It is official: General Apirat Kongsompong is new army chief

Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer (right), I Corps deputy commanding general, greets Royal Thai Army Lt. Gen. Apirat Kongsompong, First Army Area commander in Thailand
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash - Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer (right), I Corps deputy commanding general, greets Royal Thai Army Lt. Gen. Apirat Kongsompong, First Army Area commander in Thailand, after a ride in a Stryker vehicle at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Mar. 8, 2017. Photo By: Staff Sgt. Bryan Michael Dominique (I Corps) / US INDOPACOM.

His Majesty the King has approved the annual reshuffle of the three armed forces involving altogether 935 officers with General Apirat Kongsompong, assistant army commander-in-chief, [Read More…]