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+11+ (U) Oa is Nov 71 the CVN l .. "ed Minbterial o.cu •• *149 and '1119 which incre ... d the

co.t of liviDI allowance £01' aU service memben &Ad civU •• rV&D.U by 1, ZOO pi.tter. ($Z.80)

per man per month and authorlzed meentive pay •• propoteel by MACV.

(C) Subaequently the Chief, JetS on Lhreot .. parat_ :tec.sionl betwe.:-n 19 November and b

December lought COM,USMACV' ..... i,tance to ~btaiA i.h.c •• 500 pialter ($11. 00) U\..:entive pay

for other he rack troop'" wbID were excluded £rom the !raa:wwork of the new pay m".,ure. 10.

re.poa., •• Genaral Abram. CO\JD.lell.d tat "in delermLll-.AI tlw belt .ppUcation of the milltary

pay rau., primary conaidel'aUon ...... liven tho •• ~t. {combat inta.Dtty battaLlona) expertencinl

Irave procuremellt and "tetton problema" Uld cA&t .... y d.viatiQn to the current U.t (oC a.uthor_

ized unital would be in contradletiOD of the ,lated P".t'pO .. oC tb.- .11owaoc. and invit. req",est.

(or exceptions from other .ervle •• and arm .... 93

(C) OIl 15 Dec 71. Ministerlal Decre. fl21S aIb:nded. the lncentive pay. without CC)MlmH>lAC:V'1l

• anc1:10n. to reconnal •• ance eompaAie., .bock. compania •• and 'cout companie •• uborrtinate to

the 811t Ranger Airborne Croup. and to eartain per!oDD.l .... iCn.d to the Technical Directorate. 94

(U) Term. of service. Ceneral Mobllisa.Uon Ord.r '3 of 1968 .u.pended term. or

.errice for RVNAF. On 5 May 71 the CiVN Lower Hou.e pa .. ed an amendment to the mobilization

order which provided for dbch&rle of aU RVNAF rU.rve pel'lormel who bad over 8 years of

.ervice. The Upper Hou.e amended the propo.aL to LO year .. and included a provi.ion for relea ..

of .. U .ervicemet. 39 years of age or older. On I Oct 71 the biU was arain in the Lower HaUIe

for review. On Z3 Decem~r the propo.al ",a. with thll! Defenae Committee of the Lower Hou ••

&nd the proIDO.i. for it. pa .. age or final provbion. wa. ~Qwn.

(t)) MACV and ]CiS anticipated that approximately "10 percent of the NCO. and EM, and a

somewhat smaller number of oUlcan, would appLy for dil~barge. The following depicu the

number of penonnel. ba.ed on =nd C Y70 data, who would be eligible for relea.e under \oa,riou'

term.of_.ervice criteria: I

RVNAF* OVf'r 8 Yr&t.

ReServe Personnel Service

Officers &,':'Ol

NCO. &, 183

EM 5,783

Total 18. So7

* Popular Fore.s excluded

Over 10 Years

Service

3.344 3,616 3,2l0

10.170

Over l2 Yean

Service

Z, ~31 Z.575 1,899 7,005

IS) Divid'!d aervice. The.rGS plan for future reurve lorce. waa aubnutted to the

Ministry of Defense on 31 Oct 70. The plan provided lor .. tahU.hm .. nt of an Ac;:dve and Territor·

ial R •• erve, The Ar.tive Reaerve would con.bt of unit. to be identified a.. "production troop.,11

would be engaged iD national development, a.nd would consist of tho.e who had completed tMit

regular milita.ry obligation. The TerritOrial Reser". would con.ist of squads and platoons in

hamleta or village., with battalion. or regiment. organized in the ,eographical .ectors. The

plan oblliated the draftee for LZ years. thl.l.8 removinl the "in for duratiotl" syndrome wh;_ch

."hted in the RVNAF. Under thla propo.a,l the first" yean wou.ld be aerved in ARVN, the

second in ~e Regional Forces. and the lalt 4 yean with the Popular Force.. (Traditi.onally,

the VNAF, V~. a.nd VNMC remair.ed volunteer service •• ) I

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f51 The OVN con.idered the ~oncept bllt at the end of CY71 no d.d.una had been made. 'the

coa.enlu.s amona the lCiS was that execlltio.a would ~ deptDr1ent ~pon ceuanon or .~;nificant

: dec rea .. o£ hostilities ud be in conju.nctil'ft with a po. .. ci reduction in the lise oj RVNAF. cts

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(S) Steady pl'OIre .. wa. realized \IU'oulhout 1971' toward the attainment of the authoriud

tol"C-. 'U\lCWre. Tarlf'~ dates for activation of n ...... W1.it. were met or exceUed tAro\lahout the

.,.ar. The major chal'itS included the ac!diUon of One ARVN dlvbioa.. the tu,mo.,er of six major

sbips to the VNN (two DER_ IUld four WHEel). e..a.d the addition of four squadron. b, the 'lNAF.

The expan.1on of RVNIo.F was virtually completed, and MR 1 wal reinforced to ("ompensate for

the reduction of US forces and counter future enemy attacks. The C;VN and lCS took. .i,nineant

etep, to !.ftcreas. manninl levell, improve distributiol'l of available experienced C"'..anpo..,er, and

lmpJ'Ove personnel ma~,em.ent poUciu. practices -.nd incentiye.. The prolre .. made ""a.

lndl.cative of the win &he. re.olve of the Vietname •• people &Ild the .trict, yet)1l. tient ,uidanC'1'

. &Ad cOWluIUn, of MAeV. 96

RVNAF TRAINING

;-MAC'" Training A .. htant:e

IC) The 1971 Comb'"ed Campai,D PlaD. pq.bU,be4 jointly by MACV aDd lCiS in OCtober 1971

.et the "au for dynamic chanal:l aM. improvements in the ilVNAF trailllna capablUty. Empha.is

durina previous yeau bad beeD placed. OD rapidly expa.ndlna the IlVNA F to m •• t estabU.hed foru

,oal •• In CY71 witb numerit:al goall nearly reat:hed, the emphash cunled to inereasil'll the

-,:-. quality of trainina and to luidina th.: RVNAF toward traiD,?1 ,.U-.ufficiency.

", IU) COMUSMACV cOntinued to provide detailed advice and auistance to the lGS Central

Traininl Command jeTe). SilDificaD.l imprl,)vemenUl and refinemenU were !!M.de in management

wchAique •• leadeuhip and combat training. al1d trainirlc facilities.

IUl Middle management traininl. To develop a.ad traiD RVNAF middle man.a,ement

a .. ets. MACV tasked the OSD/Advance Researcb Projects A,ent,. (ARPA) to develop a .pecial­

Laed traiDinl prOlram for k.y mana,ement peuonn.t in communlcatl.oD' ILnd selected .upport

ar •••• On 15 Dec 70 •• l_y.ar contract was awarded to Booa-AUen AppUed Re.earch, Inc •• to

Implement the ARPA prOlr:l.m and dev.lop the Middle Mal"lement Trainlnl (MMT) Proaram

for .. lected officer Iroup. in ilVNAF. AdyaDCed t:our ... were to 'oft developed a. follow-on

,,:-. trainiDI to the exht1D, RVNAF ~.ic rnanagemeDt trainlha course [Proararn Reyiew aDd Analy.i.

Improyem.nt Sy.tern Evaluation (PRAISE)], t&ulht at the RVNAF Logiatlc: Manalem_nt School.

The prolram wa. to be documented to .erve a. a prototype fnr future tridninl prolram. ib Vi.et_

nam or other area. with .imilar culture. aDd from the out.set plan. had been m.a.de to turn over

to the RVNAF a. part of Vletnamization. 97

IUl The .pecl£\: technical field •• elected for til. pilot pro'iram were .upply and malotenaDU,

tran'portation, &1"Id communication.-electronics. 98 On" Mar 71 Boor.-AUen briefed MACV and

).(0 PMn Tronl Chinh (Chief. Central Traininl Command) on the scope. leneral content, and

.chedule of the prolram. The advanced cour.es were to be for 7 weeks, pre .ented U:t. three

'.1' cycle •• two i,. Enlli.h and the third in Vietname.e. General Cbinh approved the pla.n and. the first

cour ••• in communications. Wlan on 21 Ju.n 71.

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fUl The fiut IlIpply/mana,emer.f cooane liven at the RVNAF LoI,.tic. Manalement School

& • .15 the Urn transportation cour •• at the RVNAF Transportation School be,an on 5 J~ly, .ach

wath 10 INdent.l. The fint communications.electronics MMT cia .. Iradoat .. d q Au, 71. The

slIpply mainleMDU and lOliltlr"1 MMT .;1& .... wue completed 21 Au. 71. The remaininll two cl .....

for "ICD. cou.rse were completed Oil 11 Dec 71, atter which the pro,ram bream .... V\etnam •••

r.'J)ODli.bi\i.ty.

!tTl Trainins Objective and Mana,em.enl System. A new u'ainina Objective and M.n ......

ment SYltem (TOMMS} ... a. ilnplemented tate in 1970 u" tool thro\llh which US advi.o,.. cou.ld

evala'e the .tat",1 and .prolre .. of the aV'NAF training .yatem. The hrat m •• aurement oC

ARVN/RF/PF trainiDI prolraml by TOMMS occurred in Jan 71. An «v_\ubon of the r .. ulu

itM!icated that refinement of TOMMS wa. Dtceuary to more accurately portray both tralninl

prolre .. and .tat!). oC the CTC traininl ba.e. A revbion wa. made in MaTch which amended

Iradinl objecti.v .. and modified .corinl of leveral objective area.. By AUlult l~·a. determined

that TOMMS duplicated data b.eina received from other .ource. and wa. not e£(e-etiv. a. &­

manasement tool, it wa. lh .. reCore c3LnceUed on 2.2 5ep 11. 99

tU) Training man.s.ment. In JWle 1971, MACV beg.n. leri .. of briefi.ng. duigned to

acquaint the faculti ... of the RVNAF tninina ceftterl and tervice .choob with a prope.ed Train_

ina Mana.lement Sy.tem t TMS). The key dement in the propol&l ...... a .y.tematic approach to

curriculum development called In.U'uctlonal Sy.Lem Development (150). ISD we-. in e •• enCe an

.iabt .... tcp model in tbe developm.ent of a course of ia.truction.

(U) The CTC wa. re.pon.ive to the propo .. l and on 27 July MACV prelented a new 2-wee'k

Curriculum Development and Manalement Couru to tetected mem.ber. of the CTC .taU.

Suble'tuently, MACV prepared 21 related draft directives and manual. for CTC. the .. traininl

material. were e .. entiat for the proper implementation of TMS and ISO within RVN'AF. The

fint of eiaht CY71 clanu .tarted in AUlu.t. teachina .ta£( oUinn and trainina mah&aen of

the .ervice !Ochool. and tr.ininl center! the fundamentalt of ISO techniques.

(Ul By 13 Jan 72 eight cla .... had be-en completed and 10Z VieUi.meu offieen had graduated

from the eour.... CTC was writing a work .... l. V2tDame.e yer.ion oC IS:> and a 1.0 .upervising.

in coordinalion with US adviloJ'l. the .y.t~m engin~erinl of a pilot program at th~ RVNAF Ord_

nance School. Approximately 70 ~rc"f't of the dir.ctive •• nd m..,nu.lt bad been tran.l.ted and

15 percent of the pilot program had been completed by 31 Dec 71. Thz g~als Cor tbe immediate

futur. were to complete the in.tructor t:aininl .0 that ETC oUicer' could take over the pre.en ...

tadon of the Curriculum Development and Mana.aement" Couru .. nd conduct the lirst ISO couru

enUrely \n Vil!thame.e.

ICl Facility con.oUdation and upgrade. A con.oUd.tion of the training centen o.lan

in 1~70 a •• mea.ure to incre •• e tr&inir.g center capacity at the lowest pouible cost. MACV

wa. vitally concerned with the facilitie. upgrade and water .ystem improvemoent program.. con_

nected with this con.olidation.and .1.0 thote improvements planned for .ervice school.. The

1~10_71 Military A .. i.tance Service Fund/Military Con.truction (MASF/MILCON) Program

apportioned $Z8 million for the .. projects .

• tCl There were 1.2. na.tional. RF. PF •• nd RUlger training centers (TC) which were"to be-

improved. modernized. and consolid.ted into 10 telec:ted ce"nters by the end of CY72. ne

eonsolid.tion pl.n proceeded on schedule and five PF training centerl were closed by the end of

tbe fint quarter, CY11.

Ie) During the second quarter of CY71 the completion date wa. accelerated from end·"CY71.

t.:J end-CY71 due to increa.ed Khmer traininl reql.1ireml"nu. an accelerated con.truction program.

and the additional training commitment. generated by .be 351 new PF platoons which bad been

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formed iA MR 4. At tile .nd of December tta. cOA.otld&tioD proaralft .... 92 p.rcent complete.

Three Poptltar Forc •• "'Tatnina Center. r.mamed act," beyond their .ched~led traiJIiAa ~rmi.Q.

ation date: Ninb ThU&ft in Mit 2.. ~d VlDb. Lonl &Dd Oi.ah TQOJ).I iJl IdR 4. na •• cemera .... e"

re.ch.duled to efld an traiDin, withia the flut 2 ..... k. of Juuary 19'72.. aDd the IAlire prolram

W&I tara_ted for comp\.hon on 31 Jan '72. Upon completlon, n .\l'b.&aAdard tramine centers

.... ould have been con.olidated .. t 10 re.idht. ,re.lly improved tr .. 1.:2~e .lte. wlth .. concurrent

inc,.. ... in total tr .. tninl c"pacity from 58.400 to 63,300. Activ. trahuJl, .It. .... of 31 o.c '71

are .hown on Fiaur. vID-a.

Ie) ne ( .. ciliti •• uPlrade pro,ram (or the centen wa. de.llned to complement the con.oU.

dation proara.rn. Minumum .odit101l&1 (aciUti ....... re to M cOnstruct.d to .. ccommotate incre .... d

train-ina 10.0., exi.tina f.dUti ... ere to be rehabiUta.ted, aad 12 potable water .upply ud dit­

tiUa.tion .y.t.ms were to be l.n.ta.ned. By the end of Decem.ber the tr.1nina center uPlrad_ pro ..

lram ...... aha 92. ~rcent complete with total compietio .. expected by the 'M of the third qurter,

FY7Z. 100

10) The MASF military con.tr~ction projecta for the •• rvic, .chooh totalled $9,319,000.

The fa.dUty upgrade project. ($7, 84S, 000) con.i.ted of rehabilitation and new con.tructlon of

barrar:k., clallroom •• rr~e •• halls, ldtchen •• latrine •• ran, •• , and other wilding.. Water

upgrade project. ($1.474, 000) i.ncl~ded drillu.a .dditional w,U" layinl .... t.r di.tribution Une.,

buUdinl water storale aUAI, and pro"tiding nec ... ary ..... ter pc.unp •• By 31 Mar '7~ all.. facility

.nd water upgr.de" projecu w.re underway.

(U) Durinl March the MACV MASF MiUtary Con.truction aeview Bo.rd .pproved a project

for cOn.lruction o( an,RVNAF Infantry School.t Bearcat C"mp, MR 3, .. t a projected co.t o( $'7

million. "fecaule o( funding cOn.tr.ints and rulber priority projectl, thi. dect.ion forced can­

cel\&tion of a pr.viou. plUl; to (orm a Combined Arm." School.t B ... rcat a.ncl con.truct both a

new arrr,or .chool and an infantry .chool.

(U) By AUlu.t. eight of the 22 facilitiea uparade proj.ct ....... re comp!.tecl ........ re is of th_

18 water projecu; the dUiln ... ork on the :a •• rcat Infantry SchooL bad been completed. contract

negotiation. were in prolre •• , and the notice to proceed wa. received in Nove.-nbe~ 1971.101

When 1971 ended the 52.8 million con.truction. prolram (or 27 ill.lallation. was 9b percent com ...

plete in dollar value; 22 of the 27 projecu were' fW.hed &lld the rerna.inin, five were proaramm.ed

for completion by .pring 1972.. 102

Free World Fbrce' Aui.tan':e to RYNAF Training

Ie) Au.tr.Ua and New Zealal'ld training .ffortl were devoted primarily to the tr .. inm, of

RF and PF \eader. in lead.ubip &fld coant.rin.uraency ."kUla. "

IC) A .... tralian ni.ght operation. a •• htance team.. The Au.tr.lian prolram to train

RF and PF leaders in night operation. technique. beaan in Dtlcember 1970 at the Pleiku Training

Center, MR 1.. On 11 Feb 71 the fourth 2 ... week cour" wa. completed. The COur •• "\"/a. lengthened

to 3 week. on 22 Febraary and trainlng for RF in.tructors wa. added to the curriculum. The

RF lnltrUCtors were to return to th.ir local lector ... fter ar.duation a.nd e.tabli.h Vietn.ameu

Night Operation. Alli.tance Team. (NOAT) to :r.in local ItF/PF leaden. Also on 22 Febr~ary

NOAT 2 ... week proararn. were I.nitia.te:! ill MR 4 at the B.c Lieu PFTC aDd a~ DODI Ta.m. MR 1.

