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    Marine’s journey puts smiles on faces of Thai children [Image 4 of 6]

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    A military service member in camouflage uniform and patrol cap interacts playfully with a group of children wearing green school uniforms at what appears to be a Thai school or community center. The children, most barefoot, are gathered around the adult in an energetic, joyful manner suggesting a game or greeting activity. Thai script signage is visible on the building in the background.

    PHITSANULOK, THAILAND

    01.24.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Jose Lujano 

    III Marine Expeditionary Force   

    A group of students from Ban Kuad Nam Man School and U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Cuong V. Cao break from a huddle as they get ready for a game of badminton during their lunch break Jan. 24 at Chat Trakarn District, Phitsanulok province, Kingdom of Thailand. Royal Thai soldiers with 302nd Engineer Battalion, Royal Thai Army and U.S. Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, are constructing a new building as part of an ongoing engineering civic assistance project at the school part of exercise Cobra Gold 2013. Similar structures are being built at four other schools within two other provinces. Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest multinational exercise in the Asia-Pacific region and provides the Kingdom of Thailand, U.S., Singapore, Japan, Republic of Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia an opportunity to maintain relationships and enhance interoperability. Cao is a combat engineer with 9th ESB.

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    Date Taken: 01.24.2013
    Date Posted: 02.06.2013 01:40
    Photo ID: 828090
    VIRIN: 130124-M-SO590-704
    Resolution: 4368x2912
    Size: 4.61 MB
    Location: PHITSANULOK, TH
    Hometown: HOUSTON, TEXAS, US
    Web Views: 67
    Downloads: 4

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    A military servicemember in camouflage uniform plays badminton with a group of children at what appears to be a school in Thailand, as indicated by the Thai script signage on the building. The children are wearing green school uniforms and scout uniforms, and are barefoot. The scene suggests a community engagement or humanitarian outreach activity.
    A military service member in MARPAT camouflage uniform is giving a high-five to a young boy holding a volleyball at what appears to be a school in Southeast Asia. Several children in green school uniforms and one in a scout uniform with a wide-brimmed hat are gathered nearby. The setting appears to be a community engagement or humanitarian assistance visit at a local school.
    A U.S. Marine in camouflage uniform and cover interacts with a group of Thai schoolchildren at what appears to be a school compound in Thailand. Several children in green uniforms are reaching up to give the soldier a group high-five, suggesting a community engagement or humanitarian assistance activity. Thai script is visible on signage in the background, and a Thai flag is partially visible on the left.
    A military service member in camouflage uniform and patrol cap interacts playfully with a group of children wearing green school uniforms at what appears to be a Thai school or community center. The children, most barefoot, are gathered around the adult in an energetic, joyful manner suggesting a game or greeting activity. Thai script signage is visible on the building in the background.
    A military service member in camouflage utilities and a green hard hat is performing masonry work, laying concrete blocks on what appears to be a construction project. The individual is using a hand tool to work with mortar between cinder blocks while a metal roof truss framework is visible overhead. This appears to be a military humanitarian or engineering assistance mission based on the uniform and construction context.
    A construction worker wearing a green hard hat and tan work gloves is using a hammer on a concrete block wall. The worker is leaning over the top course of cinder blocks, appearing to chip or shape the masonry. The scene is an active outdoor construction site with a metal roof frame visible overhead.

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