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    Military personnel in different camouflage uniforms are engaged in what appears to be a jungle survival training exercise. A U.S. Army soldier wearing a 25th Infantry Division patch is handling what appears to be raw animal meat or entrails alongside a soldier in a different camouflage pattern, likely a partner nation's military. The setting is an outdoor wooded area, suggesting a field training environment.

    Cobra Gold 2015

    Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock

    55th Public Affairs Company (Combat Camera)

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    Military personnel in camouflage uniforms are participating in what appears to be a jungle survival training exercise. A snake is being held over a person's mouth, consistent with documented military survival training practices where participants drink snake blood as part of wilderness survival instruction. Multiple individuals in military fatigues are present and observing.

    31st MEU learns jungle tricks from Thais

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

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    Cobra Gold 20: Royal Thai, US Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: Royal Thai, US Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Sgt. Nicolas Cholula

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    Cobra Gold 20: Royal Thai, US Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: Royal Thai, US Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Sgt. Nicolas Cholula

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    A young male with short hair and blue eyes has his mouth open wide while a severed snake head is held above his mouth by another person's hand, with blood visible on his lower lip and tongue. This appears to be a military survival training exercise, consistent with jungle warfare or SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) training. Personnel in camouflage uniforms are visible in the background.

    Cobra Gold 19: Royal Thai, US Marines learn essential jungle survival skills at Ban Chan Krem

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Bragg

    III MEF Information Group

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    A person wearing US Marine Corps camouflage uniform and cover (hat) is participating in a survival training exercise, having a live or raw animal/insect placed into their open mouth. Blood or red liquid is visible on their lower lip and chin, consistent with biting into a live creature. This appears to be a jungle survival training exercise, commonly conducted during military field training.

    Cobra Gold 19: Royal Thai, US Marines learn essential jungle survival skills at Ban Chan Krem

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Bragg

    III MEF Information Group

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    U.S. Marines are participating in a jungle survival training exercise involving a live snake. One Marine has his mouth open and appears to be drinking snake blood, a known component of jungle survival training conducted in Southeast Asia. This type of exercise is part of documented multinational military training programs such as Cobra Gold.

    Cobra Gold 19: U.S. and Royal Thai Marines get a taste for jungle survival training

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Kenny Nunez Bigay

    III MEF Information Group

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    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Jordan Gilbert

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    A military training exercise appears to be underway in a wooded outdoor setting. A soldier in Thai military uniform with a red beret is holding a snake and directing its blood or contents toward the open mouth of a U.S. Army Military Police soldier. Additional U.S. Army personnel are visible observing in the background, consistent with jungle survival training exercises.

    US soldiers learn to survive in Thailand

    Photo by Sgt. Daniel Johnson

    U.S. Pacific Command

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    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    Cobra Gold 20: 31st Meu Marines, Royal Thai Marines conduct bilateral jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: 31st Meu Marines, Royal Thai Marines conduct bilateral jungle survival training

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Kolby Leger

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

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    A group of military personnel, including U.S. Marines (as indicated by visible uniform patches), are participating in what appears to be a jungle survival training exercise. A soldier is drinking blood or fluid from a live snake being held over his open mouth, while surrounded by fellow service members and a photographer with a Canon camera. This type of exercise is commonly associated with multinational military jungle warfare training, such as Cobra Gold exercises.

    Cobra Gold 19: 31st MEU Marines experience jungle training by the Royal Thai Marine Corps

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Cameron Parks

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    Marine Minute

    Marine Minute

    Audio by Cpl. Savannah Mosby

    Defense Media Activity - Marines

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    Cobra Gold 20: Royal Thai, US Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: Royal Thai, US Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Sgt. Nicolas Cholula

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    Cobra Gold 20: Royal Thai, US Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: Royal Thai, US Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Sgt. Nicolas Cholula

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Jordan Gilbert

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Cobra Gold 20: US, Royal Thai Marines participate in jungle survival training

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Jordan Gilbert

    U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

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    A military instructor wearing a 'RECON' patch and camouflage uniform is demonstrating snake handling to a large group of seated soldiers in MARPAT digital camouflage uniforms. The instructor is holding a live snake and presenting it to the trainees, who are reaching out to touch or handle it. This appears to be a jungle survival training exercise, likely involving familiarization with local wildlife.

    U.S. Marines learn jungle survival with Royal Thai counterparts

    Photo by Sgt. Robert Arellano

    3d Marine Division

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    Take care to watch for, avoid encounters with snakes while outside

    Story by Angie Thorne

    Fort Polk Public Affairs Office

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