RELIABLE ACADEMY (9TH INFANTRY DIVISION) BEN CAT, SOUTH VIETNAM

Year Published: 1963

Creator: Department of Defense.

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records AdministrationRELIABLE ACADEMY (9TH INFANTRY DIVISION) BEN CAT, SOUTH VIETNAMARC Identifier 31587 / Local Identifier 111-LC-52167 1967Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Silent. The Reliable Academy is a 5-day training course to teach new arrivals in Vietnam how to survive and outwit the Vietcong. MG John C O'Connor, CG 9th Inf Div, speaking to graduating class. MG O'Connor salutes. The general greeting individual members of the graduating class. MS, sign:"Reliable Academy." New arrivals get off trucks and carry their barracks bags to tent. Sgt speaking to the newly arrived soldiers. Officer giving orientation speech to new class. Cuts of class listening. Sgt instructing class on Vietcong mines and booby traps. Cuts of students listening. Instructor speaks to class on chemical, biological, and radiological warfare. Demonstration on putting on of the protective mask is shown to class. CUs, CS grenades and protective mask on display table. Instructor talking to class on the crossing of rivers and canals. Cuts of student. Soldiers training on crossing a canal on a rope. They cross hand-over-hand rope as they hang low over the water. A soldier falls into the water and loses his rifle. Instructor lectures class on indirect fire support. Cuts of students listening. Trainees practice ambush tactics prior to going out for night exercise in rubber plantation. Soldiers assemble in formation. They walk to trucks. Travel shot of soldiers in truck en route. Soldiers get off trucks and run into the plantation. Officer speaks over radio.

Complete Record: National Archives and Records Administration RELIABLE ACADEMY (9TH INFANTRY DIVISION) BEN CAT, SOUTH VIETNAM ARC Identifier 31587 / Local Identifier 111-LC-52167 1967 Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Silent. The Reliable Academy is a 5-day training course to teach new arrivals in Vietnam how to survive and outwit the Vietcong. MG John C O'Connor, CG 9th Inf Div, speaking to graduating class. MG O'Connor salutes. The general greeting individual members of the graduating class. MS, sign:"Reliable Academy." New arrivals get off trucks and carry their barracks bags to tent. Sgt speaking to the newly arrived soldiers. Officer giving orientation speech to new class. Cuts of class listening. Sgt instructing class on Vietcong mines and booby traps. Cuts of students listening. Instructor speaks to class on chemical, biological, and radiological warfare. Demonstration on putting on of the protective mask is shown to class. CUs, CS grenades and protective mask on display table. Instructor talking to class on the crossing of rivers and canals. Cuts of student. Soldiers training on crossing a canal on a rope. They cross hand-over-hand rope as they hang low over the water. A soldier falls into the water and loses his rifle. Instructor lectures class on indirect fire support. Cuts of students listening. Trainees practice ambush tactics prior to going out for night exercise in rubber plantation. Soldiers assemble in formation. They walk to trucks. Travel shot of soldiers in truck en route. Soldiers get off trucks and run into the plantation. Officer speaks over radio.