15th Infantry Division (Thailand)
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15th Infantry Division | |
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กองพลทหารราบที่ 15 | |
Pattani, Thailand | |
Engagements | |
Website | http://www.infantry-division15.com/Inf_Dev15.html(in Thai) |
The 15th Infantry Division (Thai: กองพลทหารราบที่ 15) (พล.ร.๑๕.) is an infantry division of the Royal Thai Army, it is currently a part of the Fourth Army Area. The unit is composed of the 151st Infantry Regiment, 152nd Infantry Regiment and 153rd Infantry Regiment and Service Support Regiment. The division engaged in the South Thailand insurgency.
History
Southern insurgency (2001–ongoing)
The ongoing southern insurgency had begun in response to Prime Minister
The 15th Infantry Division is being established as a permanent force to handle security problems in the Deep South. The division is based in Pattani and is expected to have a combined force of around 10,000. The establishment of this new division, approved by the government in 2005, has yet to be completed. As of this writing, some 7,000 troops deployed in the Deep South are affiliated to this division."[7]
Organization
15th Infantry Division Headquarters
- 15th Infantry Division
- 151st Infantry Regiment
- 1st Infantry Battalion
- 2nd Infantry Battalion
- 3rd Infantry Battalion
- 152nd Infantry Regiment
- 1st Infantry Battalion
- 2nd Infantry Battalion
- 3rd Infantry Battalion
- 153rd Infantry Regiment
- 1st Infantry Battalion
- 2nd Infantry Battalion
- 3rd Infantry Battalion
- Support Service Regiment
- Logistic and Service Battalion
- Maintenance Battalion
- Medical Battalion
- Psychological Operations Company
- 31st Cavalry Squadron
- 15th Combat Engineer Battalion
- 15th Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols Company
- 15th Signal Corp Battalion
- 151st Infantry Regiment
See also
- 1st Division (Thailand)
- 2nd Infantry Division (Thailand)
- 4th Infantry Division (Thailand)
- 5th Infantry Division (Thailand)
- 7th Infantry Division (Thailand)
- 9th Infantry Division (Thailand)
- Royal Thai Marine Corps
- King's Guard (Thailand)
- Royal Thai Army
- Thai Royal Guards parade
References
- ^ Patani
- ^ Search – Global Edition – The New York Times Archived 18 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. International Herald Tribune (29 March 2009). Retrieved on 2012-01-18.
- ^ Thailand's counter-insurgency operations Archived 3 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Janes.com (19 November 2007). Retrieved on 2012-01-18.
- ^ Data from the (governmental) Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre, cited in ISRANews Archived 1 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine report, 4 January 2013
- ^ Robert Karniol, 'Thailand boosts military in troubled south,' Jane's Defence Weekly, 23 February 2005, Vol. 42, No. 8, p. 12
- ^ Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, New Thai army regiment to battle southern militants [sic – this is a division], BBC Monitoring International Reports, 16 February 2005.
- ^ International Crisis Group, 'Update Briefing: Stalemate in Southern Thailand,' Asia Briefing No. 113, Bangkok/Brussels, 3 November 2010, 3