190218-N-DX072-1683 GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 18, 2019) – Aviation Boatwain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Walter Rutherford, from Cheyenne, Wyo., signals to a CV-22 Osprey helicopter, assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group, as it takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). Green Bay, part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is in Thailand to participate in Exercise Cobra Gold 2019. Cobra Gold is a multinational exercise co-sponsored by Thailand and the United States that is designed to advan
190218-N-DX072-1683 GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 18, 2019) – Aviation Boatwain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Walter Rutherford, from Cheyenne, Wyo., signals to a CV-22 Osprey helicopter, assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group, as it takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). Green Bay, part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is in Thailand to participate in Exercise Cobra Gold 2019. Cobra Gold is a multinational exercise co-sponsored by Thailand and the United States that is designed to advance regional security and effective response to crisis contingencies through a robust multinational force to address common goals and security commitments in the Indo-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anaid Banuelos Rodriguez)
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