(C) The MR 2 couue moved on 12. July from Pleilcu to Phu Cat. By the end of November,

1.23b .tudent. had received traininl in night "peration., and the "in.truction at Bac Lieu and

Dona T.m had been transferred to the VietnAme ....... ith NOAT actin,a. advi.orl. By 14 Decem_

ber aU three trainir.g .ite. were manned by NOAT .. tr~ined ARVN~u,~trllCtor&. and the NOAT •

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"'1'0 ."ithdraW1l oy the AuetraUan Oo .. rnmea.t~ Du.rillS their y •• r" cervlce the NOAT, trai!'ltd

1.29& RFJPF l.adera. On 31 Dec 11, two Fr .. World. Forc •• A,dUane. progranu wen .till

in .e.feet: the At.1ltraUan1unlte Warfare Tra.UUnI Center (JWTC) and the New Zeala.nd Count.:.

inaurl.Dcy Co"ne.

(C) A,utraUan JWTC. ltl Jun. 1970 w ClU.' of St&ff. AtutraUan Forc ••• Vietnam

CATV, received appro"al to pr~vld. advisor. for JW\ll.. Warfare Trainiha Center to be .... 'bll.boIr

at Nui O&t. Ptuloc 'ruy Pro"i~ •• MR 3, The !Lut cour .. "Ian on 30 Nov 70 u .. cadre

coune for the Vi.tnam.... On 8 reb 11 tU nnt o_ ... lc: .tu.clem cOline began for 40 RF

771 R.r officer. were trained. at JWTC cluru., C \"'11. Oa. 6 Oct 11 the JW'IC ..., ... moved to the

Van Klep Na.tio!llll Traininl Center.

Ie} New Z.a.!and Leadership Couru In C"Wl~erin.ur8ency. (tl February 1971 .. group

of New Zealand instructors arrived in RVN to deve~op a program of inatruction for a 5.w.ek

PF Leadenbip CO\Jue which the New Ze.La.nclers we!'. to conduct .t the Chi ung Training

Center. Mlt 4. The primary New Zealand iAatt'QCto" ,roup arrived Gn lq Ma.e'ch to condw:t

annual couue., ... cb conailtiDK of 150 uudenh. The firat Clal. be,an in Ma.y 1971. and

~::~e::~:::::~:~t;,:~ £t:: ~;;~~eL8f~l.nl CY71. On 31 December. eight co~r ... of 150 ""d'''.I~

RVNAF 'rraining SeU ... Suffi.ciency

to) The RVNAF. a.iter Z ye a.ra'o£ dealiAl .. th all almoat expl.o.lve expa.nsbn of its

.... a.ble to p.~ •• in 1911 ud iAtroQuce .ou.Dd fl&Afiamental n:&aJlagement practice. in the ...... w.'"

field. The CTC under the d)'1S&mic leaderahip 01 MC Ph&.b. Trang Chinh mao.e ma.ny ligni1icant

and iDbovative improvements iD trainin, manaseen_llt •• upervilion. a.nd curriculum.

(UJ Cer.trai Training Command: Ma.ter Traininl Directive. Many £ragme.:lted a.nd

I.ncon.istent training clirective .... xi.t.cl within eTC, and the lack of a_ ~inlie m.a..ter directive

pr.cl~d.d u.niform doctrinal .\Sidanee or sc:.andardiu.tiOn of eTC policies. ilecogni%.ing the need

to correct this problem, a combined MACV JeTe ... orktn~ ,roup was e.ta.bU.b£d to develop a

comprehen.ive trai!1UlI directive. The nut «h·alt .. s cc.mpleted in Oe-cember 1910 and

with 10 .elected tr.ining centers and aervi.ce school. du.ring February 1911. The

first o£ it. kind to btl i. .. ued by C Te, wa. publLafled and dutributed in April.

irIl Directive c·onlolidated aU lilnificant policy. luidance. and in.tru.ction. pertinent to the

trauUtll of RVNAF forcel into one meaningful doeument. 104

(UI RVNAF 5-year Tra.ining Plan. In September 1970 MACV pubUlhed. a. comp

10ng ... r.nle training plan. TP 1.70. to "u.pport force .trw:ture change. b'\"ought abou.t by CRIMP,

A. a re.ult. JGS/CTC pu.bUlhed the fint RVNAF long ... ra.nge trainir'i directive on 30 1u.1 71,

markin, a milestone achievement izI eTC trai.ning management. lOS

ICI Combined ·Arrt'.a Doctrine. In June, a.. MACV was developing the traininA: anneX to

the 1972 Combined Campaign Plan. AB 147, a. pl"oblem &orole regarding the RV~AF capability

empl"y air .upport and effectively direct air_lrol.md operatioD.. 'Ba.,,,d On leuon. learned

d\lring mid ... high intenlity operati.on. in u.o. a.nd CambodiA it wal evident that th~ RVNAF st2.lf~

aU levell above battillio&1 needed strengthening in the fun~tion.a.l areas of planniu~ and

fire .u.pport. air mobile opera.tiorll. and logistical support. To ensnre that this wa. given

,=ommand emphali.I, COMUSM!&CV in Augu.n 1911 a.dmonisbed his US advilors to urg •

.;ounterpa.rt. to conduct command po.t exercile. a.nd .... ar lames. to include exerci.el in Multi.

regiment o~rations at corps level and multibattalion operation. at regiment leve\' lOb

COM1JSMACV recommended that the Chief, JCS direct RVN corps/mi1i.toa.ry regi.on c~::;:::::::

to place command and .ta!! emphasi. on measure. to stlengthen b3.tt1efie\d reporting t:

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• IUl llll ~t. Au.au. .. t, .. .iOlOt comblned committee wa. approved b~· the Chief of Staff. Jc,s &Ad.

formed under the .u~fvi.non of the Chi.ef. C'!'C to develop .. combmed arm. doctrJ,tl.e '\utahl.

for the Vietnam enYironmeN. Al,o iA Alllu.t. the RVNAF Armor School condlJ,ct~ 8 bOIlI' of

combined arm. trailli.nl for four airborne battalion., ma.rkUlI the ,tart of .. pTolram for aU

.el'vice .chool. which would inc rea •• the effeetlv.ne •• of combined arma opera"ion ••

IS} Tbrouabout Sept.m~r the joint c.ombined corrunitt •• wa. dedIcated to the dev.lopment

of .. Combined Arm. Doctrinal Manual, the Cint .Hort by the Vietnam ••• to produce .. form.al

dOCtrine. The propo .. d dn.ft. ,\lit_hI. for RVNAF application on the battlefield ~d for use .....

traininl auide, .. al reviewed by Chief. eTC and approved 'by Chief. JOS in Novem'ber. In advance

of dor.ument publication. COMUSMACv aoviJIed. field elemeat. that the doctrine wa. forthcomina

and that ., ..• proper me.bin" of air. artillery. na.va.llunfire. iDiantry. and annor 1.:'1 accor ..

daace with the new doctrine will do much to enhance llVNAF .uFremacy over the NVA/VC.

Advhor. and. commander. of each US .ervice were expected to live d'fb&mic .upport to the early

introdl.lction of this ne'" mode c-f tactic. OD the Southea.t A.;'a battlefield." 108

!U) On 2.2 Dec 71. 500 copies of the combined .. rm. handbook were di.tributed .. nd the

remaining 4. !SOO copies wen to "be dellvered by mid_Ja.tIuary 1972. Thi. new doctrine .. nd the

.upporting in.tructional pro-a:ram were mile.tone. in llVNAF pro,re .. and effectivene ... 109

1"he nnt application of the ne ... tacticA.i approach took. place with the RV~AF Airborne Divi.ion

in mid_December durin, tt. t'".h through K,:ek-Dam"bee to the Chup rubber plantation. The

re.ulte were favorable and the RVN divieion and corp. cOmmallders lnd;'cated firm acceptance

ol the new doctrine. 110

ItJ} With theee and other related training directive. and .chedule. CTC developed the plan.

and program.. d •• igned to provide increa.inl moderni&ation of the training bau. greater .eU­

.ulfici.ency. and the balil ior expanlion to .upport change. in the force .trueture. In December

1971 the requirement for MACV to maintain TP 1-70 or to promYi~ate a .ueeedin, plan no longer

exi.ted. MACV Traininl Plan 1_70 .... a elimi.t1&ted on 7 Jan 72 .

(U) Combat .peclalty .kilh. During 1971 the RVNAF increased the uu of In-pb.ee

training to uPirade combat .kilt.: 48,000 trainee. received on_the_job (OJT) instruction i.n new

combat ckiU. durinl the year. When OJT waa not practical. nor formal .chooling leaaible.

ARVN Mobile 1"raininl 1"ea.ma (MTT) took the s~bool to the tra.inee.

tU) RF compaAie. and RF platoon. were requlred to undergo refre.her training eve .. y 3

yean. Py 31 Dec 70, 700 RF companies and 2..250 PF platoon. had not received the required

trainini. Rec:olnizing thie problem, and in an ellort to .u.pplement the ex.ilting refre.he":" prO_

lram, CTC directed the formation of 32. Mobile Tra.ining Team. for CY71 which would conduct

in-place tra.ininllor 121 RF companies and 1.254 RF platoon •• Each team consitlted'of 15 men

and was capable of traininl two RF comp&lll •• or eight PF platoona .imultan.oully. Refre.her

training by M'IT.belJan on8 Feb 71. On 31 Dec 71. 172 RF companies. 895 PF platoons, and

18 ran,er border ~ttaUon' had been trained by the MTT.. The .hort!all in FF training was due

partially to priority tra.ining given to the 553 new platoon., which WfOre activated in 1971 a. part

of the i.ncrea.e in the FY72 loree .tructure. 112

{UJ Several new comhat 'pecialty program. were introduced in 1911 to empha.size .mall

unit operation. and diecourage reliance on tJS .upport:

-- An improved ba.ic rifle marksman.hip program waa in.tituted by CTC on 15 Feb 71.

-- A IIniper program began on 5 Feb 71 lor Rar.ae.r "oorder battahon ••

...... A 72."hour live_fire Held trainin& exerci.e wa. introduced during the first quarter. Cy_

71 for company and piAtoon size units enlaged i.n refrellher training.

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... Af>tiUery fi,.. control practIce ,,-tHi.sU\1 opcl"&tiollAl artillery firth' unit, a. in.t .. Qctor

unit. comm.enced on 15 Mar 11.

(t1) Bade technic&l trai.ning. The aVNAF trai.Dinl Mltwork mad •• i..nificant prolre ••

in 1971 in 4evalopinl techni.cal .kiLL ..... nt1&1 to nation ~ildi11C. The key to techni.c ... ' tltV! .....

En,U.h t&.nlua._ proficiency. tn the RVNAF rAllt-1t LaDCUI. Sc.hool, the 1971 thru.t .....

toward havin; the co~n.' tau.!!t DY Vi.tnam. .. e iA.truCMU. 1A lanuary 1910 the .chool .tdt

had conai.,ted of 649 US l&nJU&'. iD.truc:ton. a, JUQaIY 1971 tn. US Lnltructi.on.&l .call ".d

been teduCM tQ SOO; 1 year late,. only 219 US iAatnctor. HmaiMd.. At that rat. 01 prolU"

elib in.truetion. WO'ltG be totally Vl.tnarn ..... ".tai.D.4 by July 1973. u whlch time only au US

trainin., nuLQ&,er .. tl~ 1M requlred.

IU) Th. aVNAF Tr-an.po:rtatLon School tr.ltwd more than 6, (4)0 driven b 1971 for the

rapidly exp&ndinC RVNA.F tranlportation .,.tem. This tralD.1.D1 ...... lupplamauted at tho O,dm,.,,!t,

School with 2:8 tJ'Ul'pot'tation .. n ated couu .. which du-ectly appHad to Lb.e c!viUan marke~ ••

well •• military effici.ency. The A.tvanc:e Automotive MaiD.ten&J1ce and Heavy EDline Repair

Cour .. done ,raduated ovar 2..500 in 1971.

fU) Advanced tec:lulic:al training. PrOlr ... U. 1971 wa. a1.0 prom.i.ina in th.. d.,v.,loprr"

of the tec:hnicaUy .ophL.UC"Lted and appUed production skill.. The nut eta .. iA .civ&.ncttd

ins (28 atud.lIu) be.t.n at the Milltary Technical Ecem •• rm, Sc:hool. 5&1,01:1, on 7 Au, 71.

Ichool had .. IW! of contract univer.ity prole •• o:rl, uu! would produce m,D.Y timee more

enlin.eu than aU of the civilian u.n.iverlitie. in V\etft&m. The .nal.nef'rU1, cour •• includ.ed. lIleh

vital akilb al .d~ce c:onatl'uction. pubtic work •• and 1'O&cI all4 bddle c:oJUtr\iction.

(tT) The RVl'-AF opened a bridle d .. lp. .~hool Oil 6 Sep 71 which. would produce tsauueci

conltruc:tion exp.rt •• tlw. lncre •• i.n.a the tulmber 01 comptetecl b.ridge. throughout duI COUllU"y. t-~""

E.ach ct .... had a maximum capacity 01 1 .... INd.ent •• w~o .... r. requLred to de.ilJn and lupervbe

the ac:t\·.a.l c:onatructio., of .. bridge ... part of the c.urriculwn.. 'two c.i4 •• e. would Il'aduate in.

72.

fUl The kVNAF ct.pa.biUty to op41t&te sophi.tieated equipment ..... exemplified by their

progr ... in the [rtecrated Communication. System fICS). xes t"eqw.ired trai.ned peuQlll\el i.b the

field. Q{ microwave, trnpo .... catt.r ra.dio. (\xed pl.a.nt carriera, a.nd. the c:ol.Ultrywide 41.l t.l:.pho ...

ay.tem. Training \n support of this ey.tem wa. c:oruiue:ted ill the RVN and. the United Statu. III

Vietnam, US c:LviUa.:t cont:ract ihltructora tauant bauic, intormedlate, and a.dv~ce electroniee

to operator. of the .y.tem. In the United Stat •• , RVNAF atud.ents rec:eiveftd .pecial training ••

fixed atation tec:iullcal controller.. dial eentral office repairm.an, and comrtll,lnica.ti.on. traffic

mana-Ier •.

ttl) On 3 Feb 71 tne lir.t cla .. of 11 microwave repa.lrme:. Ita.ciu:ated from the res training

[acUity located at the RVNAF Si.lnal School iA VU.b.1 r&". Betw •• n February and December addiw

tional communi"ct.tioD.1 in.etl'Uctio.tl wa. proll'e .. i.vdy tran.fer.l."ed :'0 the aVN.A7 Signal Scho?l

tram the US Crypto .. Lol Support Center. SaiC0J:l, the aVNAF 60th SiC Dep .. Sai.gon. and the US

Sig Bele. Lons BiAh.

tV) The nut cla .. of the Oia.l Control Repair Course gra.dua.tlltd at Vung Ta.u on 16 Mareh.

On 2.S Augu., the llrat aroup oC 3d echelon crypto repairmetl comt:oleted traitLing and in Septem­

ber the 4th echelon Radar and Switchboard Repai.r Cou:r •• a wer. transferred to Vtll1g Tau. By

Deeem~r the 4th and 5th echelon Teletypewri.ter aepai.r Cou.rse &tid the 4th echelon Sign.a!

Repair coursu were abo beinl conducted .t the ltVNAF Si.gn.a.l School. The majority of ~outet!e

were atill beinl conducted by US elviU .. !).. at theft end ot Decembf!:r. but the- tal'let date lor RVNAf

to ~uume the [CS miuion. was 1 Nov n. ill

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IU) Pilot tr&lninl ?"Ol~'"". E:illi,h ~nl\al. tl'&i.D1.nl of VNAF belieol"te,. pllota w ••

completed on .c:hK\lie with the :au ,roup of &971 l •• vine fot' the ::S i.I' April 1971. US beUcopter

pllot tuininl .... a •• ehedulac! for :;;omplet~on LD Ju.l!" 19i2. At that ume .. total of I, &42 heUcopter

piioU would MY. been traLned 11l !~lahl procedure" ineludLnI 341 who would have rece~.ved

in.trument quaUfica.tion traminl.

(Ul The total VNAF aU-Ibon pUot U'alDlnl requ.lremellt, inc:ludina heUcopter. fixed winl •

• nd hiah performAnce aircraft, wa. 3t H •• O\srlna 1'11, 1,007 studenu de}:&rted. for alf .... bore

trai.nina ... oppo.ed to the prolramm.ed !.011. On 31 Dec 71 the foue.,t bad aU Enllbh 'pe&k ..

ina: pilot .tudenh departing for CONUS b~' 30 May 72 •• ome for 18 month. trainins_ Completion

date for the major portion of the off_lhore proaram wa •• ched1O.1ed for September 1973. at which

time 34 F5 pitOh would remain to be trained. The antlcip&ted completion period for the.e pilots

.a. CY74. 114

IU) Air sround operation. trainins. In Il.Ule 1971. MAC-I at the reque.t olIGS com­

menced plan. to provide Air Gro·.lnd Operation. t"rainina for .enior AltVN officers (LTC. /COJ~).

On 8 Aug 71 the {jut Itudent entered the Special Operation. Couru. at the Air Ground Operation.

School. Ealin AFB, Florida. US

Formal Leadeuhip Development

(0) To .uilport the increued empha.b on RVNAF le.der.hip. priority attentiOn ""a' given

in this area at all leveh of the training complex.

