Coronavirus: US Marines learn jungle survival in Thailand as exercises go ahead despite epidemic

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US marines have been dining on some very unusual types of food during jungle survival training course in Thailand. The training is part of the Cobra Gold joint exercises, which went ahead despite ally South Korea dropping out over concerns about the Covid-19 epidemic. On March 4, 2020, the soldiers showed off some of their new-found skills picked up while training to find sources of food and water they would need to survive in an emergency situation in a tropical environment.