 Hmong General Vang Pao, who spearheaded the allied war effort against North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces in Military Region 2, was entrusted with the task of guarding the facility using the Hmong Clandestine Army alongside CIA-funded Thai Border Patrol Police forces.Though substantial resources were invested to maintain the facility, the USAF command doubted Vang Pao's ability to defend the installation.Accordingly, all equipment had explosives attached so that if the site was overrun, it could be quickly destroyed.