Army Reserve Force Students - Requirements

Requirements

The current requirements are:

1. Thai nationality
2. Age of younger than 22 years
3. Must be approved by their parents or guardians
4. A grade-point average of above 2.50 or certificate of passing senior scout
5. A doctor's certificate of health. People with disabilities, fatal sickness, disease or extreme eye problems such as color blind are not allowed.
6. Body mass index of less than 30 (obesity)
7. Must have appropriate body height and size according to age
8. Fitness test of a 1000 meter run in 3:15, 34 sit-ups in two minutes, and 22 push-ups in two minutes are also required (each test has score of 100 on its own, giving 300 in total) is also required and will be taken at the Territorial Defense School itself. Female applicants have more relaxed requirements.
9. Male Students are also required to cut their hair so that the white of their scalp is visible on 3-sides, and a small patch of hair is visible on the top-most of the head. It is in fact, very similar to a Crew cut

Applicants who do not meet fitness test requirements are graded by their score, which measured their performance during the test. Applicants with higher score will have priority. Some other applicants who do not meet other criteria may be accepted in a case-by-case basis. If extra funding is available, more applicants will be accepted.

After these tests are completed, the ones that are chosen are given a beret in their succession.

Then they are sent to the shooting range where they are briefly taught about a rifle, the rifle in use here is the HK33, M16

In Chiang Mai, International school students are however trained at different sites, usually not at the main Territorial Defense School.