Royal Thai Armed Forces service members, Malaysian forces, and U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 pour cement at the construction site of a multipurpose building being erected at the Wat Chalheamlap Temple School in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2012, Chon Buri, Thailand, Feb. 7, 2012. NMCB-40 is based out of Port Hueneme, Calif., as a part of the 31st Seabee Readiness Group. The coordinated effort displayed at the construction site highlights the joint effort of the participating nations in Cobra Gold 2012. The exercise improves the capability to plan and conduct combined joint operations, building relationships between partnering nations and improving interoperability across the Asia-Pacific region.