The Vietnam People’s Navy now operates the largest and most potent submarine force in Southeast Asia, a fleet of six Russian-built Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines. -Nicknamed the “Black Hole” by ...

"I went to boot camp in October of 1965 and there was kind of a rush to push us through at that time because of the Vietnam ...

STEVENSVILLE — “In 1954, a scattering of riverine commandos were called the Marine Infantry of the Republic of Vietnam Navy, later known as the Vietnamese Marine Corps. These became part ...

About 482,000 of Vietnam’s 91 million people are active-duty members of the People’s Army of Vietnam, which includes the republic’s Army, Navy, Air Force, Border Guard and Coast Guard.

The 1966 USS Battleboro was transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy and recommissioned as the Ngọc Hồi. With the fall of Saigon, which occurred fifty years ago last month, the warship ...

The Republic of Vietnam Military Forces , were the official armed defense forces of the defunct Republic of Vietnam and was responsible for the defense of the state since its independence from ...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced on Wednesday that a new destroyer will be named after Retired Navy Captain Thomas Gunning Kelley, who grew up in Dorchester and West Roxbury before ...