Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da rundunar hadin gwiwa ta 116 ta shirya ta USARPAC don taimakawa rundunar sojan Thailand bayan rikicin Laos
, Richardson ya zama kwamandansa saboda kwarewar da yake da ita game da 'yan tawaye a Philippines. Rundunar ta yi sintiri a kan iyakar Laos da Thailand na tsawon watanni shida sannan aka dakatar da ita. Richardson ya sami lambar yabo ta Thai don hidimarsa, kuma ya koma Pentagon a matsayin mataimakin shugaban ma'aikata na ma'aikata. A cikin wannan rawar, ya nemi Ƙungiyar Sojojin Amurka don kafa taron kwamandan kwamandan da za a gudanar a lokacin tarurruka na shekara-shekara, kuma yana da alhakin ƙirƙirar Shirin Ayyukan Al'umma na Sojojin. Richardson ya ƙare aikinsa a matsayin kwamandan janar na Sojojin Amurka na shida a Presidio na San Francisco tsakanin 1 ga Agusta 1965 da Yuli 1967. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da Richardson ya karbi umurnin sojojin, rikice-rikicen Watts ya ɓarke a Los Angeles kuma a ranar 15 ga watan Agustan 1965, jami'ai sun zaba shi don ya jagoranci sojojin Tarayya idan an aika su don dawo da tsari. Wannan a ƙarshe ba a buƙata ba yayin da Garkuwar Kasa ta California ta ƙuntata tarzoma. Yayin da yake jagorantar Sojoji na shida, ya nemi Kungiyoyin Sabis na United don kafa USO Lounge a Filin jirgin saman San Francisco, wanda sojojin Amurka suka yi amfani da shi a lokacin Yaƙin Vietnam, kuma ya shirya Fort Point da Army Museum Association. Don hidimarsa a can, Richardson ya sami lambar yabo ta uku.