Lieutenant General Thanongsak Tannarat
EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (Thailand)
Bachelor of Science
Ramkhamhaeng University (Thailand)
Master of Arts, International Relations & Political Science
National Defense College (Thailand)
Graduate Diploma, Strategies & International Relations
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES
Command & General Staff College, Class #78, 1999, Staff College, Bangkok
Advanced Infantry Course, Class #68, 1996, Infantry School, Prachuabkirikhan Military Freefall Parachutist Course, Class #20, 1993, Lopburi
Basic Infantry Course, Class #90, 1992, Infantry School, Prachuabkirikhan
Special Forces Course, Class #8, 1992, Special Warfare School, Lopburi
Clandestine Operations Course, Army Intelligence, 1994, Bangkok
Ranger Course, Class #101, 1990, Special Warfare School, Lopburi
Airborne Course, Class #186, 1989, Special Warfare School, Lopburi
OVERSEAS
Reconnaissance Course, 1998, Infantry Center, Singleton, Australia
Special Forces Qualification Course, 1996, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA
Military Freefall Parachutist Course, 1996, Fort Bragg, North Carolina & Yuma, Arizona, USA
PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS
Commanding General, Counter Terrorist Operations Center, 2023-present
Deputy Commanding General, Counter Terrorist Operations Center, 2022-2023 Chief of Staff, Counter Terrorist Operations Center, 2019-2022
Deputy Chief of Staff, Counter Terrorist Operations Center, 2016-2019
Director of Plans & Projects Division, Counter Terrorist Operations Center, 2012-2016 Deputy Special Forces Regiment Commander, 3rd Special Forces Regiment, 2010-2012 Special Forces Regiment Chief of Staff, 3rd Special Forces Regiment, 2009-2010 Chief of Special Warfare Section, 1st Special Forces Division, 2007-2009
Special Forces Battalion Commander, 5th Special Forces Regiment, 2005-2007
Special Forces Regiment Operations Officer, 3rd Special Forces Regiment, 2000-2005 Special Forces Battalion Operations Officer, 3rd Special Forces Regiment
Special Forces Company Commander, 3rd Special Forces Regiment, 1999-2000 Special Forces Detachment Commander, 3rd Special Forces Regiment
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
Special Operations, Thai - Cambodia border, 1994-1995
United Nations Military Observer, Military Operations & Disarmament Program, Sierra Leone (2002) Chief of Operations, Task Force 546, Hmong Refugee Resettlement Program, Wat Thamkrabok, Saraburi, Thailand, 2003-2005
Coordinate with UNHCR, IRC, IOM, U.S. CDC, U.S. Embassy, Australian Embassy, and local government
Successfully relocated nearly 16,000 refugees to third countries
Special Operations, Thai - Myanmar Border, 2006-2007
Special Operations, Southernmost provinces, 2008-2012
SOCCE 953 CDR (Troops)
SOCCE 952 DCDR (Intelligence)