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Gary Weeden, US Navy (USN), Chaplain from Washington D.C., US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Timothy McLamb from Fayetteville, North Carolina and Naomi (Jungira) from the El Shaddai Orphanage feed camels at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, in Thailand, during a regional community relations effort in support of Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003
US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Charles Chapman from Atlanta, Georgia and Lance Corporal (LCPL) Marc Kaliszewski from Erie, Pennsylvania and Peter (Suk) an orphan at the El Shaddai Orphanage in Thailand, help baby alligators hatch at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, during a regional community relations effort in support of Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel and US Navy (USN) sailors visiting the children at the El Shaddai Orphanage during a regional community relations effort in support of Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003, enjoy feeding the alligators at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, in Thailand
US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Ryan Frappier from Dayton, Maine gets a hug from a monkey at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, in Thailand, during a regional community relations effort in support of Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003
Ice cream in hand, Victor (Supachai) an orphan living at El Shaddai Orphanage in Thailand and US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Ryan Frappier from Dayton, Maine, look at captive tigers at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, in Thailand, during a regional community relations effort in support of Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003
US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Bill Donaldson B/Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, samples a root during a class on edible plants found in the jungles of Thailand during jungle survival training at Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003
US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Andy Flack, sniffs a piece of a local plant before he decides to eat it during jungle survival training. US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to B/Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, and E/Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, are conducting training with Royal Thai Marines at Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003
A small lizard attempts to blend in with its surroundings, using the trouser leg of Marine, during jungle survival training. US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to B/Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, and E/Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, are conducting training with Royal Thai Marines at Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003
US Southern Command Brigadier General Gary D. Speer, USA, talks with Hector Lopez, US Army South Deputy CHIEF of STAFF for Operations Exercise Division MISL Manager, left, during a visit to the Honduran Military Academy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for Peace Keeping Operations North 2000. The exercise, which runs 14-25 August 2000, is sponsored by US Southern Command in Miami, Florida, and is executed by US Army South in Ft. Buchanan, Puerto Rico
Gary Weeden, US Navy (USN), Chaplain from Washington D.C. looks into a glass cage of alligators with an orphan from the El Shaddai Orphanage in Thailand at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, during a visit by US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel and USN Sailors from Marine units in Sameson, as part of a regional community relations effort in support of Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003
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Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2003
Base: Camp Red Horse, Utapao
Country: Thailand (THA)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amanda L. Rothweiler, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. That date is celebrated as the Marine Corps's birthday. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. About 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, performed a central role in the Pacific War. The Pacific theatre battles saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. The Battle of Iwo Jima was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese. By the end of WWII, the Corps expanded totaling about 485,000 Marines. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Korean War saw the Corps expand from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 Marines, mostly reservists. 30,544 Marines were killed or wounded during the war. During Vietnam War Marines evacuated Saigon. Vietnam was the longest war for Marines. By its end, 13,091 had been killed in action, 51,392 had been wounded. Marines participated in the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama. On 23 October 1983, the Marine headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history. 220 Marines and 21 other service members were killed. Marines liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995), and took part in the evacuation of American citizens from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of War on Terror. Marines were among first sent to Afghanistan in November 2001. Since then, Marine battalions and squadrons have been engaging Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. U.S. Marines also served in the Iraq War.
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