31st MEU, Thai Marines Complete Helicopter Raid

02/18/2013
02/18/2013: Marines and Sailors of Company C., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, execute a helicopter raid alongside their Thai counterparts as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2013. The U.S. and Thai Marines inserted together via CH-53E Super Stallion and CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters…

31st MEU Arrives for Cobra Gold 2013

02/15/2013
02/15/2013: Approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit offloaded from three ships of the Navy's Amphibious Squadron 11 to begin the multinational exercise Cobra Gold 2013 in the Kingdom of Thailand. The unit was brought ashore using the Navy's landing craft utility, landing craft air cushions,…

USCG Rescue With Dauphin Helicopter

02/12/2013
02/12/2013: The aircrew of an Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter return after locating and rescuing a boater that had run aground Dec. 14, 2012, near Port Arthur, Texas. A 33-year-old man was rescued by a Coast Guard aircrew when his boat ran aground, Friday, approximately 7 miles southeast of…

Major General Owens visits MARFOR ACE in Korat

02/12/2013
2013-02-11  Maj. Gen. Christopher S. Owens visited with service members on Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand Feb. 10 before the start of exercise Cobra Gold 2013.  CG 13, in its 32nd iteration, is designed to advance regional security and ensure effective response to…

U.S. Army South Host the 2013 Central American Regional Leaders Conference

02/07/2013
02/07/2013: Army leaders from U.S. Army South, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Security Forces from Panama meet at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston TX for the Central American Regional Leaders' Conference. During the conference regional partners present concerns and explore reasonable approaches in the areas of…

Republic of Korea Marine Corps Commandant Visits Okinawa

02/07/2013
02/07/2013: Lt. Gen. Ho Yeon Lee, the commandant of the ROK Marine Corps visited Okinawa Jan. 29 to tour Marine Corps installations and discuss training between the U.S. and ROK Marine Corps. Republic of Korea Marine Corps Commandant Visits Okinawa from SldInfo.com on Vimeo.  Credit:III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine…