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- [Reporter] Exercise Cobra Gold brings our partner nations

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together in the Kingdom of Thailand.

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This year, 2017 marked the first medical leader seminar.

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U.S. Pacific Command

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Command Surgeon Rear Admiral Brian Pecha

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believes events like these are critical

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for the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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- This is the first time at Cobra Gold

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that we've actually done a senior medical leader seminar

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with some of the medical professionals

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from the countries involved.

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And so it's a really good opportunity

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for us to again get together,

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re-establish those relationships

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that we build up during the year

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and work on a specific project,

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which is a case study involving disaster management.

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- [Reporter] Cobra Gold provides a fluid platform

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for our allied partners to learn from one another

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before an actual disaster occurs.

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- The Indo-Asia-Pacific is a very diverse region.

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So we have very advanced countries.

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We have countries that are still developing.

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And lots of different cultures,

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both in their civilian communities

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and in their military communities.

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And so the opportunity to come together

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and let each of these countries speak to each other

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and learn about each other

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goes a long way toward helping smooth relationships

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during disasters.

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- [Reporter] For ANF Pacific,

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I'm Marine Corporal Paul Williams.