(U) Combat experieneor;:d in.tructor!._ On 23 Apr 71 the IGS conducted an apprai.al of

in.tructor po.ition. to deteronine whicb required COmbat experienced per.onneland directed certain

reallocation.. Tbe number oIpo.itioD. was reduced {rom I. 685 to 710 and the criteria for the repl&ce_

mltnt of lonl ten\1J"e ofriceu in key train1n.a center and .ervice .chool po.ition. were .trengthe.-,ed

and enforced. A,,, result. 138 combat experieJ:.ced instructor. were added durin8 the year in

thou area. dealin~ with command, operation •• tactic •• and .. eapon.. Recognizing that c.ombat

experieJ)ce alone did not guarantee a good in.tructor. CTC introduced a 6-week method of

in.truction IMOI) couru in June at Quanl Trunl Traininl CeDt~r. ID addition, a I_week MOl

refruher courte wa ... Labli.hed at the remaininl traininl centert and in 13 of the ZJ service

.chool.. The appointment of com~t experienced senior commanderr to the key R VNAF train_

ing in.tallation. adde-f .trength and validity to the trainlna: proaram. 1

(U) Advanced of!icer courte.. The Infantry Officer Advanced Court. wa. tnnt!erred

to the Infa.ntry School at Thu Duc durin, the fir.t quarter of CY71 thus relicvin, the Comrna.nd

and Gene-ral Staff College (C&GSCl of the respon.ibility of cODducting iDtermediate courses of

in.truction. In AUlu.t the Adv&ncedArmor and Artillery Cour.e. beil:an, and by 31 Dec1:mb~r.

advanced cou ... e. were \1nderway for the first time at an Combat Arms school. and at the

Enline.r. MP, Tran'pot"tation, and Fina.nce .chooll. Thil intermediate trainina {or RVNAF

captain. and majou con.i.ted of 16 weekli of cla .. room and field training In subject. and

technique. pertinent to the re.pective profe •• ionalarea.. Additional advanced courlle. were

planned for the Quarterma.ter, Medical, ~G. and Signal .chools in 1972..

IU) Academic accredit&tion. The Vietname.e ~tional Mil!tary Academy wa. the .ource

lor a well_educated. regular officer corp., but unfortunately wa. not: an 1l.ccredited degree_granting

in.titution" The Academy received exten'lve tOP level .upport during 1971. and legitlative approval

wa' .ought {or VNMA graduate. to be awarded an accredited academic degree. A modern library

and neavy engineering laboratory were completed d'.lrina the Hut hall of CY71 to help provide

the required .tcdy environment and round out the Acade:n.ic curriculum. At 'he end of Decemb.er.

~it appeared pouible that the 1972. VNMA araduate. ""'ou\d receive acc;-edit:ed degTee ••

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School In Tbu Due w ... the pr~cipa.l IQurce 01 junior affie.n. Quality Icreenin, procedur ..

.... r-. i.n.tituted (Dr the nUt time in the third quarter, CY71. Uncial' the new concept. aU RVNAF

recruit. wi.th .. aaccal&unate I delree or .. lOth ,rlUJe ~.yel of academic completion received

ba.lc and advanced cDmbat u-ai.ll:inl at the [ntantry Schoo\ inatead of the Ql,l&ft, TruDI National

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(U) During the initial training week •• the poorly mctivated 01 tb. •• e .. tactive trilinee. and

tho •• of little demonlt.rated potential w*l'e sC:l'eenltd out and rea"ianed to other trai.ning &re ••

or W\its. thereby introducing the Iiut element ot .etectivity. Tho •• ultim .. tely ulected to

attend the 22-'Neek OCS pr-ogram at the Infantry Sehool wen aubject to continual e ..... luation by

• leadership review ~nel throughout the period of training. poor lea.d.ership performance

re'\1lted in diamia.a' .. nd rea.uignment to other uni.t.. The new sya tem a-liminated many weak

performe1'l and the ca.ndid.t •• who wen ultima.tely commi •• ioned ONere considered to be

reasonably capabte and well mot,iva.ted. 117

'U) Motiution .. l tn,ining. The Chie!. eTC e.u.bU.h.ed a Morale and Motivation Board

on t Au.g 71, with repreuntatiotl from eTC. the Gener .. l Politiea.l Warfare Depa.rtrnent (CPWDI.

and MACV to review and improve motivational traininJ, method. and design other e.aining methad.

to improve the R"lNAF aold-ieu' .... HI to fight." The Morale and Motiyation BoarQ met a.t regula:

'nterv .. I. and developed s~eilic ta.k. which wen approved by th~ Chi.i. eTC. A lfJ'minAl' sys­

tem wa. developed for traini.ng center and sehool u •• to improvo! aoldiel" participation ancJ o,:re.te

An a.tmoaphere cond.ucive to improved indoctrination. The tirst semi.nar was held on 16 Oct 71

at the leS compol,lnd.

(U) A 2 ........ eek POLWAR oificlerl cout"Se ....... e.tabU3hed by the RVNAF POt.WAR Traininl

Ceuter to tra.in oifiee1'l to perform u POL.WAR oUiceu in the .tuc!.ent cadre urigades at RVNAF

tl"ainlna centeu. Ninety o[ficf:rs ent4'red the £int COUl"lIte on 10 Dec 7l at Thu Due.

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:Ui Five motivational training h&ndbook. were developed and produced durinl December,

entitled Company Command and Leade-rlmp Development. Company Political h..dOCtr~tlon.

Troop Motivation. Oueuiolts Clau!.fic&tion. and Troop Benefits and Answers. OIl 17 .December.

20.000 cop!. u of each handbook we re distributed. to inc lude copies to each RVNAF unit down to

the company level. .

IU) Or. 31 Dec 71, other POLWAR traininl proaraml _ere still ill prOlr.... The lipU'ic&nt

onel were:

__ A "pilot program" wal Virtually completed to te.t a n.w technique ul ulinl POLWAR

cadre down to company level in the ltudent cadre brigade. Previou.ly the traillinl was

conducted by .. ~mall POLWAR section ift the training branches of the traininl centerl.

Under the new plaft the POLWAR cadre in the .tudent brilade would provide motiva~ion&l

traininl in the barrackl, on road march ••• in the field. and at other period. 01 Lnformal

inltruction. The pilot prollram wal Icheduled to ltart at the Van Kiep NTC in Jar,uary

1972.

-_ A motivational film wal in the aUin". with a "belore and after" theme. depictinll the

pr02re .. of RVN and RVNAF. The 8cheduled completion date for thc film wa. IS Jul

n.!!8

Khmer Armed FOrces Trained by RVNAF

(Ul In May lQ70 Vietnamenand US Wliu belan training the armed lorces of tbe Government

01 the Khmer Republi~ (CKR). The RVNAF COntribution to the Khmer FY70_71 tralninl prollram

totaled over 25,000 traitl.ees. At tl:e end of TY7?' RVNAF wal to have trained in exee .. of

41.000 members of the ForCel Arm.el Nationale. Khmeu IFJ4.NK1. ranling lrom battali:m and

brigade .,;ommanders to recruit. and patrol boat Crewmen. Thi. IUpport to the Khmer Republic

wa. but one more indication of Ireater RVNA F Itrength. ca.pability. and leU .. lufficiency.

("'.1) Company training. The major RVNAF elfort w .. concentrated on traininl the

Khmer troop. in all po:!litionl from company commander to rUleman. Through a phaled leriel

of interrelated coura.I, company commander., platoon le.derl, Iquad leaderl, altd recruits

were trained at the Lam Son National Training Center, MR Z. At the end 01 individual periodl

of training tbe varioUI elemen.1 were molded into I.parate companies and given j weeki of

intenlive balic unit t~.lning (BUT). The trained companiel then returned to Cambodia to form

new battalion., fill uoldeutrengtb battalionl, and ma.a outpolts along the Mekong River.

IC) The first ZO.company increment started balic unit traininl at Lam Son NTC on 15 Feb

71; on 6 Ma.r 71. 39 company commander". 300 platoon leader., 353 ":CO .quad leaders. and

1,977 EM recruitl graduated. The fin .. l contingent of the Fy7l program completed traininl in

Augult.

Ie) The Fy72 company training program began ."hen .. 96 platoon and .qu.a.d leader. entered

training in August. The first increment of 45 company commanderl arrived at'Lam Son NTC

on 6 September and 1.509 recruih arrived 0.1 5 Oct 71. Sixteen companiel completed balic unit

training in November. Ey February 197Z, 3Z of the 80 companiel to be trained in FY7Z had

finilhed. The RVNAF ha.d trained a total of 205 Khmer cOjpp&niu lince the program began.

Ie) Logi.tics and maintenance training. To help re.tore the Khmer logistic I and main_

tenance bale. the RVNAF train2d Ipecialilts in qUart.!rmalter, lignal. medical, tranlportation,

and ordnance. On 23 Jan 11. a 10.man Khmer driver cadre completed training at the RVNAF

Tranlportation Schoolal did 20 second echelon wheeled vehicle mechanic. on 18 Feb 71.

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te) In February 1971 plannin, bre,an to formulate the program tht'Oll,h. which bQ? FANK

loailUel .~ciati.n wQUld M trained in R VNAF .ervice .chools btlinni"l in the second quarter.

eY?!. Durinl M&rch th_ number wal rdined to 587 and traintna began i.n April (or 302 Khmer

trainees. On 20 November the FY71 LOIl,ticl SpeCiaUlt Pro, ram ended when ZS artillery t>epair.

men :ompleted tralnln, at the RVNAF Ordnance School.. The aVNAF had trained in exce •• of f. sao Khmer studentl durina C·171 and were programmed to teach. 1,111 durina FY7'Z.

Ie) Small unil leaden. Another irnportanL •• peet of the Khmer trainin, prOlr"m w ......

the .mall WIlt \ea.der (5UL) course conducted by aVNAF. The fLut SUL COutU be,&n in June

at Lam Son for 500 of the 3.000 student. proarammed for thi. instruction. By February 1Q72.

800 Khmer platoon and .quad leader. bad completed M.Lc le.deuhip traininl under thi. pro ..

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IC) Trainina center cadu. Durinl the fint qUArter of CY71, when the Khm.r Covern_

ment expre ... d a d •• ire to eatabU,h it. own in_country tralnin, ca.pabiUty, it obtained RVNAF

lupport to train 205 tra.i.ning center cadre. The Ur.!: lO .. we.k course be,an at Lam Son in April

lq71 and .nded in June. An a.dditiOn!\!80 nudentl were progra.mmed Cor FY72; by the end oC

February 197Z, 194 had been trained.

Ie) Tra.lnin« FANK bri,a.de and battalion comma.ndert. tn July 1971, 53 F.ANK field

gr&d. oCnceu belan a .pecia1 cO\,l.r .. at the AltVN Infantry S~hool in Thu Duc. The 7 .. we,k

COUrt ...... pecilicaUy tailored to provide offic.n with the minirr..um .... nti.l training to pr ...

pare them to .. rve as 'bric.de .nd batt. lion commaneen or ltaff ofUcen. Emphasi!S wa. pla.c,d

on ltaCC procedurel and combined arm. oper.tions. The cour ••••• tauaht to three contingenu

in 1971; the fint continaent (53 oUl.c.rs) Ira4lo1ated on 14 AUlu.t. the sec end (38 officer.) com­

pleted on 8 October, and the third (4& oWcer'l flAlshed Oft 5 December. Th. third gro\,l.p .a.

taught by 11 membera of the tint cla .. who would subsequently become the training cadre for a

.imilar program to bt taught in the Khmer Republ\c. Tru:re were no further contingent •• chedouted

fOr traininl in RVN. III

IC) Khmer l'!avy traininl. The VNN liith Amphi~ou. Talk Force trained Khr.).er crew.

Cor river patrol boaU, mine I.eeper., command .nd control boat., .nd monitor craft. During

FY70 ... 71, 184 men wero trained Lor 19 Khmer river patrol and .... ult lupport 1)oats. The iast

C y71 crew of 72 men completed tra.ining in December. During FY7Z the VNN Wr! programmed

to train in exce •• of 30G crewmen who would "ub.eq,uentiy man 5b Khmer craft. l

(U) In addition to theae major undertakings, the RVNAF graduated one Khmer Armored

Ca ..... lry Troop i.n March 1971, the 7th Pioneer Enlineer Battalion on 30 Oct 713 and 1.1.0 trained

1& Khmeu in Enlli.h (7) .nn Vietnameae 19} 1.&nl1,1al" throughout the year. U

(U) The nVNAF .elI-.ufficien(;y effort reached .. promiaing ~chievement plateau during

1971 with pri.ncipal prcjre .. being made toward achieVing training uU .. lufClciency. MACV was

•• tidied that the effort wal going well and tb..t even greater progresa would be made in 1971. lZ4

RVNAF LOGISTIC IMPROVEME~T

IU) 1971 wa. the year of togistiCI; :he year in which every effort wal made to funy equip

RVNAF, upgrade the .upport capability of all .ervices, and proyi.de them with the facilities

required for military self-.\,I.fHciency.

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IS} PJ'OYidiftl and deliverina nn.'ioD •••• ntial tt(lQipment wa. a COfttl!l\lina effort in enha.DClnl

the .UectiveD." of the VietD.&m ••• Armed Force.. III A1IIult 1971 a deciJiOD was made to expedite

the de\i.very of all FY71 and prior .,ear equipmeDt which"l due JtVNAF. To accomplllh this.

MACV de.eloped .,lan. a.ud prolram. which wou14: 11) aceelente tb .. deU.,.ry of n .... equlpmcnt

arrivifta in ... collDtry by a.,ina aDY aDd aU tranlportatioD relource.. 'Z) .peed QP In_cCQlltry tranl.

fu •• (ll expedite transferral &lld NrDOver of loDC baul C012ut.umlcation •• yltem. and Cot} b\lUd

\lp l.year requUition obj"ctive atoc'ka plul 3 .. year permi. .. , •• overstocka ... of •• condary items

that Wflrc exc ... to USARV. Project 981/982 identi1i .. thia effort which had a'SDille.nt irnJ)act

on the RV1'AF loai,tied .ystem. aDd for whicb. the entire DOD lOliltic .Yltem w .. s mobiliz.ed.

(5) It. MACV I..oli.tie Operationl Cenwr .. a. eltabUlhed on &Jl aroUDd.the..clock balis on

15 AUI 71 and fUhctioned througb. 8 Nov 71. IklriJlt this period. the requl.rementl for and com­

plete di.tribution of major item. were inten.ively controll.d and m&D&aed in the Logiltic Opera.

tiona Center. Periodic npply reconciliation. of ARVN major items ..,a. conducted with the US

Army Materi.l Conunand. A. the tem~ of eqllipment d.liverie. le •• en.d. the operatious center

wa. pha.ed out on 8 NovemMr and activities were retunaed to norrnallogisUc. cb&L.ft.eb. 125

(5) Delivery of minion .... nti .. l equipmeftt. Ov.r&ll improvem.ftt in the .tatu. of

RVNAF major item. of equipment -,va. lub.t.U1tial durina 1971. By 31 December only one it.m

wa. Ie .. th&D 90 percent of the TOE/TA authorisation.. The authorization. dld not reflect

requirementrfor maintell&nce tUne. repair cycle time. or attrition.: 12b

STATUS OF MlSSION ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT

(a' of 31 Dec 71)

~ Rifle. Mlb Gren.ade laWlcher, M79

Howitzer, 105mm

Howitser. 155mm

Tractor. medium

APC. Mill Tank. M41 Truck. 1/4.ton

Radio. AN /PRC 2S

perc.nt 97 89

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 •

• Include. AN/PRC 10 as .uitabl •• ub.titute

IU} Transfer of in.country equipment. In addition to the n .. .., eqUipment furnished to

RVNAF, other equipment became available for tran.ier a. US red .. ploymentt and inactivation.

ocrurred. A. a re.ult, MASF supported equlprr.ent wa. transferred to RVNAF from iri.country

US componenu both intra.ervlce c.nd inters .. rvice. Maxi.:num transfer o! these a •• ets expedited

Vletn&miz.ation. decrea.e\:! US retrolude requirltment., and redllced demand. on CONUS .upply

and transportation .ystem ••

(U) To facilitate tran.!er of in-country allet. and RVNAF "Watlot W.t" ..... provided by

MACV on a monthly ba.i. for u.e by in.country US .ervlce components to ,Cn,en exce •• equip­

ment. lonl .upply a.utl, and rJlitcriel in the hands of redeploying or inactl.vatinl unill. Intra.

service transfers were Ilven priority and were con.ummated by coordi.na.tion between the owni.o,

US service and the advhory elem .. nt of the Vietnam .. se cOl"Ulterpa.rt .ervice. Interlervice

tunders were coo.l'dtnated th..-ougb MACV and ultima.tely approved at US urvlce depa.rtmental

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Ie) A major problem LA tn. LA .. country ~\upm.nt tur-nQy-er was the a.mou.nt of m.aintenance

requi.red to pu.t tranderabl. i.tems in the condltion. requ.lred by US MiUtary Standard Requi.sitlo~

and tllUtl Proced\6res (MiLSTR.lP). i. e .• i .. \labl. with.ou.t qualification. l .. u....ble with qI.L&Ulic .. Uon,

ud priority 111.1 •. 127 Malntemr.nce u.pgradc req\llrement. were ..... d .om.what d.lr'ing the third

quarter of CY71 when the mUe"j. prereq1.liI't.e of \e .. ~ 20,000 mlt.. for ,lied vehiclu was

elimiDated. and ~ater in the fourth quarter whoen A:1,:'Ie.x A ,:'rander Criteria) to MACV Dlr 795_4

wa. revl ... d to permit tranl.«r of "'eh1c:l.1 cor.hcier~d ~o!;,e "combat .ervicell.ble •• opposed to

to the former cri.teria of havin., to=' meet "depot o.erha.11 atandard •• "

•

TUrnover ofE9uipmeDt to ARVl-{

IC) US depot to ARVN depot tranderlo Pepot:o depot trandeu took pla.ce in larle

volume in CY71, to .a.ti.fy the requirements oC Pr~Jee;t ~81. Durin& the third quarter of 1971

depot to depot tr .. nsfers were the h.e .. vie.Jt i.n the history of the Key.tone ProlJram. IUS redeplny_

ment program). primarily d",e to the volume of, small arm. turnover:

DEPOT TO DEPOT EQUIPMENT TURNO\ER, CY71

"Mai2r Item. ist Qtr 2d Otr lrd Otr ~

Communication ...

electronic. Equipment 1. al3 804 a73 1.491

Enlineer Equi.pment 18 6 38 33.

