Royal Thai Marine Corps

Royal Thai Marine Corps
ราชนาวิกโยธินไทย
Royal Thai Marine Corps insignia
Founded	2 March 1913
Country	Thailand
Allegiance	King of Thailand
Branch	Royal Thai Navy
Type	Marines
Size	23,000 active personnel[1]
Garrison/HQ	RTMC headquarters, Sattahip, Chonburi
Nickname(s)	"นย." "Nor Yor" Abbreviation of Marines
Motto(s)	กาย ใจ ชีวิต มอบเป็นราชพลี Body Heart Life Give is Royal Sacrifice, เป็นนย. สักครั้งไซร้ จักฝังหฤทัยจนวายปราณ Being a Nor Yor (Marine) Once Will Be Remembered Until Death. (Once a Marine, Always a Marine).
March	Royal Thai Marine Corps march
Anniversaries	July 30
Commanders
Commander- in-chief	Admiral Jirapol Wongwit
Commander of the RTMC	Vice Admiral Apichart Sapprasert
Insignia
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The Royal Thai Marine Corps or RTMC (Thai: ราชนาวิกโยธินแห่งราชอาณาจักรไทย) are the marines of the Royal Thai Navy. The Royal Thai Marine Corps was founded in 1932, when the first battalion was formed with the assistance of the United States Marine Corps. It was expanded to a regiment in 1940 and was in action against communist guerrillas throughout the 1950s and 1960s. During the 1960s the United States Marine Corps assisted in its expansion into a brigade. The Royal Thai Marine Corps saw action on the Malaysian border in the 1970s, and has now been increased to four brigades.