Jungle Survival

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thung Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stan Parker, USAF Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, M Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thung Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stan Parker, USAF Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thong Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Gonsalves State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn 8th Marines Scene Camera Operator: CPL Cory P. Griffith, US More

A Marine with Kilo Battery provides security en route to a simulated ambush site during the jungle skills course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center at Camp Gonsalves, Sept. 29. The battery is from Camp Lejeu More

Lance Cpl. Katelyn M. Hunter, a combat photographer with the command element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Arcadia, Fla., handles a king cobra snake under the supervision of a Royal Thai Mari More

Royal Thai Marine Lt. Pranom Yodruk pours water into a trunk that is indigenous to Thailand to show how the filtration system is utilized during jungle survival training for Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 at Camp Lot More

A bamboo tube is used to hold and cook various types of insects Feb. 14 at Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. Cobra Gold demonstrates the U.S. and the Kingdom of Thailand’s comm More

Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. service members participate in jungle training during Balikatan 2014 on Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, May 4, 2014. Philippine and U.S. service members are taught to build More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Joseph Jansen, drinks water from vine as part of the jungle survival course June 1 during Exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Teluk Gorek Beach, Malaysia. This year ma More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Hargrove is placed on an improvised stretcher July 11 during the Jungle Medicine Combat Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves. The other corpsmen constru More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Andres M. Espinosa uses his rubber rifle to push barbed wire up so he can crawl underneath it July 20 during the Combat Endurance Course, the final test of the Jungle Medicine Combat C More

Royal Brunei Land Force Capt. Suhardy Arun teaches U.S. Marines about jungle warfare operations Nov. 14 during exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Penanjong Garrison. Events in CARAT cove More

Royal Brunei Land Force service members and U.S. Marines converse Nov. 14 during the conclusion of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Penanjong Garrison. Throughout the exercise, members More

Lance Cpl. James Hutsell, from Fayetteville, N.C., drinks coconut water Feb. 8 at Ban Chan Krem, Thailand, during exercise Cobra Gold 2015. The Royal Thai Marines shared several of their native fruits found in More

Cpl. Anthony Skon closes his eyes and braces himself against the weight of a Marine climbing over him to scale a wall during the endurance course April 19 at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa. Marine More

CAMP BANCHAN KREM, Thailand (Feb. 17, 2017) – Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Pairoj Prasansai, a jungle survival training instructor from the Thai Reconnaissance Battalion, demonstrates the proper behavior and m More

Royal Thai Armed Forces Master Sgt. 1st Class. Saengchai Seeuthai, left, pours cobra blood into the mouths of U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 2n More

A snake bites the finger of a Royal Thai Armed Forces Soldier during exercise Cobra Gold 19 at Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb 13, 2019. Cobra Gold is one of the largest theater security cooperation exerc More

Royal Thai Armed Forces Master Sgt. 1st Class. Saengchai Seeuthai, left, gives water form a vine to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael McKelroy, Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, during exercise C More

A Royal Thai Marine cooks various animals over a fire pit as part of jungle survival training during exercise Cobra Gold at Ban Chan Krem, Feb. 14, 2019, in Chanta Buri, Kingdom of Thailand. Exercise Cobra Gold More

A U.S. Marine drinks the blood of a king cobra as part of jungle survival training during exercise Cobra Gold at Ban Chan Krem, Feb. 14, 2019, in Chanta Buri, Kingdom of Thailand. The Marines learned essential More

A Royal Thai Marine squeezes water from a banana tree into the mouth of a Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, during jungle survival training, Exercise Cobra Gold 19, Camp Ban Chan K More

190610-N-TH560-0099 CAMP GONSALVES, Okinawa, Japan (June 10, 2019) Hospitalman Ava Hill, from Lafayette, La., carries a sked stretcher container during a hike as part of a Jungle Medicine Course at Jungle Warfa More

An Indonesian Marine with 5th Marine Infantry Battalion, Indonesian Marine Corps, assists during a jungle survival class as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) in Banyuwangi, Indonesia, Au More

An Indonesian Marine with 5th Marine Infantry Battalion, Indonesian Marine Corps, receives a safety brief before a jungle patrol during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) in Banyuwangi, Indonesia More

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, run an endurance course along the coast during a jungle survival training event in Ak More

A Marine with Kilo Battery scans the jungle for targets during the Jungle Skills Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Sept. 29. During the course, the Marines set up a deliberate ambush on a simulated enemy.

