FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII \u2013 In a demonstration of the enduring relationship between the United States and Thailand, Gen. Ukris Boontanondha, Chief of Defense for the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led a delegation to the headquarters of U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) for a meeting with Australian Maj. Gen. Giles J.S. Cornelia, USARPAC’s Deputy Commanding General for Strategy and Plans and staff, March 25, 2026.<\/p>\n
The meeting focused on the critical importance of alliances and partnerships in navigating the complex landscape of the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n
Both leaders emphasized that joint training and exercises are paramount to increasing interoperability.<\/p>\n
This sentiment is the driving force behind long-standing exercises like Cobra Gold, which began in 1982 as a bilateral drill and has since evolved into the largest joint multinational military exercise in mainland Asia.<\/p>\n
Cobra Gold, along with other exercises such as Hanuman Guardian, serves as a testament to the practical application of the U.S.-Thai partnership, enhancing the capabilities of both nations to respond to a wide spectrum of challenges.<\/p>\n
As our oldest treaty ally in Southeast Asia, Thailand’s partnership is vital for the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n
This recent dialogue builds upon this legacy of cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII \u2013 In a demonstration of the enduring relationship between the United States and Thailand, Gen.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-549658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}