Ordnance Equipment 1,612 &78 18.135 14.2.75

(C) Interservice tran.fers. Interservice transfer. peaked du.ring the second qua.rter of

C Y71 with the-final redeployment of us Marine Corp. unit.:

lNTERSERVICE EQUIPMENT TRANSF1;;R, CY71

To ARVN from:

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23 mAjor ord~nce items

6Z1 C-E item,

l13 m.a.jor ord~nce items

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Ie) Unit to Unit tranalen. Du.rinl CY71 trall.teu 0( equ.lp,,,ent were made h'om US ~ll' to ARYN UInta •• d~O"D Dela .. :

UNIT TO UNIT TltANSFEa, CY'H

From US Unit: USJ.ECAV .. leeted wli.u

.th PSYOP Cp

ht Ml Bn

USAECAV .. 1.cted unlu

.th PSYOP Cp

577th En, an

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To ARVN Unit 2 18th Land ('luritll Co

lOth POLWAR BII

I. II. m. and IV CORPS MI Detachments

Z 18th lAnd C l.ariD, Co

20th. 30th. 40th. and 50th POLWAR Bn

6ht aJK1 64th En.,r COlUt 8n

Z18th Land Cle.riD, Co

None

eel Turnover of no.tins cralt to ARYN. AltVN wa. authorbed 172 .... tercr.ft under the Marine Modernization and Improvement Prolram (MMlP) which ca.me Into ~inl in 1969. Duriq 1970. tran.ler 01 the reqtaind craft fell abort of the iDtended 1001s. AcUon wa. aceeler­&ted in the .econd quarter of CY71 to tunder an required craIL to ARVN !'lot later than 31 Oct 71. Dille to cra.:'t breakdown. failure of craft to pa •• &8a triai.a, and othf'~ j,.utili_bIe operational co:o.ldere.tions :h. CY71 loab .ere DOt met, althoulh Ilpificant addition. ..... ~re made to the ARVN !l.tt durin, the year. 7he frolnu made durUlI the y.ar and the ltatU' oC ARVN crait on. 31 December are rt"flect'!d below: 28

TI£! oC Craft LCM LCU To. FloatinB Crane J Boat Bar,e

Total

STATUS OF ARV:'! FLOATINC CRAFT, CY71 On Hand

No Auth 31 Mar 71 31 Dec 71 Remarka -~ --9-'-- 9b

10 • 10 10 2 9 6 to tMo tranafel'red Feb 7Z

I 0 5 .. to be tranal. ned JUll 7Z

50 • •• f) to be trana{U'red Feb 7Z m lOs m

• Ill, ARVN communk.aUonl.electronicl caP!bility. -Silni!icant prolr ... wa. made

durin, C Y71 in the improvement of the ARVN InteIOuted Communication. Sy.tem (ICS) and Dial Tf'lephone E.xcbanle IDTEl capability. In.truction at the USA IRVNA F Slanal Trainin, FAc1lity, Vunl Tau, waa provided 1)y Pi&le Communication. Enlineer., Inc. (See F~lure VlII·9 £01' location of Urateaic aUI'I referenced in thia aection.) Durina CY71 the achoolaraduated aD averaa' of 35 men per month and would itu:reaa. that rate to an aVlra,e of 70 men per month duriDI the lirat .. month. of CY7Z. Thia arad..aation rate and lubaequent lncl'und input into the bard .kill MOS CO\lrl .. would enable RVNAF to meet- the minimum rn&J1t\.lna leyel of tbe leS/OTE .Uea •• eal!y a, October/Noyember 197Z rather than Marcb 1973. The Incre ••• et input iDto the bard ,kill MOS COUI'lU reql.lired \S to 19 MOS ctuaea to be conducted

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"'0 F lirnultaneo,uly. a nquirement which exc~eded the pro,rarruned ltV-NAT instructor c.pabi~lty. To capitalize on the increased atudent availability, MACV rt'~uelt.d USARV to exteDd the Pale trainiDI contract lor a period of" to 5 month. in CY72. Tbe opportunity to me.t the miAiml.lM m.uming level of the ICS/DTE !lite. .. to 5 month. ahead of' uk.dule would be ... illlilicatlt uep m increa.ed ARVN C-E capability.

tel RF/PF equipment buildup. T~e 401low1D.a nllecta the on hand percental_ of •• lected i":em' of RF/PF e¥ipment •• of 31 Oec 71: Z

Equipment Weapons

Vehicl •• : 1/4 ton '1. 1/2 ton 5_ton wrecker

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VNN Equipment Turnover

AN IPRC _2, IRF) AN/PRC-25IPF)

Percent on hand 99

93 9. 75

100 29

(U) The turnover of equipment to the VNN primarily focuaed on the ·trandar of .... leTeralt and coanat .urveilLance rad .. r lites. The mAa:nitl.lde of the ..... t. and effort involved in the USN Accelerated Turnover to Vietname.e (ACTOV) pro,ram i. dbcussed ebewhere in this chapter and in Chapter V, Naval Operations. To maintain the a .. ets which were t .. ·anaferred IUlder the ACTOV program the VNN supply support !a.C"iUties had to be developed and outfitted to provide the necell.::Y level 01 repair.

(e) VNN repair program. The VNN repair ~y.tem con.~'ted of seven Itrategically ior.ated logistic support bues (LSBI) and eleven_intermedIate .upport bases (ISB.). Three LSBs and 11 ISB. were turned over to the VNN durin. CY71. AI of 31 Dec 71. the Da Nang, Binh Thuy. Cam Ranh Bay. and Nba Be LSB. remained to be tranlierJ'ed. Three craIt repair barlU and the repair lhip USS Satyr IARL-23) were .1.0 transferred during the y.ar thereby completing the VNN inventory of mobile repair ""s.ts which were authorized under CRIMP.

tCl In J\l.De 1971. the deteriorating condition of ri.ver a ... ult craft (RAC) and river patrol boats (PBR) dictated establishment of a biBh priority progn.m to rutore the craft to an accept. able level of readine... By 31 Dec 71. 115 RAes and 245 PBR, bad been completely overhauled and were again operationally ready ill the VNN inventory.

IC) VNN shipyard. The VNN Ihipyard (VNNSYl maintained th.e ships of the blue water fleet. Adequate tirydocking/acillti .. wen not immediately av .. ilable. A lmall 1,000 ton auxiliary floatinl drydock (AFDL_11) was received on loan in April 1971 and used by the VNN to reduce a critica.l docklna situation: the number of .hip' awaiting drydock facilities was thereby reduced from an average of 10 to lZ ship. to 3 to 5 .hips. The loan of the AFDL-ll wal an austere compromise to an original reque.t for an AFDL_22. a 1.900 ton floatina drydock. An AFDL-23 .ub.eque~tly declared in excell of Cam Ranb Bay requirement. WIlS tranderred to the VNN. and appr"ciably increased the VNNSY ca.~bility to f"",liiH drydocking requiremenu.

IC) In addioion to the- VNNSY situation, 13 of 18 .:raft repair bases bad significa."\t equipment deficiencies dU:'_lg the .econd quarter of CY71. A total of 304 items were ordered to upgrade exiatina .ho}: facihtie. and were on hand by 30 Nov 71. 130 ... 2-_2_

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fU} The empha.la in eqllipment turDOvcr to the VNAF was Pflm&Z'ily on increa.ina the nwnber

of aircraft. VNAF'c ·:xp&Juioft. ~ thia 1'elard i. cov.red el.ewhere l.n thi.. chapter and Ln Chapter

VI. Ai.r Operation •• To maultain the operatioc&l reacline .. of th ... Lncre ... d Ulet. the VNAF

commQll:reatlon' and ,uPl>Ort capabLlitic. were aiven PrlOZ'lty ... is~nc. durin, CY71.

(0) VNAF C-E !9ulpment turnover. VNAF ... umption of oper&tional and mair.tenaDce

re'pon.ibility for C ... £ eq uipment proareued at a ra.pi.:i ~ce during CY71. The lint ai,&nificant

tran.fer toole. place on 13 Feb 71 Whf'D the USAF 3,000 Ure DTE at Nha Trani wa. tran.ferred

to VNAF. On 30 April the Tactic .. l Air N&viaation tTACAN) (aciUti .. at 81M Thuy were OWlIed.

opeuted, and mainu.ined by VNAF. On. 1 J\Ule the Dial Central OUice and ... ocia.ted cable

db:ributlon plant at Bien Ho. w .. turned over. On 18 J\lne VNAF acquired the rACAN faciJitiel

at Tan Son Nllut AB and on 30 June thf' TACAN lac1Uti •• at Ban. M. Thuot. Bien Hoa. and NU

Trani were tranderred.

(U) During the third quarter the following transaction. tr)ok. .. lace hetween USAF/VNAF:

On 1 July the kn weather te\autograph .ystems (aenerally consisUnl of three trans_

mitters and five receinn) at'Pleiku. Nba Trani. BiJ:.h Tbuy, and Bien Ho_ .. ir bas ..

were transferred.

.... On 2.3 September the Direct Air Support Centers (DASC) at Fldltu .. nd. Blen. Hoa Air B".u

were tr .. nltferred.

.... On 25 September eleven £ermAl aareemeDts were jointly slgned by the USl'u"'/VNAF

representives for "title transfer" of the- Telephone Tandem Switches at Tan Son Nbut

.. nd 0.. Nang; the Grnund Control Approach iadUti .. at Nha TrUI. Sinh Thuy, Pleiku.

BIen Hoa, and Oa Nanl; the T&(.tical Air Navigation facilities at PleUta aud Da Nang:

and Dia.l Central Officl!'l at Pleiku and 0& Nan.a Air aas.s.

(U) The last major turnover activities for C~ll occurred during the fourth quarter:

0n 31 October the Bien Ho. dial telephone exchange was turned over and became a

seU-sufficient VNAF faciUty.

On Z Novemb ~ operation 'nd maintenance respc)luibiUty for the Direct Air Support

Center (i DASC) at Da Nang palled to 'VNAF.

-- On 5 NOvember the Tan Son Nhut tr .. nsfer agreement was amended to indicate that the

faci.lity was owned, operated .. nd :n.a.intained by VNAF.

_. On lO December the Chu L-.i TACAN was transferred to the VNAF 291st Communications

Squadron at Da Nang.

-- Throughout December the Phu Cat dial telephone exc.hange. telautogra.ph system. TACAN.

nondirectional beacon. ground control approach radar. control tower .. nd weather com­

municati.ons fadUde. were tra.naferred. This constituted the eighth major air balle

facility to be- turned over to the VNAF as pa.r~ of the l&M program.

(U) Univac 1050_11 computer system. To improve VNAF support capability _ Univac

1050-11 computer wa. installed at the Air Logistics C.omm.and (ALe) at Bien Hoa AB in 1970.

Durin, the nrst quart.!r of CY71 the first 'base (Blen Hoa) was satellited to the ALC computer

for direct communications between balle supply and the computerized central supply files. Three

additional all' division accounts were satellited during MlIY, June. and July with lat.iaCactory

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refinement. were made in a.ll pha.e. of .,uomated wpply manaaement. Continuation of

\cye\ .at.Ulte )ll'ojram lor all repair ltem. wouirt provi.de additional management

VNAF matlri.l ~n&le:,. lot aa leveb. The coG!f.luration of the 1050·0 '~r:~~:::;:~:;::

durin, the f01.lrth qll&rter to Uh;l.e ... the la..u.a.. proce •• i.nc time and ~roYide ..

for Ilmultaneou. repol't proceuina. ~lthoQlh v:iAF !oli.tic. capability proIU ... d

primary problem eXI..tpd ~n the lack of .ki11ed tn.i.ddt. mAna,.ment re.ource.. It wa.

that thi. problem 'o\l.ld not 01 fully t'uo.ved fot approxUnatel., Z y.an ~urini which time

VNAF and thelr USAF advi.ors wOI.lld work j'lintlI to de •• lop and traLn VNAF i.lutructc.u to

prOve the ail' lore. orlanie tra1AlAC eapability.ll

VNMC Equipment Turnover

(C) Du.rinl tM third quarfer of CY71 the Mari.u Advi80ry Unit and the VNMC .tal!·

reviewed and updated 11I\1t Table. of Organization. and Eq~~pment to i.ncorporate the app

_FY72. ... 73 forr.e structure incr.u. of &)0 billetf.. On 25 Aug 71. the Commandant of the

Corps approved revind FY71-7~ MASF programs for the VNMC. The Approval .o"n,,,dled

the- decislon to accelerate dellvery of MASF·equipmect and varying q\l&nti"les oC the 144

i.tem. of major VNMC equipment for the FY~8 ... 72 prolram yea,.. which had not been deu""IIt, ..

The initial fin of the MASF ltern.. wu expected to be eompleted on or about 30 Nov 7l.

(C) The accelera,;ed dellvery of MASF eqwpment proceeded ... enUaUy u planAed.

Sep 71 only 19 Une ltems were delivered. but by the end of the .. cond wee\( in December

90 11ne item. bad been ueeived and the VN)dC wa •• iI'~ually at full prolrammed combat

ne .. in term. of TE requir.ment •• OuutandlDa def1eiellCies included: 18 1/4 ton M-lS

jeeps to trauport the 18 lQ6mm recoiU ... rUl •• belonging to the VNMC a!lti ... tank ~:::~~::

QOmm recoile .. rifle. to upgrade the oraanic .direct £ire capabill.ty of the infantry b

Z lIZ ton. truck. to a.chieve the fuU TA of 363 Z l/Z ton truck. in the Marine •• '.""''";

balance of the communication. eql.llpmeDt (ou. AN/TRC.24.14 AN/VRC_",7s, 9 ANlvor_,,<

and b AN/PRC.IOt.) to complete outfittioa the cll.,lalon radio nlay .y.tem and the

control nets down to battalion level. All of th •• e item. except the 18 M-151AIC jeep.

tra.nsferred from USARV prior to 30 JWl 7Z. the l..A.-151AIC jeep. were due to arrive Crom

Taiwan Matc:ri.al Agency no la.ter thaD 30 Ju..a 72. The combat effective'le .. of the V'eu •• n""

Marine Corp. would continue to be out. tanding; however, fill oC remaining equipment

would be required prior to deployment as a. Cull .cale division. 132

Improvins .RVNAF Support Ca.pabiUtiu

(U) Running parallel with a.nd c.omplementing the process of providing RVNAF' with

re.ources wa.s the equally importaDt ta.k of uPlradina their 'ervice .upport capabilities,

wa. a. rea.r in which the .uc.ce .. ,,£ US tra.Ul1nl. proddir.i. and advi.ing "'a. redbed a. the

Vietname •• proved capable of .... umin, m&l'!1 .u.pport (unctions which bad tradit~onally beel1

performed by US elemenu.

Port Turnover Pros ram

(e) In k.eeping with the pha.ed withdrawal of US forces. action was initiated to pro"'~d.~

RVNAF with a r .. ponsive IOlistics .upport prolram. Project 981/982 e({ort had marked

on the in-country ammunition port facilities &Ad. resulted in .igniHcant increased inbout\.d

.hipping. Through the coordi.!1ated flort. of MACV a.nd RVNAF the a.bnorma.ll~ ~iih hold

ing unloading) day., experienced durinl& the US buildup phase, were averted,l3 .

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tCl Durinl 197) Vietnam,zauon or the wateTport~ prolreued ... elland on a:1 accelerated

b ... u. The f.RVN ability to handle peak tannase. ..... u dbplayed durina May &Dd June ... hen over

30.000 ton. of carlo were handled by ARVN at the .hallo .... -dr.ft Can Tho-Sinh Thuy Port. The

port, whu:hbad. TOE capability of ZS, 000 toni, wu al&i:& .. Yerely ex_rci .. d in o...tober when

30,000 tona were m.oved in cODJ'lectioD ,.-ith the accelera~d delivery of equipment to RVt-!AF.

AI.o in October, the ARVN Sa.iaon TrUllpoltation COnun,alld. (STT'C), a\llm.enud by • Vietnam ...

contractor. bandIed a peak workload of 45,000 ton. of leneral carlo. vehicle., .nd eDlineer

materiel at the Sa.lion MiUtary Port.

Ie) 011 1 Jul 71. ARVN a .. umed. dl.c:Mrle operation. for the Sailon AmmunItion Sy.tem at

the COI~do barle .it... On 1 S-ptemb4ll". ARVN be,." total operation of deep dnft and 'oarle

diacharle !or both US and RVNAF ammunition. Dee? draft diach&r~e operation. were conducted

at Cat Lai, and di.charle of barle. c.ontainin, ammunition waa done at Sinh Trieu. Vietname ••

Newport. Bien Hea, COliilo,and Thanh Tuy H.a. Durinl Oc:tobcr and November, 70 , 0nO tons of

US .. nd RVNAF am.m\,lnilion were proce ... d by ARVN.

