US Ambassador, Richard Hecklinger, (left) Thai Supreme Commander, General Sampoa Chusri, (center), and Singapore Ambassador, Calvin Eu embrace in a three-way handshake at the Exercise COBRA GOLD 2001 opening ceremony at Phitsanulok, Thailand. COBRA GOLD is regularly scheduled, joint-combined exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies. This year's exercise, the 20th in the series, will focus on peace enforcement operations
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 01
Base: Phitsanulok
Country: Thailand (THA)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Leslie Lawrence, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
15/05/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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