Royal Thai Army Soldiers train alongside U.S. Army Soldiers of 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, during a live-fire exercise with a Stryker vehicle-mounted 120mm mortar during Exercise Cobra Gold 2023, near Lop Buri, Kingdom of Thailand, March 3, 2023. Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd 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. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. Alec Dionne)