Background

  • Exercise Chapel Gold (Ex CG) is a non-reciprocal infantry company exchange conducted between Land Command and the Royal Thai Army (RTA).
  • In training years one and two, Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB) travels to Thailand to participate in Exercise Chapel Gold (Ex CG). In training year three a reciprocal infantry company exchange called Exercise Temple Jade occurs.
  • Ex CG is typically two to four weeks in duration.
  • The RTA being largely a conscript army usually provides a composite company drawn from an entire infantry regiment (three infantry battalions). Personnel are mainly NCO.
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Aim

  • The aim of Ex CG is to further develop interoperability between the Australian Army and the RTA at the tactical/unit level.
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Objectives

The Australian exercise objectives are to:

  • Improve levels of understanding of culture, customs and language among individual members of the RTA and Australian Army.
  • Conduct a combined field activity with a focus on military operations.
  • Gain a working knowledge of RTA operational, logistic and administrative procedures.
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Participants

The following Ex CG contingents have/are to deploy:

  • 2002 Ex CG 02 RCB 58 (6 RAR)
  • 2003 Ex TJ 03 Postponed to 2006
  • 2004 Ex CG 04 RCB 67 (6 RAR)
  • 2005 Ex CG 05 2 RAR (C Coy)
  • 2006 Ex TJ 06 RCB 75 (1 CER)
  • 2007 Ex CG 07 RCB 79 (1 CER)
  • 2008 Ex CG 08 RCB 83 (9 Bde)
  • 2009 Ex TJ 09 RCB 86 (TBC)