Staff Sgt. Christopher Roundtree, the platoon sergeant of the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, eats a cooked worm during a jungle survival class taught by Royal Thai Marines as a part of Cob More

Petty Officer Third Class Travis Speroing sip the juices of a fruit as part of jungle survival training during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 at Camp Lotawin, Kingdom of Thailand Feb. 11. Thai-U.S. relationships have More

Royal Thai and U.S. Marines await the start of the jungle survival course Feb. 14 at Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold. Cobra Gold demonstrates the U.S. and the Kingdom of Thailand’s More

Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. service members participate in jungle training during Balikatan 2014 on Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, May 4, 2014. Philippine instructors demonstrate to U.S. service memb More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Nicholas Engle drinks water from a vine as part of the jungle survival course June 1 during Exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Teluk Gorek Beach, Malaysia. This year More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Samuel McBath, top, and Seaman Trent Ross, right, apply a splint to Seaman Aidan Rispens using materials found in the jungle July 11 during the Jungle Medicine Combat Course at the Jung More

Sgt. Caleb Maclagan, left, gives orders to Petty Officer 2nd Class David Wright, right, July 20 during the Combat Endurance Course, the final test of the Jungle Medicine Combat Course at the Jungle Warfare Trai More

Royal Brunei Land Force Maj. Suwardi Ariffin, left, presents U.S. Marine Capt. Daniel J. Wendolowski with a plaque Nov. 14 during the conclusion of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Pen More

Royal Brunei Land Force service members demonstrate to U.S. Marines how to conduct a patrol through the jungle Nov. 14 during exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Penanjong Garrison. Exerc More

U.S. Marines patiently wait for their turn to get a taste of fruit Feb. 8 at Ban Chan Khrem, Thailand, during exercise Cobra Gold 2015. The Royal Thai Marines gave the U.S. Marines a taste of Thailand by sharin More

CAMP BANCHAN KREM, Thailand (Feb. 17, 2017) – The different vegetation and herbs lay out on a table to be used for demonstration during a jungle survival training as part of Cobra Gold 2017. Cobra Gold, in its More

A scorpion lays on the arm of a Royal Thai Armed Forces Solider during exercise Cobra Gold 19 at Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb 13, 2019. Cobra Gold is one of the largest theater security cooperation exe More

U.S. Army Spc. James S. Teaney with Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, pose for a photograph with a snake during exercise Cobra Gold 19 at Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb 13, 2019. Cobr More

A U.S. Marine eats an herb as part of jungle survival training during exercise Cobra Gold at Ban Chan Krem, Feb. 14, 2019, in Chanta Buri, Kingdom of Thailand. The Marines learned essential skills necessary for More

Lance Cpl. Cody A. Arnett drinks from a coconut during jungle survival training, Exercise Cobra Gold 19, Camp Ban Chan Khrem, Khao Khitchakut District, Thailand, Feb. 15, 2019. Exercise Cobra Gold demonstrates More

190610-N-TH560-0112 CAMP GONSALVES, Okinawa, Japan (June 10, 2019) Hospitalman Patrick Newton, from Clinton, Iowa, transports a sked stretcher container during a hike as part of a Jungle Medicine Course at Jung More

Indonesian Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Dedi Rochaedi, a jungle survival instructor with 5th Marine Infantry Battalion, Indonesian Marine Corps, gives a jungle survival class during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and T More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Ten Eyck with the Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, kneels during a jungle patrol as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) in Banyuwangi, More

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, writes notes before conducting land navigation during a jungle survival training eve More

Marines with Kilo Battery regroup in the jungle near their simulated ambush site during the jungle skills course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Sept. 29. During the course, the Marines learned basic jun More

Lance Cpl. Eric M. Bullard, a rifleman with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Anaheim, Calif., squeezes the liquid out of a native fruit of the Thai jungle during a jungle More

Republic of Korea Marine Staff Sgt. Seo Hyun Min eats a native Thai insect during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 at Camp Lotawin, Kingdom of Thailand Feb. 11. Working together and conducting joint and multinational t More

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Pairoj Prasansai waits to start his jungle survival course Feb. 14 at Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold. Prasansai showed U.S. Marines how to identify v More

Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. service members participate in jungle training during Balikatan 2014 on Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, May 4, 2014. Philippine instructors demonstrate to U.S. service memb More

Lance Cpl. Jake Frascona drinks water from a vine as part of a jungle survival course June 1 during Exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Teluk Gorek Beach, Malaysia. This year marks the 20 More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Sid A. Aquino, left, rappels while being instructed by Cpl. Ethan Small July 12 at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves. Aquino, a San Diego, California, native, was part More

Seaman Benjamin Rodriguez, front, leads the way while carrying a simulated casualty through jungle terrain July 20 during the Combat Endurance Course, the final test of the Jungle Medicine Combat Course at the More

Pvt. Juan Gonzalez, Chicago native, assigned to Blackwatch Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division picks a piece of cobra meat off of a stick during More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Scott from Dayton, Ohio, sits in a survival shelter made by Royal Brunei Land Force service members Nov. 14 during exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Pena More

Members of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces band perform Nov. 14 during the conclusion of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Penanjong Garrison. The performance was part of a social gather More

