Royal Thai Marine Corps Petty Officer 2nd Class Poramet Panpach, left, Seaman Somchok Mangkou, center, both basic infantrymen with the 3rd Small Arms Company, 7th Battalion, 3rd Regiment, Marine Division, and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Beto A. Chavarria, a rifleman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, attached to the 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, provide security during a jungle patrolling training evolution as part of Cobra Gold 2014 in Ban Chan Krem, Thailand, Feb. 12, 2014. Cobra Gold is a 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.