Lieutenant Junior Grade Aniroot Tongsrima has become the first Thai military officer to graduate from the United States Special Warfare’s 24-week Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training in Coronado, California.

 

The U.S. Embassy in Bangkok offered their congratulations to Aniroot, saying he is the first Thai to do so in 15 years.

 

According to the embassy, BUDS is widely regarded as some of the most mentally challenging and physically demanding training in the world. Out of about 1,000 candidates who start the Navy SEAL training pipeline each year, only about 200-250 succeed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/first-thai-military-officer-in-15-years-passes-us-navy-seal-training-course/

 

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Well done to the young man.

congratulations to these devoted soldiers. First in 15 years !!  Just shows the standard of the Thai military.

Shows that Thais have the same possibilities as everyone else when properly educated, trained & led.

Everything the TH SEALs do and know were to taught to them by the US Navy Frogmen.

 

No idea what they are passing on to China these days.

 

 

 

9 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Shows that Thais have the same possibilities as everyone else when properly educated, trained & led.

Indeed why not... sadly the requirements you specify are sadly lacking. 

Seal officer route is more competitive than the elisted Seal candidates as more enlisted Seals are much more I demand relative to Seal units.

So congratulations but why isn't the RTM offering enlisted soldiers for Seal training?

2 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Seal officer route is more competitive than the elisted Seal candidates as more enlisted Seals are much more I demand relative to Seal units.

So congratulations but why isn't the RTM offering enlisted soldiers for Seal training?

So why aren't Thai navy seals passing on their expertise.

Congrats, deeper thoughts was he charged duel pricing and now that he has passed will he need to apply for the C.O.E.?

2 hours ago, jaiyen said:

congratulations to these devoted soldiers. First in 15 years !!  Just shows the standard of the Thai military.

You would have to ask how many have gone forward for the training in 15 years before drawing any conclusions.

42 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

So why aren't Thai navy seals passing on their expertise.

Who's to say they aren't?

2 hours ago, jaiyen said:

congratulations to these devoted soldiers. First in 15 years !!  Just shows the standard of the Thai military.

The percentage of Americans who make it through this training isn't exactly high. 

How many million Baht will he get for passing?

2 hours ago, jaiyen said:

congratulations to these devoted soldiers. First in 15 years !!  Just shows the standard of the Thai military.

I  heard the Thai military  are  good  at fighting their  way out of a  wet  paper  bag? could  just be a vicious  rumour

I remember (many years ago now) art an undisclosed base/headquarters in Australia there was a detachment of US SEALS on a visit, and one morning as they were usually doing (training before dawn) they were jogging in formation and doing that singing thing they do. The RSM opened his window and bellowed; 'shut the F up! If you blokes have enough wind in you to sing then you aint' trainin' hard enough! LOL ????????

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Out of about 1,000 candidates who start the Navy SEAL training pipeline each year, only about 200-250 succeed.

Not saying that is not a great force and the guys who succès are to be congratulated but compared with the Fusiliers marins ( specialised French naval infantry ) who might be assimilated to the US Seals .…. The latter only  gets a 10% success 

4 hours ago, jaiyen said:

congratulations to these devoted soldiers. First in 15 years !!  Just shows the standard of the Thai military.

I don’t think there’s too many who try, though. Also, as much as you’d like it to tell a story about the Thai military, it really doesn’t!! If anything it tells the story of how incredibly difficult this training is and that’s true for everyone from every nation in the world! The failure rate is between 73 and 75%! 

So what's the distinction between Thai Navy Seals and this 1 officer that passed now?  Aren't the Thai Navy Seals trained by the US Navy Seals?

 

I hope the US charged the RTN triple the price to get in the class!

great video great story 

Well done.
A little surprising though as Thai SEAL training is also considered extreme and quite a few americans haven't got through it

 

Pull up a bar stool (or sand bag) and I will tell you about MY career in the SAS, SEALS, CIA and French Foreign Legion and my untold but critical part in the hunt for Bin Laden........

As a Navy vet he's got my utmost respect.  Well done sir. 

 

Many of our local Agricultural Executives often look and sound like performng seals during the  "Cocktail Hour" Honk Hong Tong til you drop

4 hours ago, alyx said:

Not saying that is not a great force and the guys who succès are to be congratulated but compared with the Fusiliers marins ( specialised French naval infantry ) who might be assimilated to the US Seals .…. The latter only  gets a 10% success 

So is that good or bad? and which is which? and how can you tell?

2 hours ago, mfd101 said:

So is that good or bad? and which is which? and how can you tell?

As mentioned , just stating 

difficult to determine which is the best as they all have their elite personnel 

Something that has to be admitted is that there are numerous formations even in the same country and the debate is open 

On 10/1/2021 at 9:17 AM, Rampant Rabbit said:

I  heard the Thai military  are  good  at fighting their  way out of a  wet  paper  bag? could  just be a vicious  rumour

Some Generals wouloldn't even fit in one.

21 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Pull up a bar stool (or sand bag) and I will tell you about MY career in the SAS, SEALS, CIA and French Foreign Legion and my untold but critical part in the hunt for Bin Laden........

Yeah  but  you  didnt ride on the last space  shuttle

On 10/1/2021 at 3:17 AM, Rampant Rabbit said:

I  heard the Thai military  are  good  at fighting their  way out of a  wet  paper  bag? could  just be a vicious  rumour

It is not the soldiers it is the commanders. Thai military forces commanders are usually not the best fighters but the best greasers.

1 hour ago, bangkokbonecollector said:

It is not the soldiers it is the commanders. Thai military forces commanders are usually not the best fighters but the best greasers.

I watch the "soldiers" Outside thepalace of the king sometimes at Hua  Hin gawking at their  phones, gun in one hand phone on the other, protecting the nation app  by  app

On 10/1/2021 at 8:44 AM, PETERTHEEATER said:

Pull up a bar stool (or sand bag) and I will tell you about MY career in the SAS, SEALS, CIA and French Foreign Legion and my untold but critical part in the hunt for Bin Laden........

Right but you forgot to mention we started at 155 mm houwitzer in Nam.