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RTA Supreme Commander Gen. Mongkol Ampornpisit and U.S. Ambassador Richard A. Hecklinger open Exercise COBRA GOLD 2000 at Camp Wachirahwud, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. U.S. Col. Lance Booth, then Chief, Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group, Thailand, stands in the rear. Photo by SSgt. Stan Parker, USAF |
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RTA soldiers teach U.S. Army troops valuable jungle survival skills. RTA 1st Lt. Pansak Thonguk demonstrates the use of one of several traps that can be made to catch small animals for food. Photo Photo by SSgt. Stan Parker, USAF
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Approximately 13,000
U.S. forces participated, including elements of U.S. Army Pacific, U.S.
Marine Forces Pacific, the U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. Pacific Air Forces,
and Special Operations Command Pacific. Additional participants included
Air Combat Command, Air Mobility Command, and reserve elements from
all of the services. COBRA GOLD was U.S. Pacific Command’s largest
exercise in 2000.
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An RTA soldier cooks a freshly killed king cobra snake as survival food for U.S. exercise participants during jungle survival training. Photo by SSgt. Stan Parker, USAF
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The Royal Thai Marines (RTM) and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) have long experience in training together. USMC 2nd Lt. Michael Lorence and RTM Lt. Somchai, both combat engineers, discuss a demolition training exercise during COBRA GOLD. Photo by PH2 Lena Gonzalez, USN
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