Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The United States Army Medical Command, Vietnam (USAMEDCOMV) provided Echelon/Role 3 Health Service Support to units of the United States Army, Vietnam (USAV). It was a Table of Distribution and Allowances organization created by consolidating the staffs of the 44th Medical Brigade and the USAV Surgeon's Office.
On 10 August 1967, the 44th Medical Brigade was detached from the 1st Logistical Command and assigned directly to Headquarters, United States Army, Vietnam. Actual function and supervision of the Brigade mission was clarified but essentially unchanged by the reassignment.
By mid-1967, USARV, 1st Logistical Command and many other Army units dispersed in Saigon had moved to Long Binh Post, resolving centralization, security, and troop billeting issues. Long Binh Post was a sprawling logistics facility and the largest U.S. Army base in Vietnam, with a peak of 60,000 personnel in 1969.
United States Army Medical Command, Vietnam, Long Binh Post, Republic of Vietnam, 30 April 1972 United States Army Medical Command, Europe , Heidelberg, Germany, 21 September 1978 7th Medical Command , Heidelberg, Germany, 15 October 1994 [ 148 ]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 03:32, 19 April 2022: 1,456 × 980 (393 KB): Don.H.40: Headquarters building, United States Army Medical Command, Vietnam, Long Binh Post, Republic of Vietnam, 1971.<br>National Archives II at College Park, Maryland, Record Group 472, Entry P 1518, Box 5 (loose photographs)
The Army Medical Department Center & School (AMEDDC&S) has been renamed the Army Medical Center of Excellence. The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, was transferred to the direct control of the Defense Health Agency. Previous subordinate commands of MEDCOM also included the United States Army Dental Command, Fort Sam ...
The ever-growing responsibilities of the Army Support Command, especially its duties as the U.S. Army component headquarters, precluded its reorganization into a logistical command, as envisaged in contingency plans. These developments strengthened the arguments of planners who wanted an Army headquarters to command U.S. Army ground forces.
The following is a list of units of the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Active Duty Divisions and Brigades in Theater ... 44th Medical Brigade; 173rd ...