7th Infantry Division Major General Michelle A. Schmidt and Command Sergeant Major Stephen J. LaRocque recognized Soldiers from 16th CAB with challenge coins for all their hard work and dedication during #ExerciseCobraGold2024 .
#CG24 #FreeandOpenIndoPacific #BornInBattle

2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, and Royal Thai Army, 9th Aviation Battalion exchange gifts with one another during their closing ceremony to conclude #ExerciseCobraGold2024 .

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Battle Ready!

The 1-229th Attack Battalion conducts an aerial gunnery on the AH-64 Apache helicopters at Lop Buri, Thailand during #ExerciseCobraGold2024 .

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(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Bruer, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade)

We play together. We fight together. We win together!

16th CAB and Royal Thai Army 9th Aviation Battalion competed against one another in a friendly Sports Day Competition during #ExerciseCobraGold2024 .

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U.S. Army Soldiers with 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion and Royal Thai Army Soldiers from 9th Aviation Battalion visited the School for the Blind and the Blind with Multiple Handicaps in Lop Buri, Thailand during #ExerciseCobraGold2024 .

#CG24 #FreeandOpenIndoPacific

Lethal from land, sea & sky 🏝️🌊🚁

Raptor Brigade joined elements of the US Marine Corps, Royal Thai Marine Corps & Republic of Korea Marine Corps during an amphibious assault at Hat Yao Beach, Kingdom of Thailand during #cg24
#FriendsPartnersAllies

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2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion and 1-229th Attack Battalion. Deck Landing Qualifications on the USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) while underway in the Gulf of Thailand, during #ExerciseCobraGold2024 .

#CG24 #FreeandOpenIndoPacific #BornInBattle

2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion and 1-229th Attack Battalion conduct deck landing landing qualifications on the USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) while underway in the Gulf of Thailand, during #ExerciseCobraGold2024 .

#CG24 #FreeandOpenIndoPacific #BornInBattle

16th CAB conducts multinational Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction System (FRIES) training for #ExerciseCobraGold2024 .
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16th CAB conducts pilot extraction and patient transport training with Royal Thai Army allies during #ExerciseCobraGold24

CG24 exemplifies our alliance with Thailand, and reflects our shared commitment to preserving a peaceful, prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific region.

16th CAB Commander, Col. Derek A. Smith, visited 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion’s Forward arming and refueling point (FARP) during #ExerciseCobraGold2024 .
#CG24 #FreeandOpenIndoPacific #SeizeTheHighGround

2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, conducted deck landings upon the USS Somerset (LPD-25) escorting U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Christopher D. Stone, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, during #ExerciseCobraGold24

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2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, conduct staff introductions and patch exchange with Royal Thai Army allies from 9th Aviation Battalion for #ExerciseCobraGold2024 . Operating side-by-side with partner and allied forces, is a demonstration of the U.S. commitment to our allies.

1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, and 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, conducted Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) training in Sa Kaeo Province, Thailand, working together during #ExerciseCobraGold2024 .

We are here!
16th CAB is in the Kingdom of Thailand, currently fueling, conducting maintenance, and performing test flights, in preparation for the upcoming annual Joint exercise #cobragold24
#CG24 #FreeandOpenIndoPacific #SeizeTheHighGround

“A mission like this underscores the professionalism of our critical care flight paramedic Soldiers and aircrew.”

– Maj. Alec DeGroat
Mission Copilot

Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Air Ambulance Detachment 'Yakima Dustoff' performed an aeromedical evacuation of a civilian near Colchuck Lake, Wash. on Oct. 4, 2023.

Click the link to read more: army.mil/article/270648

#BornInBattle #tosavealife

Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion performed an aeromedical evacuation of a civilian near Gold King Creek, Alaska on Sep. 17, 2023.

Click the link to read more: army.mil/article/270158

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