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The special task force currently have the 1st Special Operations Brigade (M1 Brigade) stationed in Hanoi. Under the brigade direct command were company-level units: Under the brigade direct command were company-level units:
The 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was unique in the Vietnam War for its heavy usage of watercraft, particularly Hurricane Aircat airboats. It launched a wide-ranging campaign against Viet Cong forces in the Mekong Delta in July 1967.
In the period December 1962 through February 1963, U.S. Army Special Forces (Provisional), Vietnam, assumed full opera tional control of the Special Forces A detachments in Vietnam. These A detachments had, at this point, established CIDG camps in every one of the four corps tactical zones.
Full-scale operations of U.S. Army Special Forces in Vietnam ended in 1972 after a 14-year long period. During that time, Special Forces troops operated in Vietnam, launching operations from the neighboring countries first and later had their own HQ in Vietnam.
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces (Vietnamese: Lực Lượng Đặc Biệt Quân Lực Việt Nam Cộng Hòa, or LLDB; Chữ Hán: 力量特別軍力越南共和) were the elite military units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
The Origins of the MIKE Force in Vietnam. This article shows how several successful VC attacks against the III CTZ CIDG camps prompted the organization of the first MIKE Force. The loyal, high-quality Nungs of the 348th Company became the nucleus of the MIKE Force.
The U.S. Army Special Forces, Vietnam (Provisional) was formed in 1962 to provide advisors that would assist the South Vietnam government in "the organization, training, equipping, and employment of the Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) forces.