(C) On 1 Jan 72, ARVN, augmented by a VN cOntractor. a .. umed operation of the Qui Nhon

deep draft port. Durinl the first mcnth 01 operation under ARVN management, 2b, 000 ton. 01

US. FWF, and RVNAF carlO waa bandled.

(C) With the turnover 01 Qui Nhon two major ports remained to be \.urned over to ARVN,

C .. m Ranh Bay, .nd aU or part of the Da Na.nl port complex. Action ... a. \lJlderway to eflect

the •• tran.fen on 1 May 7Z. at which time US retrograde torona,e ..... expected to be between

tO,OOO and 100,000 ton. at .ach lite. 134 ,

Depot Upg:=.de Prolrar:'1

(U) The depot upgrade program. "Project l..SY," was initiat.d in 1969 to increase the over_

haul capacity 01 the ARVN Si.gnal, Enlineer, and Ordnance Sa:)e Depots and promote AltVN

aeU •• u£{iciency in mo.t enlineer. ordnance and .i.inal equipment. The prolram included improved

faciUtie., tnad •• buildings, and dr .. i.nage; the .election, authorizati.on, &Dd procurement of

(~uipment; .. nd increa.ed authoriz.aUon and hiring of employe ••.

(lJ) Aa 01 30 Dec 7) tM co~atruction porti.on of the uPlrade program was approximately 96

percent complete both at the two depota and the newly named ARVN Army Arnnal (previou.ly

80th Ordnance Rebulld Base Depot). The contract construction work at the 60th Silnal Bale

Oepot wal com;.leted in November 1971; the rEmaini.ng equi.pl"o'1,ent would be in.talled by ARVN.

Con.truction a..t the 40t).. Enline~r :a .... Depot wu .cheduled for comvletion durinJ the thlrd

quarter, &Y72. The Army AtI~Dal'. con.tructlon program waa delayed by the in.tallation &Ad

hookup of aeveralltem~ ,;,f capltt.lequipmet\t. The -..... ater distribution 'f.tem for the eDlbe

te.t dyumomete:-. }w.d to be reduigne.d. However, completion was expected by the fourth

quarter, Fy72. The major eUort remaininl was to expand the tire retread capacity.

(U) The receipt 01 capital equipment indu.trial ma.;hin .. wu completed in 1911; ~83 Unes

01 the Oelen .. Industrial Plant Equipment Center (DlPEC) equipment with a value of $3.160,000

we re purchased 10:- 51,362,000. Approxima.+:.:y 3,580 other Unea 01 equipment were also required

of .,.'Mch 1.913 li!tea had been received by the end of the year.

IU) To complement the increased plant c"pacitv, the authorized atrength lor the base depou

wa. iDcruaed from 4. 015 to 7,313 pc nonne 1. Tbere had been difflcu lty in hirina new employee.;

however, GVN approval of a apecial S-year dra.ft exemption wa. obtained on 12 Jul 71 to permit

hirinl of 17 year old employeea. The ~ .. ilned atren_lth waa 7. l81 as of 30 Dt-e 71. Traininl

of the 1'1 year old ..... a. aSlre.lively puraued through OJT and extensive claa.room training.

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A ... relult of the "'parade prolram. the FY71 cU •• b",,.. r.~lrirebu.ild reqwremenu 'Wollld be

lilDiflc&ntly redllced c.nd would be nearly .Umina\.d by FY'75. 135 Additional .taCllnc. Oft tb.i:

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RV'NAF Linu of Comm\l1lication Pro.ram

(0) The hiihway reltoraUon prosn.m prolr .... 4 .ell in 1971. A. US eDlin •• r uftiu

redeployed additional fundi were made avait.ble to faciHtate the truller of US cOn.tru.ction

r .. ponalbUlty from troop. to cOntracton Ln the Delta aUa. and ARYN eDlin.er 1Ulit. took Olt

i.bI:reued con.truction rnponlibiUty. By the end of December SS2 ltm of rcactwa, had beeD

relto'!'ed.

(U) To ... i.t RVNAf in the new UD" of c:onunWlication (LOC) re.toration role they had

... umed in 1970. 394 item. I>f road con.tructioD equipment "Ire added to the 5& new hi,h capac ..

ity commercial equipment item. which were ordered i.a. late CY70. By 31 Dee 71, ARVN engi.

nee-u had auumed re'pon.ibility for &71 )un of hilhway r .. toratioD or approximately 1& per.

cent of the total LOC prolram. In order to accomFlbb. their portion of the prolram, AR VN

dedicated .ix e"lineer 'battaUon. (or road work and two additional battaUOD equivalent. for

bridle cOnstruction and other LOC .upport. ARVN work wa. expected to b4t completed ill 1975.

Durinl CY71 ARVN restored 163 km of hiIDwa:·.

tU) The accelerated redeployment of US enlineer unit. re.ulted l..n 108 km of roadway not

beina re.tored al pl.anJled. Therefore -dle Lee fund ce1lbl waf increa.ed by $1& million and

f..mding wa. provided durinl lba third quarter CY'71 to a.ccommodate the .witch in con.truction

~ort fr")m troop to lump .wn contractors. US troop road reltoration activities e •• entially

ceased on 15 Dec 71. On 31 Oecember the SECDEF .. imro .. d fund celll.ng for the Lee proln.m

'WaS $-463 milUon. of which $t5&. 6 ~ilUon wal tunded a. follow.:

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(U) MACV had auumed rupon.ibUity in February 1968 for the advisory .upport to the

CiVN'DirCIctor General of Hilh .. ay. (DCOM), a function which had been performed previou.ly by

the US A.ency for International Development (USAID). In the faU of 1970, MACV and USAID

alreed to the formulation of a joint Aoj Hoc Conunittee to .tudy the, return of the highway advisory

function from MACV to OSAm. Th~ jOint committee .ubmitted the report concurrently to eub

a.ency !)n 11 Ma.y 71. MACV r.oncurred ill the recommendation oC the joint coaunittee that the

advhory role tu the ncoa be returned to OSAID on 1 Jut 72. Additional information on thi.

topic can be found in =hapter IX~

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(U) The turnover of majpr US facUltiu to the RVNAF began in 1969 with the trander of the US 9th In! Diy base camp at Don, Tam, MR.... DUring 1970. l\VNAF received 7"1 in.tallations which were excna to US requirement •. A. US redeployments accelerated durin, 1971, 173 facilities were transferred durin, the year. Thea. tran.rerll were .. a follow.:

Army ~.e. lOS Navy base. 28 Air Force. haUl 3 Indultrial IHu 10 Adviaor ait.. Z7

Total m (U) The overall .tatu. ot the base tran.!er prolram on 3) Dec 71 wa.: 136

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(U) Bulk petroleum, oib, and lubricant. (POL) repre'l!nted high tonnaRu and dllla.r Item. in .upport of the RVNAF. During 1971, 3 yel.r. oC phand e(fort culmin.ted in U:.e tr.an.ition of the RVNAF POL .ystem from a package operation to a modern .eU·.ufficient and reapon.ivf' bulK. Itorage and dhtribution .y.tem.

IU} In 1968 th,,' RVNAF petroleum d~pot .yltem con.isted of a ban de,ot in Saigon and (i'/e

field depots. Products were received into the depot lIiy.tem either from commercial petroleum compAnies or 'from USA,RV POL terminal.. Producu were delivered via barge, pipeline, com­mercialor military tank truck, or in 55-Rallon drum •• Distribution £rom depot to .upply point

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~U) Durinl i908 and 1969. the initial .tep. w.re taken tow_rd ... bulk dbtribution .y.tem. RVN.'\F was autblluised and received five '5, COO .aU,)A t,..\-leU aAd .ixteen. 1,lOO laLlon tank truck. fet each of the fiye field depou. Thi. ,ave the nei.d depot the capability o( deliverilll bulk produc.ta to .ubd.pou and to tbo .. clutomer uit. wtuch had. bulk .tora •• capability. rev\ ..... of the piantlinl in late 19&9 indicated tMt .U'ctive utiUzation of bulk d.livery mean. could not be reali.:ed if .:u.tcmer \lIlit. had only S_,aUoD can. aDd 55_,allon drums Ln which to receive the fuel. A prolram w •• then Laitiated to authorize customer \lnits the capability to

reesive aad store petroleu,n in bulk.

IU) In 1~70 the RVNAF Intelrated Built POL Distribution Sy.tem wu formally in.tituted &Ad a plan was developed ..",hlch 'pecifically addr .... d the objective of an independent RVNAF inte_ Irllted petroleum sy.\em. The prol:-atn atrvned the need lor dependable, adeq'.1ate. and reaponaive bu,lk supply-in an ellective loglstlc ayatem. The three distinct, but inte~ .. related requirement. for l. modern bulk petroleum .yatem Were:

.... A bulk receivinl and atorale capabiUty at the field depot and auMepot I"'Yel •

• - A bulk deUvery capability lrom field depot to .ubd~t a.nd from the aubdepot to th.e customer Ilftit.

... _ A bulk rec.ivinl .. nd atora,e capability .. t the customer unit level.

(U) The RVNAF Integrated Bulk __ Petroleum Plan wa. approved by ~he Department of the Army during the second quarter of CYll. On 30 lWle the US Army tank !arm at Pleiku was tunderred to ARVN marking the £irat tranaferral of larle US bulk .tc.ra.ge facilitiea under the new plan. fiy the end of December. ARVN owned .. nd operated 2.5 helicopter refueling sit~e; VNAF was 0plir .. tlng ul\:,eling .itu at each of ~ maj.u YNAF air basu; and ARVN was ope rat­~8 tank farm. at QU&llI Tri, Chu Lai. Da Nanl, Pleiku9 Dalat, Pb&n Thiet. Tar! My An. Go v"p, Can Tho, and Doni Tarn. ARVN had rec:eived 1>1 or a.n authorized 110, 5, Oae-Ballen trailers, 117 of 137, ll,OOO-gaUon. tank truck. a.nd 57 of t4e 110. S-ton traeton which had been made available to P.,VNAF.

(U) The progre .. made in 1971 provided RVNAF with wholesale bulk atonie fac;litiu and bulk delivery capability. With the complete implementa..tiol' or this pr..lgram L"l Cyn a signilicant atep i.n RVNAF ."U_.ufficiency will be .ttained. 137

RVNAF Medical Capability

IU} By the end o!.t971 the RVNAi' Medical Service was con.idered cap&ble of providing health ca.re servi~s" neces.ary to a •• ure the mAintenance of the health of RVNAF personnel and their dependents: this was true under the ass.unption of continue'.! US !TI.edical materiel .upport~ and tnconlllideratio:l ol a au.ndard of military medicir.e within. the economic and educa:':ioa..l means "f the aVN to;) ultimately support and austaln, and within the bound. of its culture to at.cept.

(S) A complete re'/iew ol the RVNAF Medical Service force .tructur~ was conuucted jointly by thfll MACY Command Surgeon" OUic:e and the R,VNAF Surgeon General'. C:::ice. during the ae:::ond Guarter of FY71. Thi. review wa, part of the US Minion/GVN review of accelerated

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1'Y72 uc! "73 force ttNCWte dbcllt •• cI .arUer in thlt Chapte:r. -:he force atructort approved

10 Ju 71 r .. ~lud. in &11 incHa .. of 3.887 .pac.s for tlA RVNAF Mtdical S.ryict.

ts, Th. \Otal authorlatd atreAJth of the l\VNAF Mealca1 Service approvri. for FY72

approximated. some 22. &79 perooDlt#l, which would permit the followlnl imprO'lemenu in the

!tVNAF medical postore du:rlDl Cyn:

-- tDc:re ... h'!)spital staU/bed ratio from 0 6 to 0.7 and O. 8:1.

-- Activate a 600.bed TB bo'pltal at Da Nan,.

_. Provide the medlcal company in the medical Iroup with the ablUty to deplo} s Umited

sDrllcal capablUty lD. direct support of combat operations •

... Increa.e the capabiUty of each Iround a.mbul&:lce company by 12 ambulanc:.s for an

authorization of 27 3/4-toll unbulances.

__ Actiyate orthopediC prosthetic detachmentl at 0& Nanl. Nha Trani. and Ca.n Tho. 138

tS) Other medlcallmplic.ationl of the accelerated FY72/73 VNA,F force "tructun lnclude:t

lDcna.inl the .tren~ of the Air Medical Center from 13? to 183 spaces to support the operation

of a lflO_bed .tation hospital.t the center, and the addition of 10 space. for the VNAF ALtitude

Chamber at Taft Son Nhut. In addition, 60 spaces were tranaferred from the ARVN to the VNAF

mt-dica.l force .tructure to SUp}IOrt the req,uuement for tra~d enUlted per.onnet a. members

of VNAF a.eromedicat evacuation crewt.

(5) Tb.e total ptrsoDDet authori&&tion. for the RVNAF Medical Service were sW'licient for

a modun and. comprebensive medical aervice, but in many in.tances the P.VNAF lacked the

trained perJQDDel to flll the author!sed po.itiol1 vacancie.. Thb .... ma.inly the relult of a

combination of the accelerated expandon of the: RVNAF )I..dica.l Service and the shortage ot

tr.ine:d profetllonal p.rsonnel ..... llab1. in the llYN. At .nd .. 1971 it wal &I'1ticipat.d that con.

tinued emphalis would bave to "08 liYen to off-.hore traizilil, of aU levels of RVNAF MedIcal

Sel"viCe personne 1.

(S) HOSDitala. By March 1972 the ataU .. bed ratio in the RVNAF hospital .yatem had

.l.Dc:real.erl from a preYiou. overall ratio of O. 6: 1 at the end of CY70 to .. ltatul l.nllnl f.rom

0.6: I in the .mall lOO.bed eector hospital to 0.7 and O. 8:1 in the aeneral and It&tlon ho.pitals.

Thil increa .. d sta.fl_bed ratio repretented • siaftificant ltep toWard the lon&-r.na~ proaram of

pla.clna .mph ... l. on expandlna &DC! reflllina the ctpab~Uty of the exi.tina Iyatem.

(5) The proposed FY73 RVNAF Medicai Service Coru structure. apprnved for pl&nnina On

10 Jon 71, included the foUGWin, hOlpitals, with a total of 20,500 beds:

Type Hospital

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1.800 Bed General Ho.pital

2,400 Bed General Holpital

600 Bed Tuberculosis HOlpital

1,200 Bed Tuberculol" HOlpital

600 Bed Station Holpitals

400 Bed Station Hospital.

700 Bed Con"alescent Centerl

100 Bed Sectc.r Ho.pital

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100 Bed AIr Fe-rca HospItal

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to} FaclliUe. trander. Sufficient bed. w.r. not availabl. withi,. ttl. RVNAF to provide an ad'qut" l.vel ot patient care. To uUe'" thi •• tb. uS Fore .. off.nd medical £acUitle. which WQ~td become ava.ll.bl •• ub •• quent to the redeploymen.t of US IlnU.. Dhcu •• ior .• betwecn medical representativu of MACV and RVNAF identified 5 US Army ho'pitala wblch c:luld ". a .. d a. RVNAF ho.pita.b. Th ... {.elUti .. were the 711t Evacuation HO'pial, Pl'iku. the 95th Evacuation He.pilat, Oa Nan,. the 3d SUflieal Ho • .,ltal at Can Tho. the loth Evac.ation Ho.pitat at Vun.a; Tall, and the 8th Field Ho,pLt&l at Nha Trani. in addi.tion to the •• taciUtie. the US All' Forc. had •• ven 20·bed di'pen •• riu whicb could be tranderred to the VNAF at yarlou.. air ba ... throulhout Vi.t:Il&m. Th. (acillti .. at Nba Trul &Ad VWlI Tau were trand.rred durin, October.November 1970.

(U) I .. of end.March !972. the US Army had tran.rerred to RVNAF the litu at Pleiku and CAn Tho &lid the US Air Force bad transferred &11 dl.pen.i&r1ea to VNA F except the one at Da Nang. The D& Nan, (aclUtie-, the 95th Evacuation Hospital and the Air Fl')rce Di.pen.ary, wen still belnl ..aud by US forces.

(t), The medical eqUipment required to equip the facilitle. Cor RVNAF u.le wal tranaCer.red ill place. The requir.ement (or the eqUipment wa. baled upon e"btina or modified Vidtnatr.ue "uthorlzatlon documentl. In addition, other commodity m.&na&ed Items, such &s leneraton, air conditionen, and laundry units were abo tranderred to the-RVNAF medical faci11ty. As a result, the RVNAF .received a facility tbat could be imm~d~ately put to patient care use.

IU) The tranaler of US medical facHiti.s and "qulpment to the RVNAF fiUed a criticaL,ap In the milltary health c&re delivery system, but alao cau.ed problems which bad to be> overCome. Problems a .. ociated with facUitie. maintenance were partially resolved 'by conv1trtinl the­bui~dings to Vietn&meae standards. The hilh cost o( providins electric&l power was reduced con.iderably by remuvin& .even,l oC the air conditioners and tropicalizing the building.. A further savings in maintenance Costs wa. realized by converting the Western style latrines :0 "ietnamese latrine. reducin. thereby the burden on. the lewaae disposal aystem. During the pIta.eover period. US tacilities at Nha Trang and VWlI Tau received electrical power from tbe Vinell ::orporationand water from PaciCic Architect and Enlineera. When these facHities were tranderred lbe power and water supply were to continue for approx.imately 1 year, at which time the US contractors would be phaud down. The COlts t~ operate tbe.e CAcilitie. would then !tave to be born by the RVNAF &I well ... the cost to repair and maintain the f.J.cility.

