{"id":53525,"date":"2018-07-10T21:21:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T21:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/10\/us-troops-deployed-to-lend-a-hand-in-thai-soccer-teams-rescue-from-cave\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:51:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:51:02","slug":"us-troops-deployed-to-lend-a-hand-in-thai-soccer-teams-rescue-from-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/07\/10\/us-troops-deployed-to-lend-a-hand-in-thai-soccer-teams-rescue-from-cave\/","title":{"rendered":"US troops deployed to lend a hand in Thai soccer team\u2019s rescue from cave"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=ac285255-df34-44a5-978a-ab905899af41\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-ac285255-df34-44a5-978a-ab905899af41.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American troops played an important role in recovering the boys during the multi-day rescue operation that dominated international headlines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire Wild Boars soccer team, including 12 boys and their coach, was successfully rescued from a flooded cave complex in Thailand, where dozens of U.S. military personnel were deployed to assist in the operation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The boys, ages 11-16, rescued from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/07\/05\/us-airmen-assisting-with-rescue-of-stranded-thai-soccer-team\/\">Tham Luang Cave<\/a> complex in northern Thailand were recuperating at a hospital in the nearby city of Chiang Rai, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final rescue mission of the multiday effort was done on Tuesday, 18 days after the soccer team entered the cave and became stranded due to heavy flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the rescue, 42 U.S. military personnel and one member of the Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group Thailand were deployed to the multinational rescue effort, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/208293\/dod_personnel_assist_in_thai_cave_rescue_operations_to_save_stranded_boys_soccer_coach\">Pentagon statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Indo-Pacific Command dispatched 36 service members from Okinawa, including airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the 31st Rescue Squadron, to Thailand on June 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/07\/05\/us-airmen-assisting-with-rescue-of-stranded-thai-soccer-team\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4527829.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US airmen assisting with rescue of stranded Thai soccer team<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The boys and their coach have been found, but getting them out of the cave will be difficult.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since two specially trained volunteer British cave divers found the team in the cave complex last week, rescue plans were in the works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first four boys were rescued Sunday, followed by four more on Monday. The remaining four boys and their coach, along with three Thai Navy SEALs and a doctor who were staying with them, successfully exited the cave Tuesday. Each evacuee wore full scuba gear and was accompanied by two navy divers along the 2.4-mile escape route.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military personnel involved in the rescue effort helped stage equipment and prepare the first three chambers of the cave system for safe passage, according to Pentagon spokesman Army Col. 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