What should my son do regarding joining the British Army and his obligations to the Thai military?

@Allan *******

yes, there is a dumb rule where to be an officer in the this armed forces both parents have to be thai.

@Tom *******

i couldn't agree more , it's in insane idea. Thank God that the time mechanism is working against him, in later years he will come to recognize this. At this age he needs to be guided and told what is good for him because he obviously doesn't know

@Tom *******

bs 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Nongnuch *******

I had no trouble understanding the original text. Do you perhaps have an issue that you feel the need to correct others!

@Nongnuch *******

Let's proofread and correct, your corrections.

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Let's pull the worst English I have ever read through a proofreading:

My son has lived in the U.K. for 18 years. He was born in Thailand but only lived there for 3 months. He wants to join the British Army, and they have asked for a letter of liability stating he has no commitment to the Thai Army. However, when you get in touch with the Thai embassy, they say all Thai men need to take part in the lottery draw. Yet, the British Army says he should be able to get a letter from the Thai Embassy in London stating he has no liability to the Thai Army. Please advise. Thanks.

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@Nongnuch *******

'Let's pull the worst English I've ever read, through a proofreading' is not good English either.

@Radost *************************

Not correct.

If your discharged from the army and then moved to another country and became a citizen or permanent resident you can join that countries military if they accepted you

Seen good interview with Brit paratrooper who became a member Special Forces in the USA

And any ex soldier can join the French Foreign Legion .

Don’t post if you don’t know !!!

@Radost *************************

, that isn’t strictly true - you do not have to be English to join the British Armed Forces and you can move from one Armed Force to another.

@Radost *************************

complete tosh!! The British Army is full of Fijian’s, Ghanaians, South Africans etc and there are transfer arrangements with many countries- Canada, Australia to name a few!!

@Radost *************************

not true I served in the Australian army with people that had served in the British Army

@Radost *************************

not true.

@Radost *************************

, there isn’t an English Army, there is the British Army and you don’t have be British to serve in it, take the Gurkhas for example. Neither are you restricted to serving in only one countries forces. Many people have served in the British Army and gone to Australia and served in their Forces and vice versa.

@Radost *************************

You missed something: he mentioned that the British Army will only accept him if he has a written exemption from the Thai Army . . . . . . Du hast etwas überlesen: er schreibt doch, die britische Army nimmt ihn erst auf, wenn er eine schriftliche Freistellung von der thailändischen Army hat

@John ****

the chances of that in an armed conflict are next to zero!!

@John ****

cuntry

@Av *********

sounds like your saying even no officers incl Generals, well maybe you didn’t meet them.

@Av *********

30-50k does the trick now.

@John *****

yeah my exhusband is half Thai half British, he got of it because his family was high-society. But yeah it sucks but it’s the law

@Brandon ***********

oh for sure! Yeah I figured that would be the price now. My ex husband is half Thai half British, but his sister is a big Thai celeb so you can imagine he got out of it easy

@Av *********

you are very right…

@Rodney *******

I worked with the Thai military for years- tell you what, not one person I met came from a well to do family. As long as your hi-so there are ways out

@Av *********

It's about 30-50,000 baht now depending on the province. But you can't just pay, you have to know someone who can facilitate it as an option behind closed doors.