Went back to RVN in 2015, and was reminded how beautiful the country is! Hanoi was fascinating, as was the thriving capitalism in Ho Chi Minh City. The Vietnamese are gracious, and bear no apparent ill-will towards Americans. It was a fantastic trip, and I highly recommend it to RVN vets!
Training Exercise - Reforger (Reforger V) '73
From Month/Year
October / 1973
To Month/Year
October / 1973
Description Exercise Reforger (from return of forces to Germany) was an annual exercise conducted, during the Cold War, by NATO. The exercise was intended to ensure that NATO had the ability to quickly deploy forces to West Germany in the event of a conflict with the Warsaw Pact.
The Reforger exercise itself was first conceived in 1967. The Johnson administration announced plans to withdraw approximately two divisions from Europe during 1968. As a demonstration of its continuing commitment to the defense of NATO and to illustrate its capability of rapid reinforcement, a large scale force deployment was planned that would deploy a division or more to West Germany in a regular annual exercise. The first such exercise was conducted beginning on 6 January 1969. These exercises continued annually past the end of the Cold War, except for the year 1989, until 1993.
Major units: (Germany based unit) USAREUR (U.S. Army Europe): 3rd Infantry Division (Mech), Würzburg; (U.S. based units): 1st Infantry Division (Mech), 1st Cavalry Division.
