Royal Thai Navy SAREX2009 in Songkhla

HTMS Sriracha departing Songkhla Naval base for SAREX.

SSAREX, or Search and Rescue Exercise, is an annual exercise organized by Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), Ministry of Transport. The exercise focus on rescuing the aircraft and ship that faced accident. Participant consists of armed force, police, armature radio network, private rescue foundation, hospital, etc. Each year DCA will assigned one government organization as a main host and this year Royal Thai Navy take this role.

CARAT2009 and Photo of Mistral Firing on Board HTMS Chakri Naruebeth

Thai, US Forces Recognize Achievements as CARAT Thailand Concludes 
Release Date: 7/16/2009

By Lt. Ed Early, Commander, Task Group 73.5 Public Affairs  

SATTAHIP, Thailand (July 16, 2009) Notable achievements at sea and on land exemplified the cooperation between the armed forces of Thailand and the United States as the Thailand phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) concluded, July 16.

Photo Gallery: CARAT2009

Royal Thai Navy SEALs jump into the beach

The landing exercise in Had Yao Beach, Sattahip of Royal Thai Navy and US Navy in CARAT2009. 
 

Thailand’s Part CARAT Begin Today!

  I’ll post more photos when the exercise is going on.

CARAT to Provide Numerous Training Opportunities for Thailand, US
Release Date: 7/08/2009
By Lt. Mike Morley, Commander, Task Group 73.5 Public Affairs

SATTAHIP, Thailand (July 8, 2009) Southeast Asia’s only aircraft carrier will be the centerpiece of a combined afloat training schedule for the armed forces of Thailand and the United States during the Thailand phase of the 15th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise, which began July 8.

Border dispute not lead to war with Cambodia: Thai defense minister

www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-04 17:25:46

BANGKOK, July 4 (Xinhua) — Thai Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Saturday that he was confident that the border dispute with Cambodia will not lead to war between the two countries as some fear.

It’s Getting Hot Again … In Thai-Cambodian Border

Hope there is notting bad phappen this time…….

(Finally?), Thailand and Cambodian Speed Up Border Servey

FOREIGN RELATIONS
Meeting sets date for border survey
By: THANIDA TANSUBHAPOL
Published: 9/04/2009 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News

Thailand and Cambodia will start surveying their common boundary from Si Sa Ket to Surin province next month.

Vasin Teeravechyan, an adviser to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, said the boundary survey would follow the agreed minutes of the last two meetings of officials.

Gen. Anupong: It’s resulted from “misunderstanding”

Thai Army chief: Thai-Cambodian border clashes caused by “misunderstanding”
www.chinaview.cn 2009-04-04 19:40:46

BANGKOK, April 4 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s Army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Anupong Paochinda said Saturday clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers at the disputed border area on Friday resulted from “misunderstanding”, according to Thai News Agency (TNA).

Breakingnews: Thai and Cambodian Exhange Fire

Cambodia, Thai troops exchange fire
By: AFP
Published: 3/04/2009 at 10:30 AM
Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged gunfire briefly on Friday in a disputed area on their border, a Thai official said, raising tensions that erupted into a deadly clash last year.

Wargame In Paradise

A Thai marine aims his weapon during an amphibious assault exercise as part of the Cobra Gold ‘09 joint military exercise at a military base in Chonburi Province, east of Bangkok Feb. 13, 2009. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)

War games in paradise

Welcome to Cobra Gold, the largest US military exercise in Asia.

By Patrick Winn – GlobalPost

Published: February 18, 2009 17:47 ET
Updated: February 19, 2009 14:57 ET