Thai Forces in Iraq [Archive]

Dave the Dawg

01-09-2004, 09:56 PM

Another installment in the "Lesser-Known Coalition Forces in Iraq" series, courtesy of the Task Force 976 in Iraq (http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/heart/TF%20976THAI%20IRAQ.htm) website of the Supreme Command Headquarters of the Thai Armed Forces. Brought to you by the creator of Mongolian Troops in Iraq (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6855&highlight=) and Ukrainian Contingent in Iraq (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6294&highlight=). ;)

Deployment area:

http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/iraq%20map.jpg
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/AO%20iraq.JPG

Colonel Boonchu, the commander of the first Thai contingent, Task Force 976:

http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/boonchu.jpg

Blessings before deployment:

http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/thairaq6.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/thairaq3.JPG

Pre-deployment inspection and review:

http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/thairaq4.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/thairaq7.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/thairaq10.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/thairaq11.JPG

Good-byes:

http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/thairaq12.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/thairaq13.JPG

Departure:

http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/iraq4.JPG

Arrival:

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http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/97607.JPG

Base camp:

http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/976%20signboard.JPG

Meeting the locals (note Polish comrades):

http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/976s08.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/976s04.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/976s06.JPG

Engineers at work:

http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/Resize%20of%209760611466.jpg
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/Resize%20of%209760611467.jpg
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/ENCAP21.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/ENCAP23.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/976hotel6.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/976hotel7.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/976road4.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/976road5.JPG

Visit of General [something-in-Thai], Dec. 1, 2003:

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http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/IMG_6994.JPG

Civic Action and Humanitarian and Medical Assistance:

http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/976civicSuperior1.JPG
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http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/civic14.JPG
http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/civic3.JPG

Ribbon-cutting ceremony for new road:

http://web.schq.mi.th/~j5/images/5DEC.JPG
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wholagun

01-09-2004, 10:20 PM

great pics.

Marmot1

01-09-2004, 10:27 PM

Dave the Dawg

01-09-2004, 10:37 PM

cool what next??? hungarians or maybe kazachstan??? very good job nice research it is goot to know your friends..

that may help you... sorry in polish but you can look on flags to search for units and photos :-) it is little outdated since there are more soldiers from other countries and now is rotation of troops but it shows how mixed is that division and how dificult ie comunication is... less to say they are 3 commader deputies every one from other country...Mowię po polsku, so no problem. There are also several other coalition members not shown there, as their troops are in the UK or US sectors, such as the Netherlands, Italy, New Zealand, Estonia, Albania and Azerbaijan.

Next will probably be Macedonia, Albania or one of the Baltic states. Hungary, Slovakia and Romania are out there. I have only found 2-3 pictures of the Kazakh contingent so far.

Marmot1

01-09-2004, 10:45 PM

ok you speek polish but you know... New York is not in pomerania nor silesia nor mazowia so... hopefuly I didn't translated this :-)

http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/album20/aaf.jpg

well here is one with guy from kazakhstan :-) also counts for couple other countries so keep it :-) might be useful

REMOV

01-10-2004, 09:41 AM

I have only found 2-3 pictures of the Kazakh contingent so far.Well... AFAIK there are only 25 soldiers from Kazakhstan in Iraq, so...

Kazakh stabilisation force to head to Iraq in August (KAZAKHSTAN, IRAQ) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 30 June 03 (AFP)

Kazakhstan will send 25 military personnel including demining experts and engineers to Iraq in August to help in post-war reconstruction efforts, officials in this former Soviet republic said Monday.

Eight officers, three translators and other specialists will spend six months clearing mines and securing water supplies from a base in Iraq's neighbour Kuwait, defence ministry spokesman Altynbai Daurenbekov told AFP.

"Their task will be purely humanitarian - securing water supplies, clearing mines and of course ensuring their own safety," Defence Minister Mukhtar Altynbayev told parliament earlier.

The deployment will be the first time that one of the former Soviet Central Asian republics has joined Western-led peace support efforts and comes after Moscow has shown greater openness to the idea of helping deal with the aftermath of the overthrow of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Financing of the Kazakh mission has yet to be settled although earlier estimates put the cost to Kazakhstan at between 66,000 dollars (55,000 euros) and 98,000 dollars.

The decision to provide assistance came in response to a written request by US President George W. Bush to his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Kazakhstan gave guarded support to the US-led invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq earlier this year despite Moscow's opposition.

Dave the Dawg

01-12-2004, 08:08 PM

At least I have seen pictures of the Kazakhs. There has been a Moldovan contingent in as-Samarrah since September, and I have seen almost nothing on them outside of Moldovan media, and no pictures.

The Moldovan Minister of Defense, Brigadier General Victor Gaiciuc, visited the troops last week for Orthodox Christmas, but nothing seems to have appeared in the Western media about it. In December, one soldier, Plutonier Veaceslav Lipciu, was awarded the Medal "For Courage and Sacrifice" for shielding his commander from fire during a firefight. Lipciu was wounded in the incident. Two lieutenants received the Medal "Meritul Militar" during Brig. Gen. Gaiciuc's visit.