Marine Gunnery Sgt. James Miramonte briefs the night’s courtesy patrol before heading out. The guidance for the courtesy patrols comes from general order-1 signed by Brig. Gen. Craig C. Crenshaw, commanding general, 3rd Marine Logistics Group and special order-1, an extension of that order, signed by the commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group-36 and Air Combat Element for Exercise Cobra Gold 2012 here Feb 13. Cobra Gold is a recurring multinational and multiservice exercise co-hosted by the Royal Kingdom of Thailand and the designed to increase interoperability with participating nations by training as a multinational force that shares common goals and security commitments in the Asia-Pacific region.
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