Naval Forces, Vietnam launches SEALORDS (Southeast Asia Lake, Ocean, River, and Delta Strategy). Its goals are to stem the flow of enemy supplies and reinforcements entering South Vietnam by river and to pacify the Mekong Delta, a longtime Viet Cong base area. SEALORDS combines the resources of the Coastal Surveillance, River Patrol, and Mobile Riverine Forces. Together they create networks of bases, sensors, and patrols along the coast and in waterways throughout the Mekong Delta to the Cambodian border. Operations incorporate U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and South Vietnamese army and marine personnel.1