5.2 - PREPARATION FOR DEPARTURE (1967, JUL 4-6), Phù Cát,, AB, RVN to

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1 2015 by John P. Webster, LM 886 Phù Cát, 1041st SPS(T), 1967 PREPARATION FOR 1041st SPS(T) DEPARTURE: Departed Phù Cát, AB, RVN, Arrived Fairchild AFB, Spokane, WA, 4-6 JUL PREPARATION FOR DEPARTURE (1967, JUL 4-6), Phù Cát,, AB, RVN to Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington. 5.2_1: Fairchild AFB, Washington 1041st SPS(T), Going Home. Depart Phù Cát, [15th] Aerial Port [Sq.] - July Photo Courtesy: Larry Wallace 1041st SPS (T), and Jerry Nelson, Operation Safeside Association: "The 1041st prepared for its departure from Vietnam by training selected volunteers, of the 37th Security Police Squadron at Phù Cát, Air Base, in tactics that the 1041st had employed and introduced to the Phù Cát, area, in order to provide a program of active defense for the area after the departure of the 1041st. JUL : Upon completion of the test phase and training for selected 37th SPS personnel, the 1041st SPS(T) departed Phù Cát, AB, RVN, and arrived at Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington, on 4 and 6 July 1967."* * 82nd Combat Security Wing (TAC), Wing Training Center, Student Handbook, pg "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF - Edited and Compiled by Don Poss Page 1 of 9

2 5.2_2: Fairchild AFB, Washington Sgt. John P. Webster deplanes C-141 after flight from Phù Cát Air Base, RVN (Photo by John P. Webster) 5.2_3: Fairchild AFB (below) NEWS article: Security Unit Given Award (AFOUA); Name Change: 4470th Combat Security Police Squadron (TAC). "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF - Edited and Compiled by Don Poss Page 2 of 9

3 82nd Combat Security Wing (TAC), Wing Training Center, Student Handbook, pg6/ of of 148 "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF - Edited and Compiled by Don Poss Page 3 of 9

4 5.2_4: Fairchild AFB, WA A1C Little Joe Studabaker GI's his new barracks room after arriving from Phu Cat Base Camp (Photo by John Webster) [Today, the 92nd Security Forces Squadron is at Fairchild AFB, WA] 5.2_5 : Fairchild AFB, WA A1C Little Joe Studabaker swings heavy load of uniforms over shoulder, from base Laundry. (Photo by John Webster) "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF - Edited and Compiled by Don Poss Page 4 of 9

5 5.2_6: Fairchild AFB, Washington (News Article, below) Sgt. Robert A. Hughes (left) holds a seismic device, and SSgt. Carlos D. Yingst, an ultrasonic transmitter-receiver some of the sophisticated new equipment being test by the 4470 th Combat Security Police Squadron at Fairchild. Viet Cong flag, among several captured by unit, is in back. 5.2_7: Fairchild AFB, Washington (News Article, right) With a captured North Vietnamese Regular Army flag as a background, Sgt. Richard E. Ribers (left) demonstrates the M16 rifle with a hand-held tactical radar, and Sgt. Robert M. Bigelow shows the starlight scope, a night visual aid. Some devices never before have been photographed for newspapers. "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF - Edited and Compiled by Don Poss Page 5 of 9

6 5.2_8 - Captured Viet Cong weapons, grenades, and documents; Enemy VC Viet Cong Headquarters Photo Courtesy: Gerard Hester st SPS (T), and Jerry Nelson, Operation Safeside Association. "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF - Edited and Compiled by Don Poss Page 6 of 9

7 5.2_9 - Fairchild AFB, Washington (News Article, below) Spokane Daily Chronicle, Thursday, Feb. 8, 1968 Fairchild AFB, Washington Sgt. Ernest DeWaters of the 4470 th Combat Security Police Squadron, at Fairchild Air Force Base, demonstrates the tameness of his scout dog, Goldie. a "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF - Edited and Compiled by Don Poss Page 7 of 9

8 5.2_10-821st CSPS Scout Dogs and Handlers. 1969, Fort Campbell (below News Article, below) 5.2_11-821st CSPS Depart Forbes for training at U.S. Army Training Center, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (The Forbes Sky Schooner, Friday, May 2, (below Photography by Jay) "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF - Edited and Compiled by Don Poss Page 8 of 9

9 [Above News article retyped for readability] Approximately 200 members of the 821 st Combat Security Police Squadron departed last week for Ft. Campbell, Ky., for a 10-week field exercise. Although a few personnel left here April 21, the main body of the unit departed April 23. They were flown in C-130 Hercules aircraft of the 31 st Tactical Airlift Wing in two-shift, the first leaving at 8 a.m. the other at 1:30 p.m. The field exercise will be conducted by the 82 nd Combat Security Wing at Ft. Campbell. The training is similar to the advanced infantry training given by the Army. It includes patrol techniques, land navigation, physical training, first aid, heavy weapons, ambush techniques and other related subjects. The 10-week period will be split between classroom and field training. Other 821 st flights are scheduled to take the same training at later dates. 5.2_12-821st CSPS depart for Fort Campbell "Joined To Fight" Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF - Edited and Compiled by Don Poss Page 9 of 9