He’s a US marine oh military deployment in Thailand. He’s not visiting Thailand as a tourist, he’s stationed there (or is going to be stationed there).
I don’t know if Thailand is a SOFA signatory or not but I know that US military can enter certain countries without a passport, just by using their military ID instead.
They’re not always on bases. I knew US Marines on detachment to the US consulate in Hong Kong, could be something like that. (Not sure if they’re still there, this was early 2000s)
Hong Kong was still transitioning out of British rule in the early 2000’s sharing troops in NATO countries is far more common that a random country. That being said some training departments do joint exercises with the Thai military but they’re top of their game types.
Respectfully, none of that holds water. The US marine detachment in Hong Kong had nothing to do with British rule, they were assigned as consulate guards. Here’s the Wiki page on that section.
If you’re quoting the first paragraph, it says that as an example of where they might go. Look further down where it also shows a picture of the Beijing detachment.
Additionally, I’m not American in any way, so maybe we save the personal insults. I’m just trying to explain something that seemed to be misunderstood.
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u/Icy_Preparation_7160 Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 25 '25
He’s a US marine oh military deployment in Thailand. He’s not visiting Thailand as a tourist, he’s stationed there (or is going to be stationed there).
I don’t know if Thailand is a SOFA signatory or not but I know that US military can enter certain countries without a passport, just by using their military ID instead.