Senior Officer Debriefing Report: 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Period 22 June to 21 December 1970
Abstract
The Regiment concluded operations in Cambodia and moved to operational areas in the heart of MR3 where it participated in what is categorized as low-intensity counterinsurgency operations. At the same time, other factors were at work which impacted significantly on the areas requiring command attention and effort. A careful balance had to be struck among the competing demands of combat operations, resource conservation, maintenance, training, drug abuse and human relations. As the tempo of combat operations was reduced and replacements came increasingly through assignment of relatively short term troopers from redeploying units, the latter areas assumed ever greater importance. In short, during the period the Regiment turned the corner away from concentrating on combat operations toward meeting a broad spectrum of equally important requirements. The trick was to make the turn without losing the esprit that marked the Regiment's greatness. Any success achieved in that endeavor reflects the leadership of the troop-level officers and non- commissioned officers who carried it off.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 10, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0513976
Entities
People
- John L. Gerrity
Organizations
- Adjutant General's Corps