caption: Marines with the command element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, unload gear for embarkation with Amphibious Squadron 11 here, Jan 29. The unit is deploying for the regularly scheduled <PERSON> and to participate in exercise Cobra Gold 2013 in the Kingdom of Thailand. Cobra Gold is a multilateral training exercise that the United States has participated in for more than three decades. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and is the Marine Corps' force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.
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