TWO YANKS INVADE THE ROYAL BRITISH NAVY IN THAILAND. #allies

HMS Spey (P234)
‘Last of class - best of class’ as her crew dub her, HMS Spey is the fifth and final of the second-generation River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels built for the Royal Navy.

She is currently preparing to sail to the Indo-Pacific region with her sister ship HMS Tamar. A deployment designed to provide an enduring forward presence for the Royal Navy in the region.

IT WAS A GREAT HONOR TO RECEIVE A GUIDED TOUR OF THE HMS SPEY - P234 RIVER CLASS ROYAL BRITISH NAVY SHIP. A big thank you to the RBN for the invitation to join you aboard sovereign British territory in Thailand. #american #veterans #royalnavy

Learn more about the Spey here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Spey_(P234)

I'm a disabled American Army veteran from Kansas City KS and I arrived in Thailand in Oct. 2015. I came to Thailand for health reasons and knew I would benefit from a tropical climate. I have lived in Thailand full-time ever since 2015, and only vacation back home to the States. I am married to a Thai lady and stay in Thailand with a Non O Family visa. In 2016 a friend asked me if I would be interested in teaching English as a second language for high school students? I did not come to Thailand to work, but after living here six months I was getting bored of retirement life. So, I started teaching part-time ESL conversational class with no text books. Similar to a speech and drama class but, students using English second language rather than their native language. I then went on to teach the same type of class (ESL) conversational English for the Royal Thai Military Academy (CRMA) in Nakhon Nayok. I love teaching these smart Army Cadets, and have made many Thai friends with the Royal Thai Army. Many of my cadets graduated and have went on to serve as officers in Special Forces for the RTA. Royal Thai officers training with western allies on active duty using their English skills to share Thai culture with western troops. Doesn't get any more rewarding than that. The most I've ever worked as an ESL teacher was 18 hours a week. Great part-time gig to get me assimilated into Thai culture.
In 2021 I became a member of the American Legion Post TH02 in Pattaya. We moved to Phala Ban Chang in 2019 because we had vacationed here and loved the area. Lots of expats here on the Eastern Seaboard of the Gulf of Thailand. I now serve as the second vice commander at TH02.
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