Supporting the Commitment - Australian Army Logistics in South Vietnam, 1962–1973

In 1962, the Australian Government deployed Australian military forces in support of the Republic of Vietnam. Supporting the Commitment: Australian Army Logistics in South Vietnam, 1962-1973 investigates how the Australian Army structured its logistics to support its operations in Vietnam. This book examines how the Australian Army interacted with the US Army's logistic framework to secure its own logistic support for the training team, the battalion group and then the task force. Particular attention is given to the logistic units which supported these deployments, including the raising, siting and operations of the 1st Australian Logistic Support Company (1ALSC) and the 1st Australian Logistic Support Group (1ALSG). Acknowledging that the Australian Army's involvement in South Vietnam was a war of choice, the book explores how Army's institutional attitudes towards logistics influenced the nature of support provided.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Understanding the environment: United States Army logistics in South Vietnam; 2. Supporting the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam 1962-1972; 3. 1st Australian Logistic Support Company 1965-1966; 4. Establishing the 1st Australian Logistic Support Group 1966-1967; 5. The Australian Army supply system in 1968; 6. Supporting 1st Australian Task Force operations outside Phuoc Tuy Province; 7. Logistics in drawdown and withdrawal 1968-1973; 8. Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Ian R. Finlayson
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.05.2026
• EAN: 9781009637671
• ISBN: 978-1-009-63767-1
• Illustrations: 37 b/w illus. 16 maps, Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Australian Army History Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vietnam, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, c 1960 to c 1970, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), Vietnam War