Chief Warrant Officer Gene Rose, Operations Officer for the Motor Vehicle (MV) WestPac Express, explains the functions of the ship. The MV WestPac Express is a chartered Military Sealift Command ship that arrived in Thailand to transport U.S. Marines taking part in exercise ?Cobra Gold? 2002. Cobra Gold 2002 is the 21st, U.S. Pacific Command exercise conducted in Thailand, and is designed to demonstrate the ability of U.S. Forces to deploy rapidly and conduct Joint-Combined Operations with the Thai and Singapore Armed Forces. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer?s Mate 2nd Class Jennifer A. Smith.