Alpha Troop 5-15 CAV

Alpha Troop trainees prepare to conduct night time operations during FTX III

It's a muddy one today.

Drill sergeants going over the After Action Review with 3rd Platoon.

Squad attack during FTX III.

A Troop started FTX III this morning with a 10 mile road march.

8 FEBRUARY 1962 U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND VIETNAM (MACV) ESTABLISHED - #VietnamWar #Armyhistory #USArmy During the administration of President John F. K...ennedy the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) was reorganized as the number of U.S. advisers in Vietnam rose from 746 in January 1962 to over 3,400 by June. The entire U.S. commitment numbered about 11,000, including 29 U.S. Army Special Forces detachments, by the end of the year. The U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) was established on 8 February 1962, first to support and then absorbed the MAAG so that in 1964 all advisory and support elements operated under MACV. The objective of U.S. military assistance was to assist the government of the Republic of (South) Vietnam in defeating the insurgency of an estimated 30,000 regular and part-time communist Viet Cong soldiers and civilian sympathizers among the population. Despite limited successes in consolidating the population in defended strategic hamlets and establishing local defense forces, the U.S. equipped Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam (ARVN) appeared inadequate to the task of defeating the enemy on the battlefield. The United States began deploying combat units in 1965, and with the buildup of American forces, MACV also assumed the role of a joint command headquarters until the American effort ended in 1973. The image on the MACV insignia is symbolic of the U.S. effort in Vietnam. Yellow and red are the colors on the South Vietnamese flag. The red ground alludes to the infiltration and aggression from beyond the embattled yellow "wall," the Great Wall of China, representing the Communist Peoples Republic of China. The opening in the wall represents the route of infiltration and aggression blocked by the white sword representing United States military aid and support. The wall is arched and the sword pointed upward to symbolize offensive action pushing back the aggression. ALSO SEE https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-8-1/index.html https://history.army.mil/html/books/091/91-3/index.html