The 1-94th Field Artillery Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Brigade conducts field training with live rounds fired from High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) during an exercise with the Royal Thai Armed Forces in support of Joint Exercise Cobra Gold 2024 near Lop Buri, Thailand, March 4, 2024. Cobra Gold, conducted 43 times starting in 1982, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event promoting cooperation, peace and allows us to train side-by-side with regional partners, enhancing our longstanding relationship with the Kingdom of Thailand. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Leadingham)
As temperatures rise beyond double digits and servicemembers from all around the world begin to move a little more sluggishly in the heat, from under a large tent in the middle of Camp Red Horse, Thailand, come the first notes to the 1970’s classic “Staying Alive,” but with a clever jazz twist. Other instruments join in, and then, eventually, a woman’s clear voice. Despite the heat, the energy in the outdoor lunch tent perks up, as...