Rear Adm. Somchai Na Banchang
(left) opens training for Frigate Squadron 1’s end-of-year Navy exercises.
Patcharapol Panrak
Royal Thai Navy divisions continued year-end exercises, with Frigate
Squadron 1 next up for war games.
Rear Adm. Somchai Na Banchang opened training Nov. 6 at the Royal Thai Fleet
headquarters in Sattahip. Drills matched those performed the week previously
by Frigate Squadron 2.
The exercise is an annual training for sailors, equipment and tactics to be
tuned up, he said.
The Nov. 4-22 exercise will see practice of anti-ship missiles and
evaluations from vessel commanders. The three-phase session covered academic
education, on-ship training, weapons firing, and boat operations.
Somchai said goals of the training included understanding of surface combat,
air defense and anti-submarine attacks.
