190208-N-DX072-1399 CHONBURI, Thailand (Feb. 8, 2019) Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Akira Noel, from New York, plays with a student during a community relations project conducted by the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) at Banthunggard School in Chonburi, Thailand. Green Bay, part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is in Thailand to participate in Exercise Cobra Gold 2019. Cobra Gold is a multinational exercise co-sponsored by Thailand and the United States that is designed to advance regional security and effective response to crisis contingencies through a robust multinational force to address common goals and security commitments in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anaid Banuelos Rodriguez/Released)