Annual Thai-US military exercise begins

CHIANG MAI: -- Thailand and the US have officially begun their annual joint military exercise at an army base in the northern city of Chiang Mai.

This year’s Cobra Gold 05 exercise involves 108 Thai military men and 21 American soldiers, Lt. Col. Adul Chanma, commander of the 1st Special Battalion in Mae Rim district, told TNA.

The two-week-joint military training exercise which started on Monday will focus on technical combat skills, inside buildings and in ambush scenarios. The exercise will be restricted to a base of the Fifth Special Battalion Division and surrounding areas.

''Our personnel will learn combat skills against terrorism and techniques in handling urban unrest, which are currently our main tasks”, said Lt. Col. Adul.

Cobra Gold is an annually scheduled joint military exercise between the US and Thailand aimed to ensure regional peace. It is also designed to help strengthen the Thai army's ability to defend its territory and to respond to regional contingencies.

--TNA 2005-05-02

This year’s Cobra Gold 05 exercise involves 108 Thai military men and 21 American soldiers, Lt. Col. Adul Chanma, commander of the 1st Special Battalion in Mae Rim district, told TNA.

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21 American soldiers??? for Cobra Gold?? give me a break.

TNA once again misses the story...

Cobra Gold 2005 Fact Sheet and Media Opportunities

Posted on Saturday, April 30, 2005

Cobra Gold is one of the largest exercises involving forces from throughout the Pacific region. This year there will be approximately 3,050 U.S.; 2,655 Thai; 76 Singaporean; and 20 Japanese participants. This year’s Cobra Gold exercise is Thailand’s and the United States’ 25th combined training, and it marks the fifth combined training in which Singapore has participated.

This year’s exercise will focus on capturing lessons learned from the humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations in response to the Dec. 26, 2004, earthquake and tsunami that affected nations surrounding the Indian Ocean.

This year’s Cobra Gold 05 exercise involves 108 Thai military men and 21 American soldiers, Lt. Col. Adul Chanma, commander of the 1st Special Battalion in Mae Rim district, told TNA.

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21 American soldiers??? for Cobra Gold?? give me a break.

TNA once again misses the story...

Cobra Gold 2005 Fact Sheet and Media Opportunities

Posted on Saturday, April 30, 2005

Cobra Gold is one of the largest exercises involving forces from throughout the Pacific region. This year there will be approximately 3,050 U.S.; 2,655 Thai; 76 Singaporean; and 20 Japanese participants. This year’s Cobra Gold exercise is Thailand’s and the United States’ 25th combined training, and it marks the fifth combined training in which Singapore has participated.

This year’s exercise will focus on capturing lessons learned from the humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations in response to the Dec. 26, 2004, earthquake and tsunami that affected nations surrounding the Indian Ocean.

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Guess the other 3,029 soldiers shall be working undercover then!

Edited May 3, 200521 yr by Sphere

those lucky bastards are on vacation

Even though there are over 6,000 participating troops, it's less than half of the 13,000 plus that took part last year and years past. Department of Defense said it was because of the military is already seriously strained with forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and all over the world. They simply don't have the available troops to fully participate.

those lucky bastards are on vacation

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... in Walking Street!