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The Royal Thai Armed Forces (Thai: กองทัพไทย; RTGS: Kong Thap Thai) is the name of the military of the Kingdom of Thailand. It consists of the following branches:

Royal Thai Army กองทัพบกไทย.
Royal Thai Navy กองทัพเรือไทย, ราชนาวีไทย.
Royal Thai Marine Corps นาวิกโยธินไทย.
Royal Thai Air Force กองทัพอากาศไทย.

Other Paramilitary Forces
Created in 1852, the Royal Thai Armed Forces came into existence as permanent force at the behest of King Mongkut, who needed a European trained military force in order to thwart any western threat and any attempts at colonialization. By 1887, during the next reign of King Chulalongkorn, a permanent military command in the Kalahom Department was established. However the office of Kalahom and the military of Siam had existed since the days of the Sukhothai Kingdom in the 13th Century.[3] In fact the history of the Kings of Siam is teeming with tales of military conquest and power.[4] However since 1932, when the military, with the help of civilians, decided to overthrow the system of absolute monarchy and instead created a constitutional system, the military has dominated and been in control of Thai politics, providing it with many Prime Ministers and carrying out many Coup d'états, the most recent being in 2014.

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