(U) To further auuale the facilities maintenance problem the RVNAF Utablbhed formal training and on-the.job training for flve lO_man CacHltie. ellgineer maintenance teams. . trai.nin& wa. conducted in refriaeration, water treatment planh, Cire_Ci.ghtinl te~ml. lenerator repair, electrical power dhtribution. and engineer construction to provide a cadre which could adequately maintain the Cacility. Although response to this program waa .Iow and the peraol'\llel trained during CY71 were limited to the specialities o(,power distribution and conatruction, tile were suCCicient personnel available to adequately maintain the newly acquired medical Cacilities

(U) RVNAF medical supply level •. In early Augu.t 1971 the RVNAF were authorized to increase their supply levels Crom 7 to lZ montha. Requilitiona were to be immediately lub­mitted citina Project 98Z. which would provide recogni.tion oC the purpose of ~he u·quirement to each poi.nt in the US supply system through which the requisition would pa... .\ciditional information regardinl Project 982 il contained in the Equipment Delivery and Turnover section

oC this chapter.

(U) The major problem in dev,loping thr requlaition. rapidly waa that aU rt'cord. ~n the RVNAF medical supply .ystem were manual. Thul, no capability existed at a centr .. l point. ~i

whi.ch would permit an analysil oC the Itock polition oC each item. To overcome tillS. lb'}: RVNAF were requested to provide the Itock statuI of each: item at each d~pot ~ocation to. ~c~~de

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the pre.ent requlIlboftiftl ol)j~etiy •• on band, due "'I, and due 0"". Thh iDIormauoD wa. converted to punch card. and. w'.tb tbe ... i.tance o{ th. ADP tll'I'V1C.' of the US 3ld Mecheal o.-pot. a comp""_ .. proll'&m wa. d.v.lope~ wblcb enabled th. Amencaa advbou to pnpare r.qui'Uion.. By the end of AUKu.t aU requbition. had beell matched acaiD.t IOAi '\liJ~i·e. &Ad exc ...... available from. the 12d Medicai Depot aDd the nmalAift, requi.itioDI .e .. e uan.ealved to OkiMwa. FWld ...... made available in Februry 1~72 to completely .. ai." aU RVNA.i medical .upply levet. to 1 year.

(U) Patient ..vacu.tioll. RVNAF heUcopter a.romedlcal e.lcution capabilltiu bad prolre ... d to the point of Dear •• 1I •• oU1cieDCY in eY71. TAb wa. d~O' pTunal'll, ~o the incr"'.h.! ID the number of heUcopters available to the VNAF and an incre ••• d tra1Ain, prclram In CY71. Witb the trainin,and, other advilory lup?Ort of US Army and Air Force perlonnei. a number 01 Medevac cr...,1 were tralDed in aeromedical evacuation operati.;nl. Additionally, trainina: wa. initiated at the" RVNAF Military Medical School to provide inltJ"ucu,On in the around portion o£ Medevac procedunl. Althou,h the capability for helicopter Medevae bad not prolre .. ed to the .ame level in each MR. a reallocation of exutinl "e.ouro;:.' would provide ade1iuate capability to JMrfO~M the RVNAF miuion.

~l IU) Fixed-win,ed &ircraft 'Were a ... nable withln. th~ VNAF &Ad could 'be "eadily conli,ured to carry both ambulatory .nd litt~r patlentl. Only a very limited u..e bad been mad. of thil capabmt:y. and then .a. no e.tablilhect pJ"olram at the end o£ 1971 for the devclopmen. of a dedicaled. fured_win, aeromedical evacuation capabihty.

J,; (U) Because it was nOl: articipated that the RVi""'F would achieve a level of aeromedical '*'1 evacuation. c.pability .imilar to that uaUzed by US Fore •• In VietD&m. advi.ory eHortlf are

directed towardl encouraai-n, maximum 1\1'e of .url.ce evacuation. both by IroWlCl .mbulance. and lnLand waterw.yl. Only th~ molt araent c •• e. were moved by all'. and contin'.Jed emphluil ..... ~laced on the improvement of the Iround ambulaAce capability.

fU) VNAF Med~v .. e and aIr r •• cue cspa"'!.!!!I.. In JlUNAry 1971 COMUSMACV approved a concept through which .. VNAF heUcopter .. ~rQmedic.1 Medevac and le"reh a.nd rescue capabil ... ity would be developed; VNAF en .... were to be trained in Mede"ac procedurel by the US Army Medica( ConunaDd. Vietnam (USAMEDCOMV) aDd the Air Force Advilory Croup 11Dder the monito ramp of the MAC V Comn'l&nd Suraeon •

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tU) USAMEOCOMV dev.loped a program de.l,ned to aceempU.b trainin, commen,urllte 'With the overall VNAF IMACV programmed improvement aDd mod_rob.tioD objective.. To do .0 it .. a. neee •• ar}' to:

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... - Develop concurrently an effective patient re,'.llatio, • .,tern.

__ Orient and train the "u.er" of tile Medev.c/.earcb and re~C\l~ IYlltem.

(U) 00 19 Feb 71. RVNAF Directive 310_19 was pubU.hed outUnina in detail the pr.ocedures for helicopter ~bdevac and lureh and reacue operatle>nl. On 24 Apr 71. RVNA&' pubUshed the proceduru tor the 'lie ot fixed-win, aircraft in the Medev.c/uarcA ~d re.cge IYltem. RV~AF DIrective 480-6. '

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heUcopter &11' ambu,lan.ce lUlue ;"i&n traiNn.1 the VNAF. 1ft addition to resul.&r crew trainUl.I,

cmphact. wac dire('ted ... t ~r .. ini.r\1 thll! !~eld medical coldier i.A helicopter evacuation reque.t

proc.dl.lrc., pati>!nt clal.iI:,,:ati,on. p.;\t,ent loadi.nl technique •• and communi.cation. and l&ndinl

zone .. cu.rity. The torm..l US tnUlLnJ program tcrmlutcd Oil 11 Jan 72 at which time 83 VNAF

hcUcopter pilotl, 29 crew chieb. an.d Z!: medic .. l ,~cl .. U.u had been tumed .,nd weI'. coni

{'illy qualified. The RVNAF Miatal''!I' Medical Schoo~ ... u-ncd r •• ponllbiUty for future formal

Medevac crew tra.1Ainlo

IU) Ae a r •• ult of tAta lSM:dal prolram RVNA!' developad a Significant .. crom.cHeal

evacuation capabiUty. By the eno of CY'71. VNAF cre .... were accompU.hinl more than 80 per.

cent oC all RVNAF Medevac mi.-i.one in MRe 2. 3, and 4 and aflproxi.tnately ZS p~rcet..t in MR J~

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proli.·am as additional b.Ucopteu were aC1uired. 140

(U) Specialized capabiUtiu. Orthopedic ~roethetiC' detachm.nts apl'rove-i for acHvatio"

at Da Nanl, Nha Trani. and Can Tho w"re desilned to complement the conva;escent centers at.

Wo .. locations and provide rehabilitative care to amputee.. Normally thh 'WOuld have been a ~L­

nonmilitary fWlction. U an adequate alency had e:dated in RVN .to handle those patients who .

could not be returned to productive mi.litary service. The entire con...-alescent center system.

to include the paraplelic hospital at Vunl Tau. would evefttuaUy rev~rt from RVNAF t:'l the

Veteran's AdmJ.nistration.

(U) Optical fabrication capabiUty. In the eprinl of 1971 equipm"'nt nece .. ary to open I

an optical fabricati-ln facilitY was 01 tal..D.ed and inatalled at the RVNAF 70th Medi.cal Ba.se Depot',

.nd n.c .... ry apo:c.tade components procured. Lens atock wa.a Itmited to that which provide.:!

.pherical b'lt not cylindrlc.l correctiona. The Optic.l Br.nch of the depot commenced oper.tion

On 1 Jun 71. Durinl the fint Z week. of operation. theyf.uricated .. nd i .. ued to RVNAF personnel

200 pairs of spectacles. Tb.rre.ft.r apprOXimately 450 pain of spectacles wt'!re produced e .. ch

month. ,uing simple .pherical corrections only.

IU) Immedi .. telY after the Optical Branch ope-ned. plana were started to provide the activity

• multivi..ion fabrication capability. Since this wu believed to be beyond the existing RVNAF

technical akill •• MACV decided to upgnde the eqUipment .vailable and introduce .. capability to

to produce cyUndrical.a weU aa apheric&l corrective apectacle.. Untit RVNAF personnel gaineo

expetience in handlina cylindrical corrective len .... before progr .. sing into rt\ultiviaion Ienu"

MACV arranged in. March 1972 for multividon apectaclea t~ be obtal..D.ed from the US Army

Materiel Alency. P'-cHic.

R VNA F Automated MOUl&gement Synem

(U) A contr.ct for aystems development of the RVNAF Automat~d "vtate.:-ial Man.gement

Systema IRAMMSl waa negotiated on 28 Oct 70. During 1971. the program , .. ined momentum.

The R'/NAF National Matenal Man.gement Agency (NMMA) w •• de-veloped ~oncurre-nt with

RAMMS developInent. Sut'ported by the RVNAZ" LOiiaUca Data Processing Center rLOPC).

which would ultim.Atel·: open.te the RAMMS com?'.lter program •• the :-.rMMA would centra!iz';

R V~AF logi.tic management functions whict. were fragmented among fOil: ARVN technical

.ervice -o.ae depou in the Sailon area..

(e) During the first hall of CY71 ",-D IBM 3&0.40 computer w ... placed :'In order and the

Computer Science Corporation w.a engaged in trLinlng the ARVN in.truct.,,~· cadre in RA:AMS

detailed ayltems specifications. Concurrrn'tly. the fi.ve technical .eTvic~:I converted to an

interim punch card machinf' oper .. t~on. Stept' were also initi.ted to develop NMM..-' internal

procedures. TOE re~uirementa, ana per.onne! selections.

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A~sr.S5MENT or ~VNAT CAPAf'lllTtES

tV, UI ,,.0tI" ."hdra ... h •• ..,. c,.ede"c. to 1000,. ••• d JIlVNAF c.pabllUy and Ma,. rornpl.tlon or 1M VI.tnaml •• Hu" 'roc •••. US .,IIIl.IK' had p,.,,,.nt.d CommYI'II.' "uUt.,!' tak.o..",. 01 the JtVN .nd 1\.41 'lIb.tantl.lly formed, I,..,n.d •• nd .qYlpped ,he RVNAT 10 the d." .... Iq""r.-t fo,. mlhl.,y It.U.de'en ••• Soo"er 0" lat., VI"ftami,.uon ... o .. ld ha ..... to bI ".t.d. The .. turnere ma.,.,.., ,ft _hlch IIYNAT Imploy.4 the Incr: •••• d •• 111 •• kftC.led •• , IqYlpm.nt, and coftnd.nc.

th.y h" uqll,,..d d"rLftI "" "oy1d d.,.,.mift. to .hat d •• ,... the US ... lIteM • .,.4 .4 .... 1.ory ,.,UCI •• In 50ylh \'\.tnam had ~en .lfacU ••.

A~VN/\'NMC C.pabl1Uy

IS) T"he •• p.,.lenc_ •• lne4 In the conduct or 1." ... ac.l. o~,.tio". htahll.ht.4 tJ\e ,..ar lor the "VNAF .,.oynd lore ••• The impact 01 the •• 0l"r.1I0n. 0" ~1l.cth''''It. and confid.nc ...... con.ld .... bt.. F"om th_ initi.tio., of LAM SON 7 U ~nto Lao. th,.oll.h !.h. late "" c.mp.l,n. into C.mbodi •••• ch oper.'hn ...... yb,.ctld to. criuc.l ,.evi.w to det.rmlrr. ...... tt .t, •• ,.." ... trl", j,mprov.rn.", and .tron, poanU to b. elllploit.d. The need to,. an ,",prov.d combln.d .,.mlt doclr'n' ...... denuh.d •• ,.Iy 1ft the ".a,.., a ,..ylt 01 LAM SO!'ol 71'. 8y •• rty ~c.:nb.,.. the "vNAr combl"ed .,mlt doc:trln.l han"boolt hAd toee" prod1.l..:.d .nd Implem.ntc-d In echool • • nd H.lnu\. ,anl •. rlt. S,mllAr .mph •• 11 ..... pl.ce4 on other .r ....... ch ...... pport ,uordlnauon.

if'ldlvidy.1 motl .... Uorr. trall'll"l. and I •• d.r.hlp. OY'~n, Sep •• mb40 .. the ... ~( .... o( LAM $0:--; 110 1I."....nll,..t.d the ~ro' ••• Jnf'&l .klll. 01 the Vietnam.'. com-nAnde,. In Ih. ".plo,ment .. nd .m .. ploYmlnl 01 III'IJU .net die coordinanoft 0' .ypporUn ••••••••

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1'1 n .... ntMar,.al of co •• ld.r ... I. t'S .ar .n4 arull.ry a"pport 'nc" ••• d the " •••• U.c_ \t ......... lar,d ,..11 ...... It" \',.tftarow ••• "ppor1 •••• t •• Crou.ncI 0p."I.lo", Il\er •• ,.4 .1.n1hcantly from J."".ry thro",h Oec=.mbar. Ban.hon d.)', Oft lar •• op.r.uon. w.r. thr •• tlm'l .r.at.r an o.c.m"b., thaft cl"ria. J.n .... ry 1~71. Op-'ratlonal r ..... lu ••• pr •••• d in ""I'm. of kill rahol, .... po" •• ac)w.r:, ... auol, "t.,,41y aMi .ne",y 10 ••••• fa .. or.d AVNAF' thro""l~ut th. y •• r and. Ut •• c:h " .... 'Dett.r •• the l .. ~.l. o( 1,'70.

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Not.· r..ttaHon clay. o( operation_the numbar of day. a bettaltOl'S la on an ope"aUon or 1 nl\lre obtaln.d by di.",di", the aumber 01 campAni •• employ.d o~ • loll', •• cale operation by thra •• nd mUoltlply1fti tM rGault by the au.mber 01 d.y. tho operation lau.d. La"I' unit ope ratio" ••• balta Bon ., ... operAt10n or on. 1nvolvin, thr •• or mar. compani •• 0111". t"oop' IARVN. AT. PF. ~anl.'" A lrbo U'l. MIl'ln&', or Armor) wMch the r.potU". unit controll.d.

VNN Clpcabillty

IS} £lf~ct1v ...... i.n coacl ... c=tlnl .. 1".rin. 0l"r.Uon. and coa.ta\ .ur"elllanc. impro".d duri".1971. Th. VNN ... umed ""pon.tbillty fo" aU ,,".rlne operattona and th .. i:m.r MARKET n),u: barrl'''' Durin. th .. year the VNN bo.rded and •• arc=h,d an averaa' of 137,01" junk. per month. Dey .nd ni.ht •• arch •• of co .... l trattle .. nc ....... d .ppraclably OHI' 1970. Taak unH. c=onti:t\lod to demon.trate tho l.a,ibU1ty of workl"a ..... lth Vl.ual A ... ial R .. connalalal~e .nd Sur_ "Blanc. ,VAR5, aircraft to locat. aon .. vLolltor. 0" .u'piciou, cralt.

(5) Se""n at 16 Jttannod co •• tal lurv.Ulanc= .. r.dal' .tation. were in operation ty 31 Decem­ba r. Turnov .. I' ot th ... nti ... a.twork ,.,a •• ch.dul.d no lat.r thaD 30 April 72, ,.,ith the 'Yltern in 1,,11 o~""Hon by 31 May 72. Th. VN~ c=onUnu.d to refine operational comm.nd and control proc.dur •• for the compl •• ta.k of eoordin.Unl the function. ol the .. aDa I' .tation ... 100rvoi!lanc .. c .. nt.,. and patrol \lnIU. In addiHon, plan. ,., ..... made for. formal traininl COUrle fa" VNN radar .yltem oUic .. ,. to c=omm .. nce ift F .. brua .. y 1972.

{S) Improv.m.nt. In VNAf" evpport to VNN operation. w .. re made with the implem .. ntation or proc .. dur •• to .... qu ... t both pnplann.d _nd quick .... ction air Itrik ... , .nd lndoctrir.atlon of VNAF crew. in the r.quit.meat. and p.cvU.rili •• ot rlveri;). op.~ation •• Altho\lah limited VNAF' aircraft. par.onn.I, and lundin, retard.d prolu" to ..... rd. pa .. manent d"ployment of VNAF h .. Ucopter ,un.hlp det.achm.nta if. the Delta. lnitial rOlultl 01 thi. progr.m-w.r .... caU.nt.

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tee.t ..... b1,h prlcrity (ttl' .4"1101' ..A .. ,staraci. Some ;>1'011'." wal ftOtld, partic\llarly Ul the

op41raUonally re~dy rat .. for th. n •• , anel the tact that t."l.. VNN' .bo"Ld, achieve ,upply I.U •

• ",mcllncy by )0 J~ lZ. Ladt 01 tralnld peuoanel and ... hortaCI lit middle manas_mint

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.ml .. lon. req\alred to l!l'\lrl the •• c\)rtty of RVN1, many rave,. .:wIthe lnnlr ••• barrier.

