US Airmen, Sailors, Coast Guardsmen, were trained at their respective bases thru out the US. US Marines were trained at either Camp L on the east coast or Camp P on the west coast (California).
US Soldiers were trained:
1. Engineers-Fort Leonard Wood
2. Medics-Fort Sam Houston
3. Grunts (Infantrymen)-Fort Benning
4. Tankers (Armor Crewmen)-Fort Knox
5. Red Legs/Cannon Cockers/Gun Bunnies (Artillerymen)-Fort Sill
6. Military Policemen-Fort Gordon
7. Chopper Pilots-Fort Rucker
The Vietcong, officially known as the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, was a communist-led guerrilla force that fought against the South Vietnamese government and U.S. military during the Vietnam War, a key conflict during the Cold War. They aimed to reunify Vietnam under communist rule and employed tactics such as ambushes and booby traps. Supported by North Vietnam, the Vietcong played a crucial role in the eventual fall of Saigon in 1975, leading to the reunification of Vietnam. Their resistance highlighted the broader ideological struggle between communism and capitalism during the Cold War era.
The tactic used was guerrilla warfare.
The USSR gave aid to North Vietnam. China sent aid to the Vietcong via North Vietnam.
There are many tactics that the VietCong used in the Vietnam war. The most common tactic used was surprise attacks and ambushes due to extensive tunneling underground.
The Vietcong strikes convinced President Kennedy to send American military advisers to South Vietnam. nova net
I was not involved in the Vietnam war. That was between the American (and Australians and south Vietnamese) and the Vietcong.
the Vietcong could strike any major city in South Vietnam.
The Vietnam War hands down. Those Vietcong are crazy.
VC were "communists" living in SOUTH Vietnam.
After the US withdrew from Vietnam the Vietcong came into power. South Vietnam fell under communist rule by the Vietcong.
They are still there they were the victors in the war with the US and now rule Vietnam.
The objectives of going to war in Vietnam were to defeat the Communist Vietcong army and prevent the spread of Communism to Vietnam.
North Vietnamese are inhabitants of North Vietnam, while Vietcong are Vietnamese warriors during the Viet war.
Vietnam
The Vietcong, officially known as the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, was a communist-led guerrilla force that fought against the South Vietnamese government and U.S. military during the Vietnam War, a key conflict during the Cold War. They aimed to reunify Vietnam under communist rule and employed tactics such as ambushes and booby traps. Supported by North Vietnam, the Vietcong played a crucial role in the eventual fall of Saigon in 1975, leading to the reunification of Vietnam. Their resistance highlighted the broader ideological struggle between communism and capitalism during the Cold War era.
The tactic used was guerrilla warfare.
It was because the war was unpopular with the american people, the U.S did win conflicts in vietnam, but the vietcong/NVA had a lot more stategic advantages like tunnels, spies, and knowledge of the land. Pretty much after the TET offensive by the Vietcong the U.S began to leave the country.