US government presents Thai border police with close quarter battle building

[webfact]

 

 

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Acting US ambassador Michael Heath and the deputy of the Thai Border Patrol Police Pol Maj-Gen Worayuth Sukhawat presided over the opening ceremony of a building to help border police combat crime.

 

At a facility in Mae Teng, Chiang Mai a building and extension used to train Thais in close quarter battle was handed over officially to the authorities. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

It cost along with a firing range and other facilites $600,000 or just short of 20 million baht and is part of 1.2million dollars worth of US aid to help the Thai authorities. 

 

77kaoded published photos as commandoes were put through their paces utilizing the new building. 

 

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Picture: 77kaoded

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[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

It cost along with a firing range and other facilites $600,000 or just short of 20 million baht and is part of 1.2million dollars worth of US aid to help the Thai authorities. 

As if the military's budget isn't big enough already.

[khunjeff]

37 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

As if the military's budget isn't big enough already.

This was given to the police, not the military.

[Burma Bill]

Is that Hagrid from Harry Potter in the bottom photo??

 

 

[Isaan sailor]

Anyone else see the hypocrisy of a representative of the US Government giving advice and help to border police?  Now estimated over 2 million illegal aliens have come across the US southern border in the last 12 months.

[Scott Tracy]

Why does the US need to give them this? Thailand is not yet the USA, does not need FIBUA buildings for its police. It just encourages US style 'policing' in Thailand.

 

Stay away. You did enough damage in the 60s and 70s...

[unblocktheplanet]

America knows best. How about a wall?

[thaibook]

1 hour ago, Isaan sailor said:

Anyone else see the hypocrisy of a representative of the US Government giving advice and help to border police?  Now estimated over 2 million illegal aliens have come across the US southern border in the last 12 months.

although th enumbers are much smaller, there are significant number of illegal immigrants coming across the northern border too.  Apparently they are mainly Indian, brown not red.

 

Ukraine should not let in any Russians but the US should welcome everyone from Mexico and Guatamala.