Strategically, stopping the communists in Vietnam would be a forward defence; fighting the communists in California would be a home defense. Tactically, engaging the enemy forward of headquarters/main defense/main body.
US Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War.
left foward, center foward, right foward, left mid feild, center mid feild, right mid feild, stopper, sweeper, left defense, right defense and finally the goalie
Robert McNamara.
Larger defense budget.
Large defense budget.
Employment in the defense industry.
Priority went to national defense projects.
Defense related employment was quite common.
purple heart, good conduct, national defense, Vietnam service, Vietnam campaign
Robert McNamara was Secretary of Defense during the main build-up with President Johnson.
They supplied much of the war material and air defense facilities and aviation training.
The veterans abbreviated it to "Nam. " And it was derisively called "McNamara's War" after Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Another Answer: To the Vietnamese it was called the "American War".