U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Luke Elmore, a mortarman assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, utilizes techniques taught by Royal Thai Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, to start a fire with bamboo and straw during jungle survival training as part of Exercise Cobra Gold, Chanthaburi province, Kingdom of Thailand, March 2, 2024. Cobra Gold, now in its 43rd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the long-standing friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aidan Hekker)