This publication presents a series of lessons learned on fire support coordination agencies, organizations, procedures and techniques used by the Free World Military Assistance Forces (FWMAF), Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF) and US forces...
This report summarizes the operations and training aspects of the evaluation of U.S. Army Mechanized and Armor Combat Operations in Vietnam (MACOV) conducted during the period 6 January to 28 March 1967. It is described as a helpful guide for use...
Given the nature of the international environment and the proliferation of communist-inspired and other insurgency movements, one cannot preclude United States involvement in stability operations in an insurgency environment. It is, consequently,...
The Four Party Joint Military Team (FPJMT) was established two months after the signing of the Paris Agreement in January 1973. The purpose of the FPJMT was to negotiate the implementation of Article 8(b) of the Agreement which called for...
This study examines the escalation rates and intensity levels of US/ USSR post-WW II confrontations in relation to the number of strategic nuclear weapons available to these nations to determine if a relationship exists. That is, have strategic...
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. They were written by officers who held responsible positions in the Cambodian, Laotian, and South Vietnamese armed forces during the war in Indochina. The document...
This study is a forerunner of the December plan for the introduction of an Army logistical command in South Vietnam (Socialist Republic of Vietnam or RVN).
Volume I contains data on enemy personnel and unit strengths and a listing of accepted units for the current month. Volume II contains information on retroactive strength, infiltration, and infrastructure for all the months prior to the current...
Controlling the population in any counterinsurgency is critical to the success of the counterinsurgent. Three historical theorists, Sir Robert Thompson, David Galula, and Robert Trinquier all agree on this pertinent issue. Success in Malaya hinged...
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. This monograph analyzes the problem areas of operational cooperation and coordination, conceived both as a command and control device to prosecute the common war effort...
Discusses the shared US and Government of the Republic of Vietnam (GVN) policy of "Vietnamization" This policy includes all factors – political, military, economic, social and psychological – which would make it possible for the GVN to assume...
This monograph analyzes and compares all four periods of enemy offensive activities which lasted well into 1969. Seeking to present the Vietnamese point of view, it assesses enemy and friendly strategies, the reactions and combat performance of the...
The United States (US) has a long history of employing military advisors, from the American military occupation of the Philippines throughout the 19th century, and the Korea War in the 1950s, the Vietnam War 1950 to 1973, El Salvador 1984 to 1992,...
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. The monograph discusses logistical organization and operation, logistics improvement programs, supply and maintenance improvement program, support activities and base...
After Action Report reviews redeployment of the 173d between June 14 and August 25, 1971. Its intention is to assist other units which may be tasked with redeployment. Report is primarily concerned with how affairs were conducted; issues that arose...
Volume II contains data on the accepted enemy order of battle, confirmed North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong combat strength, total North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong battalions, total personnel strength, infiltration data, and Viet Cong political...
The attitudes toward fear of death and dying among Army officers are of military importance because of their potential influence upon abilities to cope with the responsibilities of leadership. Previous studies have indicated that fears in of dying...
Pacification is the military, political, economic, and social process of establishing or reestablishing local government responsive to and involving the participation of the people. It includes the provision of sustained, credible territorial...
This lessons learned is devoted to the subject of communications security. It adds strong emphasis to the need for sound and secure communication techniques; strict circuit discipline; and meticulous adherence to existing communications...