2022 Chairman of the Royal Thai Army Advisory Board: General Phumipat Chansawang from 1 October 2022 Assistant Commander-in-Chief: General Suksan Nongbualang from 1 October 2022 Assistant Commander-in-Chief: General Kriangkrai Srirak from 1 October 2022 Chief of Staff of the Army: General Ukrit Boontanon from 1 October 2022 Commander of the 1st Army Area: Lieutenant General Pana Klaewblaudtuk from 1 October 2022 Commander of the 2nd Army Area: Lieutenant General Sawarat Saengpol from 1 October 2021 Commander of the 3rd Army Area: Lieutenant General Suriya Iamsuro from 1 October 2022 Commander of the 4th Army Area: Lieutenant General Shanti Shakuntanak from 1 October 2022 Commander of the Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command: Lieutenant General Nattawut Nakanakorn from 1 October 2021 Structure The army is organized nationally into four army areas: First Army Area - () – headquartered in Bangkok, controls troops in 26 provinces in central, eastern, western Thailand and Bangkok. 1st Division, King's Guard - () (Bangkok) 31st Infantry Regiment, King Bhumibol's Guard - () 1st Infantry Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, King Bhumibol's Guard 2nd Infantry Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, King Bhumibol's Guard 3rd Infantry Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, King Bhumibol's Guard 1st Field Artillery Regiment, King's Guard. - () 1st Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, King's Guard 11th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, King's Guard 31st Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, King's Guard 4th Tank Battalion 1st Division, King's Guard - () 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, King's Guard - () 1st Signal Battalion, King's Guard - () 1st Combat Medical Battalion, King's Guard - () 1st Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols Company - () 2nd Infantry Division, Queen's Guard - () (Fort Phromyothi, Prachinburi Province) 2nd Infantry Regiment, Queen Sirikit's Guard - () - (aka "Burapha Payak" : ) 1st Infantry Battalion, Queen Sirikit's Guard 2nd Infantry Battalion, Queen Sirikit's Guard 3rd Infantry Battalion, Queen Sirikit's Guard 12th Infantry Regiment, Queen Sirikit's Guard - () 1st Infantry Battalion, Queen Sirikit's Guard 2nd Infantry Battalion, Queen Sirikit's Guard 3rd Infantry Battalion, Queen Sirikit's Guard 21st Infantry Regiment, Queen Sirikit's Guard - () - (aka "Thahan Suea Rachini" : ) 1st Infantry Battalion, Queen Sirikit's Guard 2nd Infantry Battalion, Queen Sirikit's Guard 3rd Infantry Battalion, Queen Sirikit's Guard 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, Queen Sirikit's Guard - () 2nd Field Artillery Battalion, Queen Sirikit's Guard 12th Field Artillery Battalion, Queen Sirikit's Guard 21st Field Artillery Battalion,