Paramilitary Marine Regiment

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Paramilitary Marine Regiment Royal Thai Navy
กรมทหารพรานนาวิกโยธิน กองทัพเรือ
Active	1977–present
Country	Thailand
Branch	Royal Thai Navy
Type	Paramilitary
Size	Regiment (~1,622)
Part of	Royal Thai Marine Corps
Garrison/HQ	Sattahip, Chonburi
Nickname(s)	นักรบดำ (Black Warrior) เหยี่ยวดำ (Black Kite) ประดู่เหล็ก (Iron Flowers)
Colors	Black
Mascot(s)	Black Kite
Engagements	Cold War Communist insurgency in Thailand Communist insurgency in Malaysia Vietnamese border raids in Thailand Southern Insurgency
Website	marines paramilitary

The Paramilitary Marine Regiment, Royal Thai Navy or Thahan Phran Marines (Thai: กรมทหารพรานนาวิกโยธิน กองทัพเรือ) is a Thahan Phran marines paramilitary forces in the Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC). It falls under the command of the RTMC, which has been approved in the establishment of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). It is considered to be the most powerful combat unit of the Royal Thai Marine Paramilitary Force.^[1][2][3][4]