Naval Special Warfare Command (Thailand)

Naval Special Warfare Command
Royal Thai Navy SEALs
Naval Special Warfare Command; Royal Thai Navy SEALs
หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษทางเรือ
	Royal Thai Navy SEAL Emblem
Active	Naval Special Warfare Command (2008–present); Naval Special Warfare Group (1991–2008); 1956 – present
Country	Thailand
Branch	Royal Thai Navy
Type	Naval Special operations forces
Size	2 regiments
Part of	Royal Thai Fleet; Counter Terrorist Operations Center Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters
Nickname(s)	Royal Thai Navy SEALs; Frog man;
Engagements	Cold War Communist insurgency in Thailand; Third Indochina War; Vietnamese border raids in Thailand; ; Global War on Terrorism OEF - Horn of Africa; Combined Task Force 150; Anti-Piracy operation in Gulf of Aden; ; Southern Insurgency Battle of Bacho (2013); ; Anti-Piracy in strait of Malacca MT Orkim Harmony hijacking; ; Tham Luang cave rescue;
Website	http://www2.fleet.navy.mi.th/nswc/index.php/main/index

The Naval Special Warfare Command (Thai: หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษทางเรือ), commonly known as the Royal Thai Navy SEALs (an acronym for SEa–Air–Land), is the special operations force of the Royal Thai Navy.

The unit was set up in the name of Underwater Demolition Assault Unit in 1956 with the assistance of the U.S. Government. A small element within the Navy SEALs has been trained to conduct maritime counter-terrorism missions. The unit has close ties with the United States Navy SEALs and conducts regular training exercises.

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