MILITARY POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT INFANTRY BATTALION TERRITORY DEFENSE COMMAND BANGKOK

Abstract

The objectives of this research are to 1) study the political participation of infantry battalion soldiers. Territorial Defense Command Bangkok 2) Compare the military's political participation. infantry battalion Territorial Defense Command Bangkok 3) Recommend guidelines for military political participation. infantry battalion Territorial Defense Command Bangkok It is quantitative research. By collecting questionnaires from a sample of 133 people, quantitative data were analyzed by frequency distribution, percentage, mean, and deviation values. and test hypotheses with t-test and F-test, ANOVA statistics.

The research results found that

          1) Military political participation infantry battalion Territorial Defense Command Bangkok in all three areas is at a high level. Sort by average from highest to lowest. The aspect with the highest average was the aspect of exercising voting rights, followed by the aspect of listening to political news. And the aspect with the lowest average is listening to political party campaign policies.

          2) The results of the hypothesis testing found that the infantry battalion personnel Territorial Defense Command Bangkok with gender, age, education level and different military ranks Participate in politics Overall there is no difference. Not according to the assumptions set

          3) Suggestions regarding military political participation infantry battalion Territorial Defense Command Bangkok is that elections should be based on policies rather than individuals. Listening to political news should use analytical thinking rather than beliefs, preferences, or hates. You should go out and exercise your right to vote every time. and participate in vote counting or participate in investigating various issues of the election