As they debated whether the Army or Navy would control the river flotillas, French Vice Admiral Philippe Auboyneau proposed for the first time the organisation of a Vietnamese Marine Corps. In 1953, the French and Vietnamese governments agreed to increase the size of Vietnamese National Army, so an increase in the size of the Vietnamese Navy was also deemed necessary. In March 1952, the Navy of Vietnam was established. Organization of the Republic of Vietnam Marine Division The 1949 Franco-Vietnamese Agreement stated that the Vietnamese Armed Forces were to include naval forces whose organization and training would be provided by the French Navy. The Vietnamese Marine Corps had its origins during French rule of Indochina. presidential citations, with the 2nd Battalion "Crazy Buffaloes" earning two. This division had earned a total of 9 U.S. Army General Creighton Abrams who oversaw Vietnamization stated that South Vietnam's Airborne and Marines had no comparable units to match it in the PAVN. By then, the level of training had improved considerably and U.S. Along with the Airborne, the Marine Division formed the General Reserve with the strategic transformation under Vietnamization, with elite and highly-mobile units meant to be deployed in People's Army of Vietnam attacking points and incursions. From 1970 onwards, the South Vietnamese Marines and Airborne Division grew significantly, supplanting the independent, Central Highlands based Vietnamese Rangers as the most popular elite units for volunteers. The Marine Division trace their origins to French-trained Commandos Marine divisions recruited and placed under the command of the French Navy but officially incorporated in 1960.
The longest-serving commander was Lieutenant General Le Nguyen Khang. It was established by Ngo Dinh Diem in 1954 when he was Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam, which became the Republic of Vietnam in 1955. The Republic of Vietnam Marine Division ( RVNMD, Vietnamese: Sư Đoàn Thủy Quân Lục Chiến ) was part of the armed forces of South Vietnam.
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