Royal Thai Navy SEALs - Operational Deployments

Operational Deployments

Most of the operations the Thai Seals are sent on are highly sensitive and are rarely divulged to the public. However, it is thought that the Thai Seals have been involved in a number of skirmishes along the Cambodian border, and in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Thailand. The Thai UDT/Seals have participated in salvage and rescue operations, and have supported RTMC training exercises. They were also thought to have been used to gather intelligence during period of heightened tensions along Thailand's border. In December 1978, for example, recon teams were sent to the Mekong River during skirmishes with the Pathet Lao. The Pathet Lao was a communist, nationalist political movement and organization in Laos. The Royal Thai Seals have recently been sent to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia to undertake in anti-piracy operations,They have been noted to work closely with the CIA Paramilitary Unit Leader in Asean code name(PL).

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