GENERAL FAQ
What
is this Nam Phong thing all about? I’ve never heard of it.
That
is the point, hardly anyone has heard about Nam Phong. This was a originally a Royal Thai Air Base
used for training. In 1972, Task Force Delta was relocated there from Danang Vietnam. There is little official documentation on
this base.
What
about “The Rose Garden” ?
When
the Marines set up operations in Nam Phong, there was nothing more than an
airstrip and a couple buildings. It was primitive and dismal. No showers, running
water, or toilets. Not even a mess hall. One of the current recruiting mottos
used during this time was “We Don’t Promise you a Rose Garden”. RTAB Nam Phong was nicknamed the Rose
Garden.
Why
was this Web Site started?
I
was looking at an auction site and ran across some of the MPC script they used
to pay us with instead of money while in Vietnam. I got thinking about Nam
Phong and started looking for people who I served with there and any other
information.
I
found very little information and finally located a couple of other Vets. We
emailed each other for a while, but it got to be pretty cumbersome to try to
keep in touch.
To
try to streamline things, I looked into starting a Newsgroup. That was a waste
of time; the “Internet Gods” would not approve it.
Then
came the User Group in Yahoo. This made
things a lot easier for me. A few members asked about a web site. Here we are.
Why
namphong.com, not Nam Phong.com?
Because
of naming conventions used, I thought namphong.com would be easier to people to
find than nam_phong.com (note the underscore).
Why
not namphong.org?
Most
people are used to a .com extension,
just thought it would be easier.
I
want to add something to the site, how can I do this?
Go
to the user group and add your stories,
pictures or suggestions.
Who
can join the User Group?
Anyone
can currently join, Veterans, friends or family.
What
can’t I post in the User Group?
Since
the Group is intended to be Veteran and family orientated, I will accept mild profanity, (talk the
talk) stuff, but nothing totally offensive, like casualty pictures or
gratuitous nudity. What members share directly with other consenting members is
no business of mine.
Building a Web Site and maintaining a User Group must take a lot of time and money, what does it cost to join?
Nothing.
Are
you nuts?
Probably.