Template:Did you know nominations/Table of organization and equipment for an ADC company

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The result was: promoted by G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 15:38, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Table of organization and equipment for an ADC company

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• ... that equipment for a 100 man Auto Defense Choc company could be parachuted on 11 pallets?

• ALT1:... that a 100 man Auto Defense Choc company could be trained in three days?
• ALT2:... that Auto Defense Choc graduates could be organized into Special Guerrilla Units?
• Reviewed: Greens Ledge Light
• Comment: The prepacked equipment for an ADC company became widely used during the Laotian Civil War and the Vietnam War. Invented by CIA agent James William Lair, the stores and curriculum proved so useful they were used by U.S. Special Forces to train Montagnards throughout Southeast Asia. The ADC system was the major source of American-backed guerrillas during the Vietnam War.Georgejdorner (talk) 18:28, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Created by Georgejdorner (talk). Self nominated at 18:28, 27 October 2014 (UTC).

• Is there any reason this article isn't simply "Auto Defense Choc". It's not a table, it includes historical notes, etc. Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:11, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

• Yes, there is. The Auto Defense Choc program began with the French, before the Americans showed up with the their equipment and Thai Special Forces instructors. CIA agent James William Lair adopted the above TO&E scheme to train 30,000 Hmong guerrillas.
• If this article did not exist, the information would have to be triplicated in James William Lair, Operation Momentum, and Operation Pincushion. Using this prepacked equipment, Lair raised a guerrilla army in two months. The concept of "instant guerrillas" as anti-communist irregulars then took hold throughout Southeast Asia, and the ADC spread.
• I have a draft Auto Defense Choc article in progress.

• This article is new enough and long enough. Going with the original hook which has an inline citation. The article is neutral and I could not assess whether there was any close paraphrasing because of the offline sourcing. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:35, 5 December 2014 (UTC)