page_title: Tây Ninh Combat Base
section_title: 1966–1970
hierarchical_section_title: Tây Ninh Combat Base / History / 1966–1970
caption_attribution_description: English: A scout platoon from the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor, enters Tay Ninh Base Camp, aboard M113 Armored Personnel Carriers
context_page_description: Tây Ninh Combat Base is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam and current People's Army of Vietnam base west of Tây Ninh in southern Vietnam.
context_section_description: Tây Ninh Combat Base was established approximately 5 km west of the city of Tây Ninh and 12 km from the Vietnam-Cambodia border.
  Tây Ninh served as the base for the 196th Light Infantry Brigade from April 1966 until August 1967.
  Other units stationed at Tây Ninh included:
  7th Battalion, 9th Artillery (August 1969 – April 1970)
  2nd Battalion, 32nd Artillery (April 1967 – October 1969)
  3rd Battalion, 82nd Artillery (August 1966 – February 1969)
  1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (March–May 1968, July 1968 – April 1970) comprising:
  1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment
  4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
  2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment
  2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (April 1968, July 1968 – April 1970) comprising:
  4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
  2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment
  1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment
  3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (August 1967 – February 1968, February–April 1970) comprising:
  1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment
  2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment
  3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment
  1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment
  2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment
  1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry (November 1968 – May 1970) comprising:
  1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry
  2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry
  2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry
  1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry
  2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
  1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry
  2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry
  187th Assault Helicopter Company
  1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry
  Alpha Troop
  229th Aviation Battalion
  588th Engineer Battalion (April 1967 – May 1970)
  45th Surgical Hospital (October 1966 – October 1970)
  The US Air Force 619th Tactical Control Squadron Detachment 7 provided air traffic control from August 1965 until May 1968.
  On 21 June 1969 after two days of shelling, the PAVN attacked the base and Tây Ninh City but were repulsed, suffering 194 dead for the loss of 10 Americans.
  In April 1970 the base was used as a staging area for U.S. units participating in the Cambodian Campaign for attacks west into the Parrot's Beak and north into the Fish Hook.
caption: A scout platoon of M113s from the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor enters the base, 9 August 1970
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