Thai soldiers join Hawaii exercise
published : 23 May 2019 at 13:34
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassana Nanuam
More than a hundred Thai soldiers have been sent to take part in a joint Thai-US military training in Hawaii, a first for a Thai armed force at the company level to participate in exercises in the US.
The commander of the 29th Infantry Battalion led 130 troops from Kanchanaburi-based Surasri camp to take part in the Lightning Forge Exercise 2019 joint military exercise in the US, an army source said.
The exercise is one of numerous multinational exercises and engagements that the RTA has fully integrated with in order to improve capacities.
Currently, the Thai troops are taking part in pre-training exercises, held between May 20-23, to standardise combat readiness before starting the joint exercises from May 28 to June 7, said the source.
The pre-training exercises included skills and standards in weapon training, calls for fire and close air support, life saving and other training.
Vocabulary
- battalion: a large group of soldiers made up of several smaller groups known as companies - กองทหาร, กองพันทหาร
- combat (noun): fighting; fighting during a war - การต่อสู้
- engagement (noun): a formal arrangement for meeting people or doing something - การนัดหมาย
- exercise: a set of activities for training soldiers - การฝึกฝน
- integrate: to combine things of different types in one effective system - รวมเข้าด้วยกัน
- joint: belonging to or shared between two or more people - ร่วม, ที่ร่วมกัน
- troops: soldiers, especially in large numbers - กองทหาร
- weapon: an object such as a knife, gun, bomb, etc. that is used for fighting or attacking somebody - อาวุธ
