What were the advantages of the Vietnam war for the United States military wise?

Answer 1

The US, commencing in 1969, began giving riverine boats of the US Navy to the South Vietnamese Navy, craft such as: Swift Boats (Patrol Craft Fast, PCR), PBR's (Patrol Boat River), Alpha Boats (Assault Support Patrol Boats), and monitors (River Battleships). The US Air Force gave the South Viet Air Force (and trained them to fly them) A-1 Skyraiders, propeller driven (seen in the recent film, "Rescue Dawn"). The US also gave the S. Viet AF, 0-1 Bird Dog observation airplanes, and hundreds of UH-1 helicopters (Huey's). The US Army gave the S. Vietnamese Government (ARVN-Army Republic of S. Vietnam) M-41 Walker Bulldog tanks, later M-48 Patton tanks, M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers/Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles (ACAV's), jeeps (1/4 tons), 2 1/2 & 5 ton trucks, 105mm howitzers, 60mm, 81mm, and 4.2 inch mortars, 90mm and 106mm recoilless rifles, massive amounts of WWII M-1 CARBINES, M-16 rifles, M-60 machinguns, helmets and protective vests, ammunition for all of the above, and TONS of medical supplies. During the war, US medical personnel, and US Engineers entered villages (towns) and treated sick and injured Vietnamese civilians; Engineers built roads and bridges and repaired roads and bridges.

Answer 2

Communists in Vietnam, and possibly the USSR for nothing but bragging rights...Really an unfortunate and pointless war for most everyone involved in it.

On a financial level many U.S. corporations made huge profits, such as the producers of chemicals like Agent Orange (Dow Chemical, Monsanto, etc.), weapons manufacturers, rubber companies, etc.

Answer 3

During the war, the attempt was to prevent another free country from joining the communist ranks. After the war, the US Military had "gained" experience, as demonstrated during "Operation Desert Storm" in 1991. As a nation, the US had lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, and eliminated the military draft by going to an all volunteer military.

Answer 4

Eliminated the draft and created an all volunteer military. Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Established the helicopter for medical evacuations in civilian hospitals thru out the United States.

Answer 5

There is no single, simple answer to this question. The U.S. helped the South Vietnamese government and people in many different ways. The U.S. military people who were over there were supposed to be training the South Vietnamese military people in effective ways to fight against the North Vietnamese (VietCong). They were given modern weapons and ammunition, trained on using the weapons; money in order to buy what more they needed in weapons and ammunition--and, hopefully, money to help buy food and clothes for the people, military and non-military; medical supplies for the country's needs; vehicles, such as jeeps, for the war effort; etc. I will not try to give any further information about this, as this war was so very controversial. You should get some really good books to read on this subject. If possible, books that are unbiased in telling about that war. In the late 1960s, early 1970s, I was one of the antiwar protesters. Today, I'm not sure where I stand on it. For certain, I hated that war. Two of my school classmates were killed there, and I felt their lives had been thrown away! In the 1990s I read some good books on the war, which told about the war without bias. I have a better understanding of it, but feel the need to read more. I don't feel qualified to provide accurate information about the Vietnam War. It was very complicated, and too political!

Answer 6

* 58,000 Americans died in Vietnam. * The war had cost so much that President Johnson's Great Society programme of social reform had to be cancelled. * Loss of confidence: America had failed to "contain" communism. In 1973, Nixon announced that America was abandoning the Truman Doctrine. It was nearly 20 years before America again intervened militarily in world affairs. - The domino theory was proved to be wrong. The fall of South Vietnam to communism was not immediately followed by a similar effect in other countries. * News of atrocities such as the killings at My Lai lost the US its claim to moral superiority, and its status as the world's defender of freedom and right. * 700,000 Vietnam veterans suffered psychological after-effects.

Answer 7

The U.s military benefieted by Learning how to fight a totally new war, with new weapons and new technology.

Answer 8

Military technology: for one, found out that jets had to retain their guns.

Answer 9

The refinement of military science.