Hanuman Guardian: U.S. Army civil affairs immerses in local community to learn generational craft
A soldier from the Royal Thai Army shows U.S. Soldiers from the 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion different ways to use handmade textiles during a visit to a textile manufacturing community in Baan Phun, Thailand on March 18, 2026 during Hanuman Guardian 26. Hanuman Guardian is a bilateral training exercise between the U.S. Army and the Royal Thai Army in the Kingdom of Thailand. Now in its 17th year, the exercise enhances readiness through realistic training while reinforcing the enduring U.S.–Thailand alliance, one of America’s oldest partnerships, dating back to 1833, and a shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Charles Marx)