of Thailand. They have also participated in salvage and rescue operations, and have supported Royal Thai Marine Corps training exercises. Thai Navy SEALs have deployed on Royal Thai Navy warships for anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia as part of Combined Task Force 151. The CTF 151 was established on 12 January 2009 as a response to piracy attacks in Somalia. The task eventually were succeed as a piracy events in the region have been reduced. On February 13, 2013, the Battle of Bacho occurred when 50 RKK members attacked a 2nd Rifle Company, 32nd Task Force Narathiwat of the Royal Thai marine base. The royal thai marine base had already prepared due to receiving clues about the plans to attack the stronghold 2–3 days before. The marine commander has put in a defensive strategy with additional of the 11 members of Recon and 17 Thai Navy SEALs. After clashing resulted in 16 deaths from attacker side with non fatality for both Recon and Navy SEALs members. In June 2018, Navy SEALs responded to a request for assistance to search for a junior football team in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system. The Navy SEALs coordinated a rescue of the football team from the flooded cave system with assistance from international cave and support divers. Totally 127 current and former Navy SEALs participated in the rescue. While delivering supplies for the rescue, former Navy SEAL Petty Officer 1st class Saman Kunan died after losing consciousness underwater and could not be resuscitated. A year after the rescue, another Navy SEAL, petty officer 1st class Beirut Pakbara died following a blood infection he contracted in the caves. However, all junior football team members including 12 junior football players together with their assistant coach were safely rescued. Equipment Small arms Special Operations Crafts Engagements Cold War Communist insurgency in Thailand Communist insurgency in Malaysia 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 In popular culture 2018: The Crown Princess is a Thai television series, premiered on May 14, 2018 and last aired on June 19, 2018 on Channel 3. It starred Urassaya Sperbund and Nadech Kugimiya and produced