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A1C Jennifer
Wilkins, USAF, feeds a baby at an orphanage in Nakhon Si Thammarat,
during a visit in which USAF personnel donated toys and clothing. |
As in all previous
exercises, COBRA GOLD 2000 still included joint-combined land and
air operations, combined naval operations, amphibious operations and
special operations. As always, exercise participants received outstanding
training in Thai jungle warfare techniques and skills. COBRA GOLD
2000 also continued to feature several combined Thai-U.S. medical
and civil affairs projects that produced meaningful and tangible benefits
to the communities selected for the projects.
The nineteenth in the series of COBRA GOLD exercises concluded May 23 in Khae Khae, Thailand, with a combined-joint closing ceremony. Although COBRA GOLD 2000, with its peacekeeping focus and addition of the Singapore Armed Forces, marked a significant change in the previous series of exercises, participants welcomed the challenge and seemed to enjoy the change.
"As the first COBRA GOLD in the new century, we needed to modernize the exercise and add elements that would allow us to work together as a community to solve problems that challenge all of us," said Adm. Blair.
