Military Assistance Command, Vietnam 418289 222712328 2008-06-30T19:14:27Z Tonster 909535 {{Infobox Military Unit |unit_name= Military Assistance Command, Vietnam |image= [[Image:Military Assistance Command Vietnam.gif]] |caption= |dates= 1962-1973 |country=[[United States of America]] |allegiance= |branch= Joint Command |type= |role= |size= |command_structure= |garrison=Tan Son Nhut Air Base |garrison_label= |equipment= |equipment_label= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |battles=Vietnam War |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= <!-- Commanders --> |current_commander= |current_commander_label= |ceremonial_chief= |ceremonial_chief_label= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |colonel_of_the_regiment_label= |notable_commanders=William C. Westmoreland<br>Creighton Abrams<br>Frederick C. Weyand <!-- Insignia --> |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= }} The '''U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam''', '''MACV''', (''mack vee''), was the United States' unified command structure for all of its military forces in [[South Vietnam]] during the [[Vietnam War]]. Because of the many headquarters units in its locale, [[Tan Son Nhut Air Base]], near [[Saigon]], MACV was called [[The Pentagon|Pentagon East]]. The MACV was created on [[February 8]], 1962, in response to the increase in U.S. military assistance to South Vietnam. MACV was first implemented to assist the [[Military Assistance Advisory Group]] (MAAG) Vietnam, controlling every advisory and assistance effort in Vietnam, but was reorganized on [[May 15]], 1964 and absorbed MAAG Vietnam to its command when combat unit deployment became too large for advisory group control. The first [[COMUSMACV|commanding general of MACV]], General [[Paul D. Harkins]], was also the commander of MAAG Vietnam, and after reorganization was succeeded by General [[William Westmoreland|William C. Westmoreland]] in June, 1964, followed by General [[Creighton Abrams]] (July 1968) and General [[Frederick C. Weyand]] (June 1972). The MACV was disbanded on March 29, 1973. Major component commands of MACV were: *[[United States Army Vietnam]] (USARV) *[[Naval Forces Vietnam]] (NAVFORV) *[[Seventh Air Force]] (7AF) *[[III Marine Expeditionary Force|III Marine Amphibious Force]] (III MAF) *[[I Field Force, Vietnam]] (I FFV) *[[II Field Force|II Field Force, Vietnam]] (II FFV) *[[XXIV Corps (United States)|XXIV Corps]] *[[5th Special Forces Group]] *[[Civil_Affairs#Vietnam |Civil Operations and Rural Development Support]] (CORDS) *[[Studies and Observations Group]] under Joint "High Command" (Joint Chiefs of Staff & Commander in Chief) [[covert]] ==See also== *[[John Paul Vann]], US Army [[Lieutenant Colonel]] and adviser in Viet Nam who became a critic of MACV *[[Military Assistance Advisory Group]] *[[George Patton IV]] was part of MACV-SOF during its early years ==References== * Stanton, Shelby, ''Vietnam Order of Battle'', ISBN 0-89193-700-5 * Sorley, Lewis, ''A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam'', ISBN 0-15-601309-6 == External links == * [http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/MACV.html History of MACV] [[Category:Vietnam War]] [[de:Military Assistance Command Vietnam]] [[hu:Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]] [[ja:南ベトナム軍事援助司令部]] [[ru:Командование по оказанию военной помощи Вьетнаму]]