Thahan Phran

Thahan Phran
Official Thahan Phran Marines Beret Capbadge
Founded	1978
Country	Thailand
Branch	Royal Thai Army Royal Thai Marine Corps
Size	Regiment
Garrison/HQ	Pak Thong Chai
Nickname(s)	Nak rob sua dum (นักรบเสื้อดำ) English translation : Black shirt warrior Iron Flowers (Female personnel)
Motto(s)	Chad Sassana Pramahakasat (Nation, Religion, Monarchy)
Colors	Black
Engagements	Cold War Communist insurgency in Thailand Communist insurgency in Malaysia Third Indochina War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Vietnamese border raids in Thailand Thai–Laotian Border War War on drugs Internal conflict in Myanmar Operation destroy Khun Sa's heroin factory in the Burmese Battle of Ban Hin Taek 2010–2012 Myanmar border clashes South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border dispute

The Thahan Phran (ทหารพราน; literally "hunter soldiers"; AKA Thai Rangers) AKA the Royal Thai Paramilitary Force is a paramilitary light infantry force which patrols the borders of Thailand and is an auxiliary of the Royal Thai Army (RTA) and the Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC). The Thahan Phran operate in conjunction with the Border Patrol Police (BPP), but are trained and equipped to engage in combat while the BPP is primarily a law enforcement agency. In Thailand there is a common name of black clothing unit (นักรบเสื้อดำ) or the Black Army due to their wearing of black uniforms.^[1]