090207-N-6936D-026 SATTAHIP, Thailand (Feb. 6, 2009) Seaman Matthew Atkinson, from Taylorville, Ill. assigned to Beach Master Unit (BMU) 1 directs vehicles as they arrive by landing craft in Sattahip, Thailand from the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) to offload Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to participate in Exercise Cobra Gold 09. Cobra Gold is an annual Thailand and co-sponsored joint coalition multinational military exercise designed to train a Thai, and Singaporean Coalition Task Force. The exercise will also include humanitari
090207-N-6936D-026 SATTAHIP, Thailand (Feb. 6, 2009) Seaman Matthew Atkinson, from Taylorville, Ill. assigned to Beach Master Unit (BMU) 1 directs vehicles as they arrive by landing craft in Sattahip, Thailand from the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) to offload Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to participate in Exercise Cobra Gold 09. Cobra Gold is an annual Thailand and co-sponsored joint coalition multinational military exercise designed to train a Thai, and Singaporean Coalition Task Force. The exercise will also include humanitarian civic action projects with participating nations from Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and the ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Didier/Released) US Navy 090207-N-6936D-026 Seaman Matthew Atkinson directs vehicles as they arrive by landing craft in Sattahip, Thailand
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