THE FRIDAY FOTO (July 28, 2023)

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE COBRA.

(U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Nicholas Ramshaw) Click on photo to enlarge image.

Sergeant Major 1st Class Boworn Pompang, a Special Warfare School Instructor with the Royal Thai Army, teaches — with what appears to be a King Cobra — snake familiarization to U.S. and Thai soldiers during exercise Hanuman Guardian 2023 at the Special Warfare School in Lop Buri, Thailand on July 12, 2023.

Hanuman Guardian is an annual, bilateral army-to-army exercise hosted by the Royal Thai Army with elements from U.S. Army Pacific. The exercise is designed to improve humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities and enhance mission readiness and interoperability between the two armies. At the same time exercise participants work to improve the quality of life in rural areas.

For a short video about the jungle warfare training and a brief interview with the Sergeant Major, click here.