CAMP FRIENDSHIP, KORAT, Thailand May 12, 2008 - Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, Louisiana National Guard, learn how to delivers a rib-cracking knee strike to by their Royal Thai Army counterparts, while practicing Muay Thai during Cobra Cold 2008 here. Muay Thai is a form of Thai boxing, but the Thai military uses a modified form of Muay Thai called Lerdrit. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled combined, joint multinational exercise and is the latest in the continuing series of U.S. and Thai military exercises designed to ensure regional peace and stability. This exercise

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CAMP FRIENDSHIP, KORAT, Thailand May 12, 2008 - Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, Louisiana National Guard, learn how to delivers a rib-cracking knee strike to by their Royal Thai Army counterparts, while practicing Muay Thai during Cobra Cold 2008 here. Muay Thai is a form of Thai boxing, but the Thai military uses a modified form of Muay Thai called Lerdrit. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled combined, joint multinational exercise and is the latest in the continuing series of U.S. and Thai military exercises designed to ensure regional peace and stability. This exercise also strengthens the royal Thai's self defense abilities and their response to regional contingencies. Official U.S. Army Maj. Robert Isabella, 8th Theater Sustainment Command