First Army Region troops are placed on combat-readiness

Thailand’s First Army Region troops have been placed on combat-readiness, due to the build-up of Thai and Cambodian forces along the mostly un-demarcated Thai-Cambodian border.

Lt-Gen Amarit Boonsuya, commander of the First Army Region inspected troops at a huge barracks in the eastern province of Chon Buri yesterday.

Troops, in combat gear, of the 11th infantry division, the Kanchanaburi-based 9th infantry division, the Lop Buri-based artillery division, the anti-aircraft division and the rapid deployment force troops, together with armoured vehicles, anti-aircraft guns and troop carriers, gathered in the compound of the barracks in a show of Thai military strength.

Lt-Gen Amarit inspected the troops and urged them all to have confidence in their capabilities and to be ready to sacrifice to protect their motherland.

Thailand’s eastern border with Cambodia is under the jurisdiction of the Second Army Region.