Keywords: Boats out of Water (8495307068).jpg Marines and sailors with Company B Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit drag a boat into position after coming ashore during a bilateral boat raid as a part of exercise Cobra Gold 2013 in the Kingdom of Thailand Feb 15 Cobra Gold is an annual exercise that includes numerous multilateral events ranging from amphibious assaults to non-combatant evacuation operations The training aims to improve interoperability between the United States the Kingdom of Thailand and many other participating countries The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and is the Marine Corps ™ force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region U S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Codey R Underwood https //www flickr com/photos/marine_corps/8495307068/ Boats out of Water 2013-02-15 12 52 https //www flickr com/people/40927340 N03 Marines from Arlington VA United States PD-USGov United States Marine Corps Official Page https //flickr com/photos/40927340 N03/8495307068 2016-09-03 22 51 31 United States Government Work Cobra Gold Cobra Gold 2013 Military in Thailand Water Amphibious forces |