Exercise Name: COBRA GOLD 2009 (CG 09)
Exercise Dates: 4 - 17 February 2009
Exercise Location: Kingdom of Thailand
COBRA GOLD (CG) is an annual RTARF / USPACOM co-sponsored joint and multintaional exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Thailand. Exercise COBRA GOLD is designed to improve joint and multinational interoperability and capability to effectively plan and execute complex multinational operations.
The exercise scenario is focused on the most likely contingency operations expected in the Southeast Asia region, addresses regional security Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and Counterinsurgency (COIN) issues, improves participating nation's military-to-military relationships, advances USPACOM Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) objectives and Royal Thai Supreme Commander training guidance.
Full participating nations for CG 09 include; Thailand; United States; Singapore; Indonesia; Japan; and tentatively South Korea and Australia. Up to 10 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (MPAT) nations, and up to 10 Combined Observer Liaison Team (COLT) nations are also expected to participate. The major exercise events in priority order are: STAFFEX, H/CA, and FTX.