UTAPAO, Thailand (Feb. 14, 2017) – Multinational leaders and representatives gather in a conference room at the Royal Thai Naval Air Division base prior to attending the official opening ceremony of Cobra Gold 2017. Cobra Gold, in its 36th iteration, is the largest Theater Security Cooperation exercise in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. This year’s focus is to advance regional security and ensure effective responses to regional crises by bringing together a robust multinational force to address shared goals and security commitments in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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