Keywords: US Navy 090212-N-1251W-113 Landing Signalmen launch a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter.jpg en GULF OF THAILAND Feb 12 2009 Landing Signalman Enlisted Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handling 1st Class Kevin Bourne launches a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron HMM 262 from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry LSD 49 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2009 Harpers Ferry is taking part in Exercise Cobra Gold an annual Thailand and U S co-sponsored joint coalition multinational military exercise designed to train a Thai U S and Singaporean Coalition Task Force The exercise will also include humanitarian civic action projects with participating nations from Indonesia Japan Singapore Thailand and the U S U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew R White/Released 2009-02-12 090212-N-1251W-113 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 69245 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew R White PD-USGov-Military-Navy Cobra Gold 2009 Aboard USS Harpers Ferry LSD-49 Aviation Boatswain's Mates Handlers Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopters taking off |