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Mar 22

Royal Thai Marine Corps in Training

Daily Photos from Thailand

Sunday 22nd March, 2009 at 16:31:46| Words: 89 words | Category: News Photos

Marines undergoing training is never a pretty sight - the brutality and degradation they endure at the hands of their trainers, physically, mentally and emotionally, in order to turn them into lean, mean, fighting machines for King and country. In the above picture, marines are being punished for losing equipment while training. (Jetjaras na Ranong/Bangkok Post)

ON DECK / 'Fried Eggs', an exercise where marines are made to have their breakfast while wearing their shirts as trousers against the heat of the ship's deck. (Jetjaras na Ranong/Bangkok Post)




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