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Caption:
RAYONG, Thailand -- A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, from the Air Combat
Element (ACE), prepares to extract American citizens and evacuees from
the factious “White Land” embassy May 25. The ACE,
embarked USS Essex (LHD), is involved in evacuating 99 American
Citizens and evacuees from a staged Embassy during a simulated
Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) Exercise as part of exercise
Cobra Gold 2002. Cobra Gold is a joint/combined exercise and is
the latest in a continuing series of U.S.-Thai military exercises
designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the
Royal Thai armed forces to respond to regional contingencies.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph by: Photographers Mate 3rd Class (AW)
Clover B. Christensen
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