Thinnakorn Pajorn passes fruit to U.S. Marines Feb. 8 at Ban Chan Krem, Thailand, during exercise Cobra Gold 2015. The Royal Thai Marines gave the U.S. Marines a taste of Thailand by sharing fruit commonly foun More

CAMP BANCHAN KREM, Thailand (Feb. 17, 2017) – Sgt. Chaiwat Lodsin, a jungle survival training instructor from the Thai Reconnaissance Battalion, explains different kinds of vegetation and herbs to be found in t More

Philippine Special Forces demonstrate to U.S. Soldiers, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, how to make a fire from bamboo shoots during a subject matter expert exchange in support of Balikatan 2017 at Fort More

U.S. Army Pfc. Kyle Ridge, a combat medic with Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, lets a cobra wrap itself to his body during exercise Cobra Gold 19 at Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb 1 More

U.S. Army Spc. Louis Smith with Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, drinks water from the base of a banana tree during exercise Cobra Gold 19 at Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb 13, 2019. More

A U.S. Marine takes a bite of star fruit as part of jungle survival training during exercise Cobra Gold at Ban Chan Krem, Feb. 14, 2019, in Chanta Buri, Kingdom of Thailand. The Marines learned essential skills More

Lance Cpl. Cody A. Arnett starts a fire using bamboo during jungle survival training, Exercise Cobra Gold 19, Camp Ban Chan Khrem, Khao Khitchakut District, Thailand, Feb. 15, 2019. Exercise Cobra Gold demonstr More

190610-N-TH560-0135 CAMP GONSALVES, Okinawa, Japan (June 10, 2019) Hospital corpsmen hike to a training site during a Jungle Medicine Course at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan. The 10-day medical More

Indonesian Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Dedi Rochaedi, a jungle survival instructor with 5th Marine Infantry Battalion, Indonesian Marine Corps, explains the use of different vegetation during a jungle survival class More

An Indonesian Marine with 5th Marine Infantry Battalion, Indonesian Marine Corps, camouflages a U.S. Marine’s kelvar before a jungle patrol during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) in Banyuwangi More

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, conduct land navigation during a jungle survival training event in Akanda, Gabon, Nov More

Marines and Sailors with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, await instruction during a jungle survival class taught by Royal Thai Marines as a part of Cobra Gold 2013, here Feb. 20. The cl More

Royal Thai Marine Lt. Pranom Yodruk demonstrates how to tame a cobra during jungle survival training for Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 at Camp Lotawin, Kingdom of Thailand Feb. 11. Thailand and the U.S. are committe More

Two Royal Thai reconnaissance Marines rub bamboo together in an effort to create a fire Feb. 14 at Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold. The course includes knowledge on what vegetation More

Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. service members participate in jungle training during Balikatan 2014 on Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, May 4, 2014. Philippine instructors demonstrate to U.S. service memb More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Thomas M. Payne studies notes taken during a jungle survival course June 1 as part of Exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Teluk Gorek Beach, Malaysia. CARAT addresses More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Dene Brown rappels down a cliff July 12 during the Jungle Medicine Combat Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves. Brown, a Cleveland, Ohio, native, faced her fear More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Josh Scanlan, left, and Seaman Trent Ross carry a stretcher with a simulated casualty July 20 during the Combat Endurance Course, the final test of the Jungle Medicine Combat Course at t More

Royal Brunei Land Force service members teach U.S. Marines about survival shelters Nov. 14 during exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Penanjong Garrison. The scenarios during CARAT are ta More

Royal Brunei Land Force Private Mohd Izuwan, right, shares a laugh with U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Scott Nov. 14 during the conclusion of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 at Penanjon More

Royal Thai Marines watch U.S. Marines passing around fruit Feb. 8 at Ban Chan Krem, Thailand, during exercise Cobra Gold 2015. The excitement of the U.S. Marines brought joy to the Thai Marines who taught a les More

CAMP BANCHAN KREM, Thailand (Feb. 17, 2017) – U.S. Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines test out edible roots found in the jungles of Thailand during a jungle survival training as part of Cobra Gold 2 More

Royal Thai Armed Forces Master Sgt. 1st Class. Saengchai Seeuthai instructs U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, on jungle survival during exercise Cobra Gold 19 at Phitsanul More

Royal Thai Armed Forces Master Sgt. 1st Class. Saengchai Seeuthai, left, pours cobra blood into the mouths of U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, during exercise Cobra Gold More

U.S. Marines pass on a tarantula to each other during jungle survival training as part of Cobra Gold 19 at Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 14, 2019. Cobra Gold demonstrates the commitment of the Kingdo More

Two U.S. Marines feel the beating heart of a dead king cobra as part of jungle survival training during exercise Cobra Gold at Ban Chan Krem, Feb. 14, 2019, in Chanta Buri, Kingdom of Thailand. The Marines lear More