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For anyone in Pattaya over the next two weeks, you should be aware that the annual Cobra Gold military exercises, with US, Thai and other forces, are taking place between 12 and 23 February.

This usually results in quite a few US military personnel spending their time around Walking Street. They might also be around for a few days after the exercises finish.

http://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/1744312/exercise-cobra-gold-2019-to-kick-off-on-february-12-2019/

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This used to be the annual panic thread by the oldies that the town was going to be full of young guns for a while 🤣

Seems the youngster are part and parcel of Patts visitors these days.

 

In before someone says.......I never paid for sex when I was young! 👴🏻

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4 hours ago, Thinkingallowed said:

Good info mate.

To be honest the couple of times I've been in bars in Pattaya and Phuket where US military personnel have been I've always found them to be good company and a credit to their country.

Couldn't agree more....., other than the fact that they are obviously military personnel just in civvies I have always found them to be very friendly when out and about. They are much lower profile than my memories of their visits in the late 80's and early 90's here and when I was living in the P.I.

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I was in Pattaya a couple of times in the 80's when a carrier & a few escort ships anchored in the bay.Not sure how many hit the beach at once but it seemed like thousands.They always took some back in boxes & once a Captain was found with his throat cut in the Royal Cliff.Another time a guy pulled a Thai cops pistol from his holster so the other Thai cop there shot him dead.

But by and large they were well behaved and there were some very large shore patrol guys carrying large nightsticks if they weren't.

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It's back again! 24 February to 6 March.

https://www.pattayamail.com/featured/4000-u-s-sailors-to-hit-pattaya-for-cobra-gold-285438

4,000 U.S. sailors to hit Pattaya for Cobra Gold
By PCPR  January 25, 2020

The American Embassy has begun preparing for the 2020 edition of the Cobra Gold military exercise by reviewing security measures protecting the 4,000 sailors expected to arrive in Pattaya next month.

Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh welcomed Trevor Moss, the embassy’s assistant attaché for the U.S. Navy’s Force Protection Detachment Jan. 22. FPD is responsible the security of U.S. forces participating in military exercises abroad.

Mayoral secretary Phumpipat Kamolnart and City Manager Teerasak Jatupong briefed Moss on city hall, Tourist Police and Pattaya Police deployments and led him on a tour of Pattaya’s CCTV operations center and the 1337 Call Center.

Cobra Gold takes place for the 39th year from Feb. 24 to March 6 with 4,000 U.S. personnel, three navy ships and one commercial vessel.

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I've seen several groups of US military in town today. I guess they are the advance parties.

As Coxyhog said earlier, it will be interesting to see what impact Covid19 has on things. Imagine one of the guys picking up the virus when on shore, and how it would spread on board ship. Will the military authorities risk that?

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On 2/11/2019 at 3:30 PM, Bazle said:

For anyone in Pattaya over the next two weeks, you should be aware that the annual Cobra Gold military exercises, with US, Thai and other forces, are taking place between 12 and 23 February.

This usually results in quite a few US military personnel spending their time around Walking Street. They might also be around for a few days after the exercises finish.

http://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/1744312/exercise-cobra-gold-2019-to-kick-off-on-february-12-2019/

LOL .. they are harmless .... just good guys doing their thing !   Give it a break ................

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1 hour ago, misteregg said:

Had some in yesterday. Didn’t mention US military as they don’t like it and aren’t allowed to talk about it, but it was obvious.

When US Navy called port in HKG, you had banners "Welcome US Navy" or "Welcome USS xxx" in most bars.

Guys made ne secret who they were, and happy to have a chat. Guys, sadly for them have strict rules, and what surprised me most ..followed them. 

Of course with the new CIC relations with Bejing, it's been some time since one visited. 

Many moons ago, had some good evening with them in Pusan, South Korea. 

There is absolutely no reason why they should not be proud of what they are. Same as any military.

 

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1 hour ago, DeadAndAlive said:

He even does better than many young lads

 

Only because he has cash to throw around to pay for hookers......he fools himself into believing the girls love him and he’s still got it, he demonstrates that with his trapping off about how awesome he is lol

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^^^^^ " only because " --- lol ....... so what he has a lot of cash to throw around .... paying for "hookers" - whats the big deal ? .....

Jeez .. who are you to criticize anyone .. just live and let live ... get on down the road being happy .. if paying for " hookers", going to church , sitting on the sea, a shit load of cash or no cash  .. never mind ! 

To each his own way ..

LOL ! ...

 

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2 hours ago, code_slayer_bkk said:

^^^^^ " only because " --- lol ....... so what he has a lot of cash to throw around .... paying for "hookers" - whats the big deal ? .....

Jeez .. who are you to criticize anyone .. just live and let live ... get on down the road being happy .. if paying for " hookers", going to church , sitting on the sea, a shit load of cash or no cash  .. never mind ! 

To each his own way ..

LOL ! ...

 

It’s because he has a big head and traps off about how awesome he is......if he was so awesome he would be getting younger girls without paying a bean. I also remember him saying  said the reason he moved to Thailand was because he couldn’t get any chicks in the US that ‘wasn’t obese’ despite his cash and awesomeness 🙄 he needs to make his mind up ffs.....

Most of us here do/have paid for hookers and it is what it is so we are in no position to have any moral ground over anyone else. It’s just his incessant boasting about how awesome he is that deserves ridicule. I get that you are his mate, but sorry where I see someone spouting bollox I’m going to take the piss out of them despite who they are friends with.

The moral of the story is get it quietly and don’t mouth off despite how awesome and successful you think you are 🙄

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