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The Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF; Thai: กองทัพไทย; RTGS: Kong Thap Thai) are the armed forces of the Kingdom of Thailand. The Highest Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (จอมทัพไทย; RTGS: Chom Thap Thai) is the King of Thailand. [4] The armed forces are managed by the Ministry of Defence of Thailand ...
In modern era, the army has a long history of coups d'état and coup attempts.Its leadership continues to see coup-making as one role of the army. [3] [4] [5]On 22 May 2014 the army deposed the government, appointed military officers to the national assembly, and on 21 August 2014 they elected the army's Commander in Chief, General Prayut Chan-o-cha, as prime minister.
Wutthaya Chanthamat. The 9th Infantry Division (Thai: กองพลทหารราบที่ 9) (พล.ร.๙.) also known as Black Panthers Division (Thai: กองพลเสือดำ) is an infantry division of the Royal Thai Army, it is currently a part of the First Army Area. The unit is composed of the 9th Infantry Regiment ...
History. The Task Force 90 (TF90) was founded by the 1st Division, King's Guard in 1981. In the early stages of creating the TF90, 1st and 2nd generation (42 men per generation) was trained by the British Special Air Service (SAS) and 3rd generation (40 men) was trained by Sayeret Matkal. After that, personnel from all three generations took ...
The Royal Thai Police share the same rank system as the Royal Thai Army but the particularities of the police are the star representing the commissioned officer and the crown over the star. The Royal Thai Police uses the eight-pointed silver star and the silver crown with a halo on top, while the Royal Thai Army uses the five-pointed gold star ...
A Royal Thai Volunteer Regiment (the "Queen's Cobras") and later the Royal Thai Army Expeditionary Division ("Black Panthers"), then a brigade, served in South Vietnam from September 1967 to March 1972. [26] Thailand was however more involved with the secret war and covert operations in Laos from 1964 to 1972.
3rd Special Forces Regiment King's Guard (Airborne) Special Operation Battalion King's Guard also known as Task Force 90. Ranger Battalion King's Guard also known as Royal Thai Army Ranger. 1st Ranger Company, Ranger Battalion, King's Guard. 2nd Ranger Company, Ranger Battalion, King's Guard.
Royal Thai Army Expeditionary Division. The Royal Thai Army Volunteer Force (Thai: กองพลทหารอาสาสมัคร), or the Black Panthers (กองพลเสือดำ) was a combined infantry unit of the Royal Thai Army (RTA) which served in the Vietnam War, replacing the Royal Thai Volunteer Regiment (RTVR) aka ...