Directorate of National Coordination

Directorate of National Coordination
Direction de Coordination Nationale
Active	September 1960 – 3 February 1965
Country	Kingdom of Laos
Allegiance	Royal Lao Government
Branch	Royal Lao Police
Type	Armed Support Unit, Special Forces
Role	Air assault Artillery observer Clandestine operation Close-quarters combat Counterinsurgency Crowd control Direct action Direct fire Executive protection Force protection HUMINT Internal security Irregular warfare Jungle warfare Law enforcement Long-range penetration Military intelligence Mountain warfare Parachuting Patrolling PSYWAR Raiding Reconnaissance Riot control Special operations Special reconnaissance Tracking Urban warfare
Size	6,500 men (at height)
Part of	Royal Lao Armed Forces
Headquarters	Phone Kheng, Muong Phene, Phou Khao Khouai (all near Vientiane)
Nickname(s)	DNC (DCN in French), Border Police
Engagements	Battle of Vientiane Battle of Nong Boua Lao
Commanders
Notable commanders	Siho Lamphouthacoul Thao Ty

The Directorate of National Coordination or DNC (French: Direction de Coordination Nationale – DCN) was the airborne-qualified paramilitary Security Agency and élite field force of the Royal Lao Police (Police Royale Laotiènne – PRL). Closely modelled after the Royal Thai Police (RTP) Border Patrol Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit (PARU) commandos and similar in function to the later South Vietnamese National Police Field Force, the DNC was active during the early phase of the Laotian Civil War from 1960 to 1965.