Thai army infantrymen board a Thai Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopter during the joint Thai-U.S. training exercise Cobra Gold ’92, June 1992. Wikimedia Commons

 

Bangkok Post-Sept 11

The army has revealed plans for its greatest change of strategy in public memory. Beginning in a year, it will close the bases and shift most Bangkok-based combat units to outlying provinces. The planned move includes most major units of infantry, cavalry and artillery — troops, tanks and big guns — as well as headquarters and support units needed to support them. Two well-known regiments are to be completely decommissioned and all their soldiers reassigned.

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First published in: Bangkok Post