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V'NAF CapablUty

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(5) The .,..1' _u One of major IxpaJuloD (Or VNAF with. .. 40 perclnt lAC,. ... '. in the number

of .ctiv.ted 'CluadroD •• The .. lncreued. .... t. re'ulwd la the VNAF a .. umptloft of a lre .. ter

.bare of the all' 1'01 •• both. l.n-country .. nd out. At the cn~ of the year VNAF ..,a. conductlnJ ov.r

63 perc.nt of the In._countr., combat 'Ort~ .. and 39 percent of tho •• ill Cambcdia. On 31 D-!cem­

brtr VNAF bad. U .qu.adron..; two UH-l hcUcopt.~ .quadrun.. h"d ~.n actiVJtted "month •• he .. d

of .ch.dul •• and of the 42 .quadron« aetivated. 37 haG ~'Il deClared oper.tionall., re.dy. For

the y ... r. haUl" n~ l.ner ..... d by 56 perC.llt aJld. .orti., by 69. 8 pe:'cellt over calendar year

1970.

(S} Th~ lllCre .... LA oper .. tloDat .tathtle. col.ncide.t wi.th the reduction or us .upport And

the lnere .... d reUanc. 'Which the na ..... l and Irowui fore .. bad On VNAF .... et.. lmltroving the

VNAF', fleXibility .Dd. rClFln,inne .. to meet the., d,rn&Ad. received a ;reat d •• l of empha.i..

durm. 1971. The .upport function. turned over to VNAF .... r. DO 1 ... LmportaJ1t th.uz the combat

mi .. ion, .Dd. included a multitude of rupon.ibiUtL .. in the .1' .... of ba .. defelUle. civil engineer ..

ina. communieatioft •• and loghtics. The a"\Unption of th ••• functions placed Ireat demands on

the VNAF train!.n. 'Yltem, particul .. rly for the production of adequate middle management and

technically qualified p.rlonn.l. Aggre .. ~v. tr .. ininl progra.ml were lm!llement.d in .. 11 in_

country trainina ladUtie. and OJT .. aM allO used .xt.n.i.vely.

(S) Compari.oll. of VNAF force nadine .. a. of 31 Oecemb.r .ach year:

Total pliott available

Nr aircra.ft on hand ( .. U type.)

Nr eomb&~ aircrewl read)

Capabillty of the Territori .. l Furces

1968 BIT l61 NA

1969 1,065

451 NA

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984

(U) Da.y to day .ecurity for mo.t RVN land area. was the responsibility of the Territorial

Force •• The fw.ction. they performed were often overlhadow.d by the more spectacular large

.e.ie operation. of the regular foree.. Howe" ... er, the lact ro!rnained t.ha.t their action. in pro­

viding local lecurity contributed much to freeing the relular force. for larjl~r operations,

particularly the cro ... border op.rationl whic~ dominated 1971.

IC) The Regional and Popular Forces made up the 7~:'ritorial Forces and represented the

pr;,mary military forces responsi\"~o!' for local security. 7heir mission. included the sec'lrit)"

of viUag~t and hamiett, prevention o{ enemy infiltration into populated iLl"eaS, and the conduct

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,n th.:o .. on.ohdahon and c:.annl .tun ••. Th. RF Itr"n,th on 11 :>f'C ':') .t Qe.t- Pf'-(.-nt uf that .u.thorl'.-", _,lb 87 ' perrf'hl pr"."nl Jor duty. '!n" PF .nti,,:1 th"

at Q!-. ~ fM'rc.nt of .ul)'Ior ... d .tr.n,th "·Utl ;;: Z Df'rc.nt pt ••• nt for duty.

IC) T.rr·tcr,al Fort'. op.r.tlon, lner ••• "d throu,nout lh. v'-.,., "vld.-nc"d by ov.r Zt 100. 000 RF ..,p.rahon •• nd man than l, ~hO. 000 PF op.r.taon. compal'.d te 1,787.000 .nd % •• '°.000 dutln, '::'1'70. Th. n",tt, of th" •• op.raUon. durin. 1971 .... ,." indlcativ.- of th.

,,,d .U ...... tn·.n ••• of Ih •• " (orc" •. Thf' .n.my.to.RF kill ratio "v"r.,.d l.~ .. I (or lh. whll. Ih" av.,.ap:r I.ndlvldual ...... pon. "XC han." ,..uo wa. S. &:1. Th" .am. r'ho. lor th"

.v"nItI'd L 750: I and 1. 78: I re.pecuv"ly.

IC) Althoulh Ihe op.r.ti.onal re.ulta f."oor.d Ih. Tt',.rltorl..l Forc •• , the numbl'r o( op",.._ 11011. r".uitlnl In contact wi,h the I'n.my ,hew"d a uead.,. dltcHne c!udnl 1971. Decr •••• d .ftl'my activtty ...... lac tor. but the It.tioninl o( a lar~'- perc.ntale of tb. RF and PF I.n nlatively .ecur. area. abo inlluenc~d lhit trend. Rlfco,nitioft of thh fan, "and th. n •• d to ,.I'vit.li'lf tb. GVN Ifxpan"aon o( t.rritorial 'lfcurlty, .ub.equently led to I.mplementation of

- th. lorce- tran.tUon concept. a. dbcu •• ed 1r. AnnlfJl H. Und~r thh pro,ram of red"ployment,

";::~I;~~;t~:~: and redbtributlob, more emphasis wa. placed on fretin, the RF from .tauc ~~ mi .. ion. In ord.r to conduct mon oll.n.ive operation' i.D the gnpopulated are •••

Ie) Compariaon o( Rz" /PF .mall unit ope ration.: lfZ

RF PF

1968

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illl 1, .33, 0&9 I, 9ilJ. 077

ill! 1.787.039 l, 979, ZS8

197.

2,301.010 3, 93 •• 1~%

ADVISORY EFFORT

CHANCES IN COMMAND STRUCTURE

rtJ) Vletn&mizaUon and US redeployn'llfntt were directly related to the level ol advbory in RVN. The overall improvement in the capabiIlty ol RVNAF combat and combat .upport

','.,ne.t. l ... ened the requirement lOr tactic"l advi.or. and ,.nltrated the .hi~t of efivbory .mp ... 'i. (rom the combat 1'01" to the functional .rea. (>( edmini.traHon. mana,ement, end lo,l.tiea.

MACV Plannitlg for US Advi.ory Force IMAAG)

(S) Reduction in the command and .tall .tructur. ol MACV and ,upport command. had been an 1nt., ... "1 part ol redeployment planninIJ_ The ultimate go.l ol the t:oop reduction. we. to redu~e to a MAAC level. In Febr\oary 1970. anticip.ting the eventual US drawdown and RVN nll-.ufliciency, MACV develop.d A concept for rever.ion to a Military A •• i.lanc. Advitory Croup. Vietnam IMAAGV) in mid-19i3. Thia concept, which wa. approved in ;une 1970,

e, •• V',.,o"oo MAAGV would emerae a. a minimum .trenKth advi.ory group which would provide advice and auhu.nce to th~ GVN and RVNAF. manage the MAP/MASF prolram. and -:onduct i.imited auppc.rt operation. in intelligence, communicoI.tion., and .tr.te,ic ai.r ,upport. 143

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lel On 1 5.p 71. COMUSMACV lllformed CtNCPAC of t ..... it.," COMIP' {tirQ".'" .. hlen

MACV wO\lld tranlUl01\ to :.c.AAG ,tat\l" and r.port.d the "hrlctH'", o( '",lurl MACV military

advhoTY .Uort:

Thll headq-.l&rt.rs .nvh •••• the tnn,Hion from tM e"..,fOnt ... I .... ftC. or.ani •• tion to an A •• luane. Group b, "",d.",oln •• pl'la •• d ... ~..acuon

from th. MHitary A .. iUanc. Command. Vt.tnam 1M-ACYl to the V,.t.

nam A .. tttanc. Command (VACl, .nd the f..arth.r ,....tuctiCftn to th. V\.t_

um A .. htanc. (iroup (VAC) wMca would beo tM ",lt1m.te oraan' •• Uo.

for tbe lana term .dyi.ory periocl. It. cI.taU.cI 'I.ady l. 1" prolr ••• to

d.Yllop a propo .. d VAC oraani •• tioft, commaM relation.hlp., .nd

conc.pt for ,rovidin, ... i".ne. to the R VN. In thl "'t.rlm, the 64.'.ory

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the l.v.t of the CV=" needt and tophi.HcaHon requir.cI.

Dev.lopmlnt or Improvement of polletel IMrtalni.nl to eonlcripUon,

mobiU •• tton. draft d.l.-rmenl,. re.crve prolram., t.rm. of •• rv1C'

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It ........ t .... cl.lrly r.colnil.d. how ••• r. that US per.onn.1 remainiDI ill t". C(+:'l$ Ithut~,. •• ho".",.r f ....... (vnt1n .... th. ml"lOA involv.d 1ft V'.tMm. Ullin". , •••••• "unl and ''''pporun, th. Itr.nlth.nlnl of the Vi.tname •• (O""II",u~n.e1 IIru(har'. Th. r.duC'uoft .n ft",mber. of Am.rH~.n. doe. not r.d",(. the re.pon"bdiU •• 01 tho .. um'IAin,. The COROS ItrU~hln wUl N r.dl,l(.d to the muumum n.c •••• ry to carry O\lt U. 1'01. tn Vletr,ami"ltion.

At t.M lam. Hm. the American Emba .. y. Sai.on, dir.ct.d that I d.tail.d uudy be mad. (IYU~n and m,htlry •• renIUl r.ductiona in CORDS lor FY72. Tb •• tudy conclud.d

;»araonn.1 .... I 10 .• p.rc.nt reduction ...... would be •• iabl. pro. ram. provid.d CORDS .pac •• would be filled to. or appro)uma' •• proj.ct.d authorilltlon. and that the new

'~~~:~~:I~' WO\Ild DOl hay. to be met prior to 30 JWl 72. OD 16 S.p 71, SECS'TATE LAlorm"d ~ tMt P,lIid.nt Nlllon had approved t:h. 'oUowin, CORDS pu.oDn.l c.lUnl' to be

~y the .,,4 0' FY7Z: IH

!,-Hlital'Y HQ MACV MR beadq\&lrt.rI Proviftc •• Ol.tricu MobU. Advlaory T.lm.

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CM." Hal 1 c;;;:;:;;,;;:;-;;y O.velopm.nt • P"blic Saf.ty lib Sallon (ivil A .. iuanc. Croup Z War \'icHm. 11 Senior Manal.m.nt Po.Hion. bl Pro. ram OCtic .... and Mlna •• m.nt Analy.,. Z7 Admlnt.traU",. bS o.",.lopml'ni Advl.or. S .. c r.ta ri •• Vi.tnam Tratnln, (.nt.r. W •• h. D. C.

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Ie) Th. CORDS military perlonnel reductioa.. !rom micf._19iO to ]0 Nov 71 _.re 3. aoz

.pac .. , or 55.3 percent of the peak 1910 totalauthorizaUOll 016,876. On 4 Dec 71 the foreca.t

lor fu.ture CORDS .trenath wa. al (l)11ow.: 155

End "'1 Ed TY7:

Civilian Civilian

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HQ MACV ZoO 9 4) ZZS 198 9 41 142

MR 1 9Z )1 ) 8.8 0) ZO ) 23;

MR Z lZ4 )4 Z 9Z0 99 26 ) 466

MR) llZ )8 4 966 85 20 4 477

• MR 4 184 4Z ) 1.773 125 )0 4 70.

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End FY73 End FY7.

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MR 1 52 18 ) 1.5 )7 12 ) )0

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Total 505 100 55 1.117 303 64 55 292

~odincation of tne DiJitrict Senior Advi.o!' Program

IU) On I Sep 71, HJ DA approved rltviaed personnel requiremenu for the DbtrictSenior Advi.or

(OSA) program. The new requiremenu i.ner •••• d the prolram', Fy72 end ... trength from 121

to lSc and decrea.ed itt FY73 end-strength from 05 to O. The iollowina .ction. were taken Of'

planned to meet the object~vea: II) commencinl with c:Laa. ",0 at tbe Foreign Service Institute

I FSl). whi.ch ran from I S ~ov 71 to Z .. Mar 7Z. tbe 18_month tour option witb iu attendant

incentivea waa wi.thdrawn and the lenath of tour Cor DSA. w •• reauced to IZ munths; IZ) effective

IS Nov 71. reque.U Cor tour exten.i.ona 118 month. option) from either .tudenta .. ttending FS[

or DSA •• ervi.n. in Vietnam were no iORIII:t appro .. ed; III effective IS Nov 71. unpf'ograt:""med

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nllmlnalt-d by MAC\", ..... 1'. ~1lC'r.c th,' .... PP'lJ'tlolnH\ tu 'o~n lh. DSA lZ·munlh pror:ram ;,,''-''I'1pd

th"y had ,\lUu:if'n! tlmf' I'f'nl.lnlnil In .. ("r'\.,1II11')' Ie. _pry," at I"a.t 11'1 -nonth. In .. DSA pu'lllon

prIor to >0 Jun 73; 14) .,,,,,drnt input lor cia •• ",I Iii Jan to 1'1 May 7l). would 'EM InCl'u'f'tI II}

provld" 100 p~rct'nt 1111 liSe) by tond F'lr7Z. Sub'l'quf'nt FSI cl ..... would 'tM canc"h . .,. l!>t.

Elimination of Mobil .. Advisory T.am.

10) The incuau·d ability of the ViuD.melt' to ••• um. I't'.pon.lbihty for paclHcation

pro, rams had a direct lnfluencf' on tM pha ... down de .. \ey CORDS aovilory el'ml'nt ... lh"

Mobile Advisory Team. (MAT.). Thf' program wa. initiatC'd in March 1Q&8 whf'n the IIt,t cI ...

of '5 MAT •• ntered th. USARV Advi.ory School. Initially 153 leam. wen pto ... id~d 10 .uut

the RF and PF in d.velopinl eompreh.nai.v. village dlden •• plan.. A •• re.ult of Ihe rapid

ato .... ·th olelem.nt. 01 the Peopl.'. Sel!.D.fen •• Force an additional 13. MAT. w.r. authoriz.ed

in 1970. Itwa. during this pf'riod that thl" MAT pea. .... tl'"ength Waf n.ched; thereafter, a. Ihe

Vietname.e a •• um.d. lre.ter .hare 01 the pacilication dfort, thot MAT pre •• nce decrea.ed.

On 31 D.c 71, the numb. I' 01 authorizt'd team. had Men reduced from 487 to bo and h .......

anticipated that MAT. would be totally .limin.ted durinl the Hut hal! 01 C"l72.

IU} Aa the MAT. phand out, the mi .. ion 01 the USARV Advhor Schoul at Dl An .a. nduc.d

.nd the .chool wa. inacti .... t.d on 3'" t.p 71. Althoulh thiw .chool wa. adminiUer.d by USARV,

it ....... und.r the oper.tional control He MACV to train penonn.1 lor duty with th .. US Mobllf>

Ad ... i.or Tum,. The la,t MAT (:1 ... ar.duated on Z9 Sep 71. IS7

((.) Re.tructurinr of combat a •• i.tance t.am •. Divi.lon Combat A •• i,tanc. Team.

(De AT.} had operated ir .. ach MR for ma"y y.au and ..... re or,anized to provide tacticlII

a .. i.tance and advice tl' ARVN unitt down to battalion 1 ..... 1. In Novemb.r 1970, COMUSMACV

advi .. d aU MR Senior Add.ors (SA) o"l hi. plan to rutructure the DCA T. And :-Umlnat.

R.gimentaland Battalion Combat A .. i.tance Teams (RCAT. atld BCATa). TMs concfPt ......

fundamental to the aT.dual ,hUt in the advhory dloTt.

Ie) Undu the initial plan. 1133 BCAT. w.re to be ph .. ed out by 1 Jul 71 and 30 RCAT.

w.re to be eliminat.d betwe.n I S.p il and 1 Mar n. With the elimination 01 the BCATs,

twO three.nlan team ...... ould be added to each RCAT and utilized in. mobile a ... htance concept

to support ARVN battalion tTainin8 and nperation.. To comp.na.te lOr the ultimate reduction

01 ReAT., a five·man t.am would be added to the DCAT to .electhely provide •• ,i.tance and

coordination to the ARVN •• requir.d. The team con.i.ted 01 one lieutenant colonel, two m&joTl,

on. captain, and one E? 1 58

(C) In May 1971, alter LAM SOU 71~, a review waf conduct.d to determine the impact of

eliminating the battaBon tactical advhor.. The con.oIn.u. of all •• nior advilSoti of MR. and

diviaion. was that the phaaedown .hould continu. a. plann.d. Th. BCAT reduction. j)roc •• ded

... cheduled and w.re compl.ted on 30 JUT, 71 with the exc.ption 01 Mn 1 in which retention of

battalion advlaorl in .el.cll'ri units wa. authoriz~d until 30 Sep 71. Alao, the Airbot'ne Di.'l.ion

waa authoriud to r.tain BCAT. until 1 Nov 71. 159

~S) With the FCAT pha .. down ach.dul.d to begin on 1 Sep 71, the SA, SRAG on 18 Jun 71

requ •• ted authorizadon to r.tain a two.man team in lev.n r.giment. beyond March Iq72. In

July the CG, ORAC requested retention oC RCAT. through CY7Z. On 1(, Jui 71, COMUSMACV

dir.cted that the total Itrenath 0' individual DCAT. in ea=h MR ..... ould not exc.ed 100 'paCf>' by

31 Dec 71 nor SO apaces by 30 Jut n. Thir: ,ave SRAG and DRAC the latitude to r.tain RCAT.

as r.quired. prOVided they did .0 within the apecihed rtr.ngtb ceilin(\:. On 31 December the

phas.d r .• atructurina: of DCAT. wa. proceeding a:co ... ·.'lg to the basic plan and ..... ithin authorlcf>d

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dlmi.nuM". ,"'. aLJvl.ory .. uta. Many Ion I .tandina .dvta""y POllUO:l' 1ft the RVNAF •• rvlce

.choot ... e,. vh ••• d 0'" al lh. tncumbln.t,l:S advuon ,"ornpllt.d the" te ... ,. 1ft RVN. The

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fe) US Ilernlnt •. Major reduction' ... re mad. thro",hout the ,.ar In mo.t of the

acivhory .temenu lncludin, He MACV. Th. It.ady lmprayem.nt Ln AR,.VN ~rmHt.d ,radl.iAl

.. l.ctiv. r.ducllon af adyl.aary t.aml and FAEI. Paradoxically the Wild"" and d.vllopm.nt

01 m. VNAF and VNN reql.l.1nd that the US Ai.r For~1 IAFCP) and Navy A~v\.ory Croup. INAC)

r.mal.n •••• nUally conlt.nt \latU th.lr count.rlM .. t •• r¥i.ce. atta1nlct .. ,rlat.r de,r •• of 'ILf ..

