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Lance Cpl. Benjamin Nelson, of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment in Twentynine Palms, Calif., opens wide to chow down on a scorpion at a jungle survival course hosted by the Thai marines Tuesday in Sattahip, Thailand. "It was crunchy. Lots of shell," Nelson said.

Once a training mainstay, jungle warfare now a niche Marines don’t want to forget

On Tuesday, Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment learned how to capture, kill and survive on animals they might find in the jungle, including snakes and chickens. They also got a crash course on jungle plants and found out what insects go down easiest. The course was part of the annual Cobra Gold multilateral exercise.

 

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