erves ▁were ▁reduced ▁to ▁aircraft ▁mechan ics ▁and ▁bands men . ▁They ▁were ▁followed ▁in ▁April ▁by ▁the ▁R TA ' s ▁ 1 3 th ▁Regiment al ▁Com bat ▁Team , ▁committed ▁to ▁a ▁year ' s ▁service ▁in ▁La os . ▁To ▁" dis gu ise " ▁their ▁assignment ▁to ▁V ang ▁Pa o ' s ▁forces , ▁the ▁three ▁inf antry ▁batt al ions , ▁the ▁new ▁art illery ▁batt alion , ▁and ▁Special ▁Re quire ment ▁ 9 ▁were ▁red es ign ated ▁with ▁French ▁names ▁as ▁La o ▁units . ▁Over all , ▁the ▁Th ai ▁units ▁were ▁dub bed ▁Task ▁Force ▁V ang ▁Pa o . ▁They ▁established ▁two ▁fire ▁support ▁bases ▁to ▁house ▁their ▁art illery . ▁As ▁the ▁summer ▁progress ed , ▁units ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁transferred ▁in ▁from ▁other ▁Military ▁Reg ions ▁rot ated ▁to ▁their ▁home ▁bases , ▁and ▁the ▁Th ai ▁inf antry ▁replaced ▁them ▁in ▁their ▁strong holds . ▁ ▁Begin nings ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁L on ▁N ol ' s ▁asc ension ▁to ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁the ▁Kh mer ▁Republic , ▁in ▁early ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁the ▁Royal ▁Th ai ▁Government ▁( RT G ) ▁raised ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁volunte er ▁rec ruits ▁to ▁serve ▁there , ▁and ▁began ▁training ▁them . ▁On ▁ 9 ▁September , ▁it ▁was ▁public ly ▁announced ▁that ▁Th ailand ▁had ▁decided ▁not ▁to ▁send ▁troops ▁to ▁Camb odia ▁after ▁all . ▁Und is closed ▁was