泰国湾，第30届美泰“金色眼镜蛇-2011”联合军事演习期间，美国海军陆战队一架 UH-1N 直升机正在降落到沿部署中的“埃塞克斯”号两栖攻击舰上，该演习始于1982年，每年举行一次，是东南亚地区规模最大的联合军事演习。（A UH-1N Huey helicopter lands aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group is participating in exercise Cobra Gold 2011, a U.S. and Thailand co-sponsored multinational exercise designed to improve interoperability between participating nations.）

泰国湾，第30届美泰“金色眼镜蛇-2011”联合军事演习期间，美国海军陆战队第31远征队的 CH-53E 直升机从前沿部署中的“埃塞克斯”号两栖攻击舰上起飞，该演习始于1982年，每年举行一次，是东南亚地区规模最大的联合军事演习。（Petty Officer 3rd Class Mario Teasley, aviation boatswain's mate (handling), directs a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter to take off from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2011, a U.S. and Thailand co-sponsored multi-national exercise designed to improve interoperability between participating nations.）

泰国湾，第30届美泰“金色眼镜蛇-2011”联合军事演习期间，美国海军陆战队HMM-262中型直升机中队的 CH-46E 直升机降落到前沿部署中的“埃塞克斯”号两栖攻击舰上，该演习始于1982年，每年举行一次，是东南亚地区规模最大的联合军事演习。（A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter lands aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group is participating in exercise Cobra Gold 2011, a U.S. and Thailand co-sponsored multinational exercise designed to improve interoperability between participating nations.）

泰国湾，第30届美泰“金色眼镜蛇-2011”联合军事演习期间，美国海军陆战队HMM-262中型直升机中队一架 CH-46E 直升机降落到前沿部署中的“埃塞克斯”号两栖攻击舰上，该演习始于1982年，每年举行一次，是东南亚地区规模最大的联合军事演习。（Aviation boatswain's mates prepare to remove chocks and chains from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 31st and the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2011, a U.S. and Thailand co-sponsored multi-national exercise designed to improve interoperability between participating nations.）

泰国湾，第30届美泰“金色眼镜蛇-2011”联合军事演习期间，美国海军陆战队HMM-262中型直升机中队一架 CH-46E 直升机飞越“斯托克代尔”号导弹驱逐舰，该演习始于1982年，每年举行一次，是东南亚地区规模最大的联合军事演习。（A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter flies by the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale after a visit, board, search and seizure drill aboard the Military Sealift Command maritime prepositioning ship USNS 1st Lt. Jack Lummus as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold is a multinational military exercise co-sponsored by the U.S. and Thailand.）

泰国象岛长滩，第29届美泰“金色眼镜蛇-2010”联合军事演习期间，美国海军陆战队第31远征队一架 AH-1W 攻击直升机在两栖登陆演练中提供近距空中支援，该演习始于1982年，每年举行一次，是东南亚地区规模最大的联合军事演习，本届演习韩国首次加入。（An AH-1W Super Cobra assigned to the Air Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit provides close air support to U.S. and Thai amphibious Assault vehicles during a Cobra Gold 2010 amphibious landing demonstration at Hat Yao Beach during. Cobra Gold is a joint and coalition multinational exercise hosted annually by the Kingdom of Thailand.）

泰国湾，第29届美泰“金色眼镜蛇-2010”联合军事演习中，美国海军陆战队一架 CH-46E 直升机准备降落到“埃塞克斯”号两栖攻击舰上，该演习始于1982年，每年举行一次，是东南亚地区规模最大的联合军事演习，本届演习韩国首次加入。（Airman Jesse Washington, an aviation boatswain's mate (handling) from Miami, directs a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter as it lands aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex following the completion of exercise Cobra Gold 2010. Cobra Gold is a multinational exercise co-hosted annually by the U.S. and Thailand.）

红海，美国海军陆战队第24远征队部署第五舰队责任区期间，美国海军军事海运司令部一架 SA-330J“美洲豹”直升机在“罗伯特·皮尔里”号干货/弹药船上垂直补给。（A Sailor hooks a pole pendant to a commercial SA 330J Puma helicopter assigned to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary during a vertical replenishment aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland. Ashland and Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit are on deployment as part of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security and theater security cooperation operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.）

南中国海，第28届美泰“金色眼镜蛇-2009”联合军事演习中，泰国海军一架 S-70B-7 直升机准备降落到“埃塞克斯”号两栖攻击舰上，该演习始于1982年，每年举行一次，是东南亚地区规模最大的联合军事演习，本届参演国还有新加坡，日本和印尼。（A Royal Thai Navy helicopter lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex off the coast Thailand to earn deck landing qualifications during Cobra Gold 2009.）

泰国湾，第28届美泰“金色眼镜蛇-2009”联合军事演习中，美国海军陆战队第31远征队一架 AH-1W 攻击直升机从“哈泊斯费里”号船坞登陆舰上起飞，该演习始于1982年，每年举行一次，是东南亚地区规模最大的联合军事演习，本届参演国还有新加坡，日本和印尼。（Landing signalmen enlisted Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin Bourne, from Brooklyn, N.Y., assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry, signals an AH-1W Super Cobra assigned to the air combat element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit that it is clear to take-off. Harpers Ferry and the 31st MEU are taking part in Exercise Cobra Gold, an annual Thailand and U.S. co-sponsored joint coalition multinational military exercise designed to train a Thai, U.S. and Singaporean Coalition Task Force. The exercise will also include humanitarian civic action projects with participating nations from Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and the U.S.）