-s-marine-corps-acv-fleet-with-more-than-400-minerva-dual-band-cameras-for-improved-battlefield-visibility/

U.S. Marines Open First Counter-Drone Training Lanes to Shoot Down Drones With Rifles and Shotguns

8/18/2026 - https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2026/u-s-marines-open-first-counter-drone-training-lanes-to-shoot-down-drones-with-rifles-and-shotguns

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Cobra Gold: Training in flames

Cobra Gold 16: Non-combatant evacuation operation

Cobra Gold 16: naval opportunities for Osprey

Cobra Gold 16: Promoting peace in pacific

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Marines, corpsmen ‘ran toward’ Twentynine Palms home rocked by explosion

Marine rushes into burning Okinawa hotel to alert sleeping occupants

Marines Field Underwater Robots to Hunt Explosives Before Troops Hit the Beach

Thales to equip U.S. Marine Corps ACV fleet with more than 400 Minerva dual-band cameras for improved battlefield visibility

U.S. Marines Open First Counter-Drone Training Lanes to Shoot Down Drones With Rifles and Shotguns

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