190203-M-WW557-1049 RAYONG, Thailand (Feb. 3, 2019) U.S. Navy Builder 2nd Class Desreal Shorts, left, and Royal Thai Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Bandit Potisai apply concrete to a doorway during construction of classrooms at Ban Man Kroi School in Rayong, Thailand, Feb. 3, 2019. The U.S. Navy and Royal Thai Navy are working together to give back to the local community in efforts to strengthen military-to-military bond. Exercise Cobra Gold 19 emphasizes coordination on civic action, such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief events, developing interoperability and unity of action in crisis contingencies. Chobkan, a native of Muang, Rod Ed, Thailand, is with the Construction and Development Regiment in the Royal Thai Navy. Shorts, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, is a Builder Construction Man with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenny Nunez/Released)