U.S. Army 1st Lt. Franklin Brown plans drop zone medical

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Franklin Brown plans drop zone medical procedures with a group of Royal Thai Armed Forces healthcare providers Feb. 14 at the Special Warfare School near Lop Buri, Kingdom of Thailand. Brown is part of a group of advance party paratroopers with the Spartan Brigade who are in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. For their part in CG14, the 4-25th is scheduled to drop nearly 400 of their paratroopers into Thailand to rehearse seizing an airfield for follow-on operations. CG14 is a multinational exercise designed to enhance interoperability among partner nations that share common interests in peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. Brown is a physician’s assistant with the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith/Released)