▁R T G ▁and ▁the ▁U . S . ▁were ▁so ▁enthus i astic ▁about ▁Unity , ▁they ▁cont empl ated ▁an ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁program ▁even ▁beyond ▁the ▁ten fold ▁increase ▁in ▁progress . ▁ ▁Organ ization ▁ ▁Training ▁and ▁deployment ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁two ▁batt al ions ▁of ▁these ▁Th ai ▁mer cen ary ▁volunte ers ▁were ▁trained ▁by ▁early ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁With ▁a ▁dozen ▁Royal ▁Th ai ▁Special ▁Forces ▁( R TS F ) ▁as ▁le aven ing ▁in ▁the ▁cadre , ▁the ▁new ▁units ▁were ▁de emed ▁ready ▁for ▁service . ▁The ▁R L G , ▁which ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁party ▁to ▁establish ing ▁Unity , ▁now ▁set ▁conditions ▁on ▁the ▁Th ai ▁deployment ▁into ▁La os . ▁The ▁Th ais ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁active ▁operations , ▁and ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁far ▁from ▁the ▁international ▁press ▁corps ▁in ▁V ient iane . ▁Also , ▁the ▁batt al ions ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁dis gu ised ▁by ▁being ▁renamed ▁as ▁B ata illon ▁Command os ▁( BC ) ▁to ▁conform ▁with ▁R LA ▁custom . ▁Number ed ▁ 6 0 1 ▁and ▁ 6 0 2 ▁respectively , ▁the ▁new ▁batt al ions ▁began ▁the ▁new ▁custom ▁of ▁number ing ▁Th ai ▁mer cen ary ▁units ▁in ▁the ▁ 6 0 0 ▁series ▁while ▁they ▁were ▁in ▁La o ▁service . ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁boost ▁rec ruit ment ▁for ▁the ▁Unity ▁program ,