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Video: Forging Friendships

Feb. 6, 2019
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Thai navy Petty Officer 1st Class Bandit "Tum" Potisai and U.S. Navy Seaman Recruit Carter Shaw talk about how they became friends during construction at Ban Man Kroi School during exercise Cobra Gold 19 in Rayong, Thailand, Feb. 3, 2019. 

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Video by Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Matthew Bragg

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