1-.alHc~.ncy. IbZ The ICO~ and .fflcUvln ... of the adyilory Illort contributed by thl AFep and

NAC ar. duc-.a ... d i.n d.taU in Chapteu V and VI rllpectlv .. ly.

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1 Jan '71 1 Jan 7Z la.CoWltry

Etlment A-.ath A'aft AUlh AI,n R.dllctlon

HQ MAC V St~ff 17bii 1,!CH 1. !b 1 1,398 .. 049b

rAE (t ... N.'\C, AFGP) 4, II II 5,410 5.00) 1,888 .1. 528

CORDS b,bbl b.147 4,752 Z.osZ ... ). "'oS

NAC 2. '7Z9 1. zas Z.970 2,~z ... )71)

AFGP 1,141 1.011 I, 195 90. .107

Ie) Thi.rd country el4menu. Fr •• World Mil!tary AI.i.tanc. Forcel continued their

advi.ory "Ililt.ance in PSYOP, civic action. counterinlurlency trainlnl. and m.dical .id.

Th~I' contrlbuHon, are hiahliihted in thl! traininl uction ol this chapter and i.n Anne" G, Fre.

World Forc ••. r.y.>1 Dec 71 the prepond'!r~nc. of Fre. World advilory el.m~ntl hAc' b~.n

.... ithdrawn. leavini New Zealand and Austnha al the major adviloryltrainil'oll ~l~menu. :-.;.w

Zealand would maintain a tralninll Iroup throUllh 1 Jlll i2. and AUltraHa wou.ld furnl..h So trolininl

team and an enllneer ,roup 012 troop') in addi.tion to 30 In.tructol'l Cor FANK traunnll. Th.

Australian advilory furee was a.li.aned a. lcBow,: 100&

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". It\", _ •• ,1'\ ...... b, .. c:t o[ a JCS qu.ry to CINCPAC Ln ~tob.r 1«;11. Th. JCS al.o raq~ •• tad

Cl.'CPAl", vt ....... on plannl'd obJl'ct" ..... , fW1cuon', and Itl'uctur. of th. futur •• dv,.ory .Uort.

IS) StunlDI th. mo:-. Lmpol'tant hs" •• ,nvolv.d, th. foUo.."nl ap"clfac q".atlon ••• ,.

pond. 'II Should thif adv'.ory Itruelur. ~nd roll' "if".rt totM pr ... 19t1S po.tl".' f%) !ho"ld

t."". advilorv 1'.d"cllo" bto tlifd to th. r.dl.lcuon of oth.r US lorc •• " III What ar. th_ ~o.t

Lmportant c:ontlnulnl advuory f"nctlona and can th.y b. ("Ul.llltd thrO\llh other than US challl.I'lI?,

i.) How Important 11 th. tnformauon laiDl'd by n.lod ac!vi.ora. at ...... t 'av.l do.a n •• d ad"uor.

to obtatn H. and could it ~ obtained 1n any oth.r way?' (!I) 11 It f.a.lble to d.velop a .mall

corp. oC hllh-quallty advhora to conc.ntrat. on th. weak.r RVN rr.Hitary "nit. and provinc.a"

I.) Should th. immlnifnt US advi.ory uduchon be COOlcentrat.d in MR headquarta,.. and atalla ••

oppo .. d to th .. h .. ld alemehu" ,1l What "mix" la appropriate b.twe ... military and pacUlcatlon

advlaora?' l~~

(5) COM1.' 5MACV ...... vbnquentty taaked by CIl\ICPAC to provide "lew., commenta, and

recommendationa relativ. to th. RVN advi.ory effort and the .pedIic queaUon. ralaed by JCS.

Ba .. d on the objecUve, 01 the MiHtary Aui.tance Pro,ram, Vlet1l&m .. blch COM .. :SMACV had

propo .. d 1" Jl.lly IQ71 ••• ",cclnct appraiaal of advlaory accomplhhment. and alonca.t for the

future ... aa provi.ded CINCPAC ?" I. Oct 71.

._ To a .. ht the RepubUc of Vi.tnaft", in d.velDpin. an improved and mod.,rnized armed

force ... hich i •• eU ... ulticl.nt with the manpower and operatl.onal capabUity to:

Defend a.alrf'at lie NVA!VC threat. both internal and external .... Uh ~.creaaln,

aupport from US and Allied fore ....

A .. lat 111 cra.tin, and malntaininlan environment within ... hick the people 01 Sol.lth

Vi.tnam ;;an ~ .. If_lovf'rn!n,. 1 0

(S) Milltary a .. i.tance objective. were redbed throl.l,hout 1971 by cont;entratina the

aavilory e!fort on th .. lunctional area. 01 eomn-:.&nd and control. per.onnel loghUc,. trainin,.

comml.lnicaUona •• lectronic., and civil operationa and rural development. Within thea. func_

honal area •• mpba.l. waa directed toward rr.anag.ment of reaol.lrce. and developin, the cap3-

bH~ty to l""lly plan for and inte,rate the military around, air, and naval element. into a cohe.ive

military force. The RVNAF aUl.lnud a major .hare of around and naval operationa, an

incre .... d ,har .. of ai.r operationa, and in aeneral. demon.trated a high order oC mil.i.tar1 com­

petence. With thi. ahilt and th .. decrea.e of US com~t power. tbe adviaory Coree became

iner.aalnp:ly more important. Advi.ory teama Cor aU .ervicea were taak or,ani:r.ed to adapt to

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15) T" .. advhory .t,,~ctur~ that exi.ted prior to 1965 wa. ori.r.ted toward tac:lic:&.L operation.

and matter. Jerman. to the .lwarlon of that tlm. and wa. Dot r.l'vant to the p"!'e •• nt or tutur.

advlaory requirements. A. evid'nced by the era .... bord.r 0F,ratlon •• the aVNAF demon.trated

a .t •• ~\ly t!'l\provlnl capability to conduct tactic&! operation. and to ~lntain .... cur •• nviron- .

m.nt. Sl.:..:. 1%5 n.w and LnDovativ. ,l.mer-t. had been .dded to the advhory .H::)r't. e. II •• the

int'luted civil/miUtary approach in the CORDS oraanizatioft\ the Si.nal. [r.te.rated Military

Telecommunication. S.,It.m (SIMS) for the RVNAF. automated data procening !ADP) system ••

an.d .. centrahz.d. fun.ctiomftlloli.tlc •• .,.t.m. The trend had b.en toward more ~vice and

... htanc. In th .... 1' •••• with 1 ... advice in pur.ly miUtary .reaa. The ate.dy ~mprovement:

of the RVNAF permitted Itadual a.lective withdr&wal of adviaory elemenu. These nductiona

were expected to aceelerat" ae the 'ervice' attained further competence and conUdence. Adviaor

red",ction. wou.ld b. concentr.ted at the lower oraaDizatiOA&l levet. iDiti.ny, &Dd Iradl.l&l1y pro­

ce.d upw.rd until .dvi.o,.. would. b. principally at the hilher headquarte,.. .nd in thoa. are.s

where a apecUlc weakne •• exiat.d. Durinl FY72 CORDS military a.dvisora would continue to

provi~e advtc. and a.ai.tance at Salloe. military rellon. prOvince, and diatrict levela. During

1973 the a.dviaory efi'3rt at district level w"'uld be reduced. leavina only a dlatrict aenior advisor

who would probably be located at the province .. rvlnl aa a district liaiaon oUicer.

IS) The .trenlth and rele of the .. dvt.ory forc. had not been determined independently

from the conaideration. of other US force reduction.. The advisory role incre •• ed in importance

a. US force. withdrew and the pre .. nce of the .. dvbor .ssiated ill austaining the confidence of

the RVNAF. Sine. mid-I~69. wben US force. belu to redeplOY there had been i\ continual

decre .. e in beth .. dvilors and other US fore... While all US forc .. had reduced 66 percent by

1 Dec 71. tLc .dvisory effort had decreased 22 percent over the lame period. Each redf!ploy­

ment increment had been tailored to acnieve .. bal&nced US force nece .... ry to at.:.pport the

&dvi.sory .. nd .ecurity C!Uorta.

Utilization of Advisor.

(S} The most intporta.nt continuing military advbory functions were identified a. heing in

the .. rea. of command and control. personnel. logistic., training. communLcations-e\e-:tronics,

int",IUgencr.. and in monitorinl the end_uae of equipment providf!d through the MJ\p and MASF

progr&ml. In the civil lector e(forts woald Cuntinue to be focused upon adviling and aSSisting

the CVN at a111evetl to attab the broad objectivel of the Community Defen.e al.d Local Devetop­

ment Plan: local aeU_defenae. local .eU_government. ud local self-dev .. lopment.

(S) COMUSMA'CV beHeved that the number of advisor. could be reduced. but that the total

advi.ory lunction could not be fuUilled without military advisors. Within the broad z..reas of

logistic. and communicationl_electronics. there were some tasks that could be performed by

civilian contractor personnel. US "Service Department civiliac.s" could be uaed to mOnitor MAPI

MASF funding requirementa. As a con. ide ration tow .. rdl helping to reduce the US presence in

the RVN. contr .. ctor .upport could utilize third COl.'ntry relources or loed contractual service •.

Anotho!r alternative was the use of MATs working primarily at MR level but with the capability

of vi.ittn" field units when technical expertiu was required. In this instance MACV stipulated

that MAT. were not as effective as resident advis?r •.

(5) The importar:.ce of information gained by US field advisors depended on where and how

the information was u.ed. While reports cou!d be obtained from RVNAF .ources .. lone.

advilory channels were usually more responsive. The operational reports during the cross­

border operationl had been based on RVNAF input and were reasonably accurate. On the other

hand. technical reports in the logistics, comml,lllicatlona. main~enance. and intelligence areas

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It'A" reql:.lred v«'rlli.catlun by advllory p«'raonnei.. GVro: officiab at the hlanelt levell rOJaUsed the "aeiutne .. 01 the upward r:ommUnlcatl,on of data throulh t;S rCi)()I'tir.a channela. ~ot only did luch dat' provi.de .. r:ro'l cher:k on \·i.-tnamelf' reported lnlormation. but olten conltttuted the only lource 01 certaln "ypel oC inl,;rrnation Crom certai.n leoaraphlcal area. MACV continually re\'\ewed report I with & · .. ,ew to,.,ard eliminatian, aimplillcauun. and conlaUdation. AI thele cltortl continued. the reporllna role 01 the adviaol' would diminish. howev"r, it would have been premature for MACV to e,timate the ultim&le degree of nduct~on.

. IS) The development of a lmall cOrp' of high.quality advisor. to concentrate aD the weaker RVN military Wliu and provinces waa conaidered by MACV to be a aeairable and an attainable objective pr:lvid"d those selectcd would be proficiel'lt 11'1 the Vietnam"ae l&l'Iguage. have previOUS experience il'l the RVN. have ar. underltand .. ng of thp people and their culture. and have the temperament and patience of .oft-aell s.leamen. Although the ".mall corp." concept waa deatr.ble the "concentration oC eHort on weak areaa" w.a neither unique nor innovative. The MACV advilery elfort had for lome time concentrated eHort where wealtnesael exiated. e. I., the loahtics adviaory ~lement eonliated of trained. experienced military and civilian perlonnet who were ... igned to the RVNAF logiatica commands, baae depota. and other logiatic agencies baaed on the dearee of seli-sufficiency achieved by the Vietnamen. The adviaory effort in ARVN divisiona waa also tailored to pu..:e the akilled advisor where he waa needed malt.

Future Advisory Reductions

IS} Adviaory reductions planned for the immediate fut\1re included concurrent reductions in both headquarters and field advisory elemenu. For comparilon. W'lder cur~ent plan. the total atrength of HO MACV. service componenta. and MR bea.dquar~ers. would be reduced between 1 Jul 71 .. nd 30 Jun 72 by over 70 percent. while during the aame period the total adviaory Coree would be reduced by .. pproximately 65 percent. Reductiona in 1971 had been selective rather than .pread evenly acroal the board. They were directly related to the adviaory progre.a made. RVNAF capabilitiea and self-Iufficiency ... nd US requirements. The HQ MACV alail bad Wlder· gone continual modification in keeping with the zhanged nature of the war and continued US redeploynlent.. Likewiae, the US headquarters in each of the four military region. and the Naval And Air Force Adviaory Groups had VAried widely in ai.ze and mix to meet advi.orv require_ menta.

• (S) The particu1ar ratio of military to pacification advbOr8 had ... od Would continue to vary al each of these advilory efforts reduced over a period of time. A continuing n~ed waa envisioned fo!' .. dviaory ~!!ort in military "reaa. With rupect t:) CORDS. the mix of peraonnel shOuld and did vary by diatrict. province. and MR according to the secl,lrity, developmental needl. and aituation at any given ?lace and time.

IS; In .ummary. advisory en'phalis had ahilted from tactical operations to the functional and technical areaa and the level of effort in terml of numbera of advicora deereaaed aa the GVN and the RVNA,F gained experti.e in various are.... The reduction. were conducted il"~re. mentally in careful balance with other US force rzdeployment •• and the remaining advisory a.aetl were and would continue to be as.igned to teama·tailored to .atidy exiating requirementa. Thia waa equally true in HQ MACV where elfort and peraonnel reduced aa t~e US preaence in RVN decreaaed. 167

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A .ound Vietname.e economy 11 crucial lor political .tabiUty and .. viable loverrunent ... The Viet."l&mization prolra.m in it. bro.de~t len.e mea.n. e.tabll.hing lecurity .nd winnine allegiance in the country.ide; develop:'n, re.pondve political in.titutio".; manaliDg" war_torn economy and .teer_ ~nl it toward lonler range development. Proaru. in theu eftort. will determine South Vietnam'l future.

Presirtent Nixon" Third Annual Foreign Po!ic:y Report, 9 Feb 7Z

• (U) MACV'. ruponlibility [Dr economic affair. drveloped e.r~y in September 1970. At

that time the SECOEF was c:onClI!rned OVU' the impact of economic nu.tteu on the .ucce •• 01 Vietnamization and recognized the po.aible contribution by DOD to economic development in Vietnam through the US military prelence. proaraml. and a .. etl. Accordingly. SECOEF adviaed the Chairman. Jes. that he believed it imperative that COMUSMACV be a .. bted .... y an economic advisor who should be a leneral officer.

/.'.ACV'S ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS

(U) COMUSMACV utablbhed the olIke of the Deputy Chief of Staff. Economic AlI.ira (MACEA) on of Sep 70. to insure that Vietnamiution did not fail for nonmilitary .reaaons and that DOD made maximum contribution to lolution of CVN economic and financi.al problema. Ao advised by the SECD£F. close coordination with the US MlaaioA and USAID was es.ential. During the remaining montha of 1970 MACEA evaluated the RV N economic libation. identified problem are .... and formulated plans which were vigorously perlucd during CY71. 168

(U) In early 1971 the organization of MACV', Office of Economic Affairs was redeaigned to :upond more fully to the needs of the CVN civil sector and to parallel. to the extent po.aible. counterpart organizations of the US Emba .. y and USAID. The new organiz.ation of MACEA ill shown in Figure vru.13. 169

(U) By SECDEF's October 1970 manda.te. CO\iUSMACV wu given the reapon.ibility [or a wide· ranging and deailed analyst. of the RVN economy and the responsil:>ility tc provide DOD with the requisite information upon which DOD policies afiectin" US loah anc the RVN economy would be made. In reviewing MAtV'. 1971 activities in fulfilling this charge, it is \lsHul to make a two_fold distinction between these a.ctivities. On the ont: hand there were those studies and analyses which, in conjunction with action. by other US Mi .. ion agencie •• had direct influence 'In resultant DOD policy actions. The t.ctivitie. of MACEA's Commercial Branch and Industries Branch fell pr1!dominantly in this category. On the other hand, a large portion of MACV's .responsibility requlrf'd the monitoring, analyzing. and reporting to DOD of general economic condition. within the RVN. While .uch studies provided the r1!quisite eco:1omic intelligence for US Mi .. ion policy decisiona, it was generally impou;'ble to relate theae reports to specific policy decision •. A prominent example of such rep"rting was the MACV Report on Economic Aspects of Vietnamization sent quarterly from COMUSMACV to the JCS. 170 Such information received a forum wider than official 000 channds. For exa.mple, at a major RVN economic pla.nning cor:!erence held 26 to ZB May 71 in Singapore, a r~preaentative 01 COMUS_ MACV participated with senior Washington and Saigon representatives of USAID. DOD. and the Institute for Ddense Analysis (lOA). 1 n MACV analyses provided. in part, the information a.J'1d

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