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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nickolaus Lopez, right, and Royal Thai Marine Corps Pvt. Bon Tsonsorum, left, apply paint primer to a wall at Ban Nam Chiao Elementary School in the Laem Ngop district of Trat province, Thailand, Feb. 4, 2013, as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2013. Lopez, a combat engineer, is assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nickolaus Lopez, right, and Royal Thai Marine Corps Pvt. Bon Tsonsorum, left, apply paint primer to a wall at Ban Nam Chiao Elementary School in the Laem Ngop district of Trat province, Thailand, Feb. 4, 2013, as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2013. Lopez, a combat engineer, is assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nickolaus Lopez, right, and Royal Thai Marine Corps Pvt. Bon Tsonsorum, left, apply paint primer to a wall at Ban Nam Chiao Elementary School in the Laem Ngop district of Trat province, Thailand, Feb. 4, 2013, as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2013. Lopez, a combat engineer, is assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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