MACV-SOG
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Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG)
MACV-SOG
Unofficial Patch of MACV-SOG - http://aircommandoman.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/sogpat~1.jpg
Introduction
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service United States special operations unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the Vietnam War.
Established on 24 January 1964, the unit conducted strategic reconnaissance missions in the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), Laos, and Cambodia; carried out the capture of enemy prisoners, rescued downed pilots, conducted rescue operations to retrieve prisoners of war throughout Southeast Asia, and conducted clandestine agent team activities and psychological operations.
The unit participated in most of the significant campaigns of the Vietnam War, including the Gulf of Tonkin incident which precipitated increased American involvement, Operation Steel Tiger, Operation Tiger Hound, the Tet Offensive, Operation Commando Hunt, the Cambodian Campaign, Operation Lam Son 719, and the Easter Offensive. The unit was downsized and renamed Strategic Technical Directorate Assistance Team 158 on 1 May 1972, to support the transfer of its work to the Strategic Technical Directorate of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam – part of the Vietnamization effort.
The Studies and Observations Group (also known as SOG, MACSOG, and MACV-SOG) was a top secret, joint unconventional warfare task force created on 24 January 1964 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a subsidiary command of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV). The unit would eventually consist primarily of personnel from the United States Army Special Forces, the United States Navy SEALs, the United States Air Force (USAF), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and elements of the United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance units.
Summary
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) soldiers, pilots and Indig soldiers were beyond brave, in daily life and death missions.
They brought the fight to the enemy.
Books
On The Ground: The Secret War in Vietnam by John Stryker Meyer
During the Vietnam War, a "secret war" was fought across the fence in Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam, unknown to the media or the public, under the aegis of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam's top secret Studies and Observation Group. SOG's chain of command for missions and after-action reports extended to the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Small Green Beret-lead teams ran missions into Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam without assistance from conventional artillery, tank or infantry units. Once on the ground, their sole support was provided by Air Force Tactical Air and helicopter units, U.S. Army and Marine helicopter aviation personnel and aircrews, and from the South Vietnam Air Force's 219th Special Operations Squadron, code named Kingbees.
In Laos, the communists dedicated 50,000 troops to the Ho Chi Minh Trail, including highly trained sappers from the 305th Sapper Battalion, its sole mission: attack SOG teams.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0062BEYI0/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1
SOG Chronicles: Volume One by John Stryker Meyer
During the Vietnam War, a "secret war" was fought across the fence in Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam, unknown to the media or the public, under the aegis of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam's top secret Studies and Observation Group. SOG's chain of command for missions and after-action reports extended to the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Small Green Beret-lead teams ran missions into Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam without assistance from conventional artillery, tank or infantry units. Once on the ground, their sole support was provided by Air Force Tactical Air and helicopter units, U.S. Army and Marine helicopter aviation personnel and aircrews, and from the South Vietnam Air Force's 219th Special Operations Squadron, code named Kingbees.
In Laos, the communists dedicated 50,000 troops to the Ho Chi Minh Trail, including highly trained sappers from the 305th Sapper Battalion, its sole mission: attack SOG teams.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076B749PF/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2
Articles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stryker_Meyer
https://www.amazon.com/John-Stryker-Meyer/e/B002A510S4%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
https://sogchronicles.com/blog/
https://sogchronicles.com/macvsog-mia/
https://sofrep.com/news/st-idaho-vietnam-recon-team-still-mia-47-years/
Videos
The average length of these videos if 3 hours each. They are worth the time.
Jocko Podcast 180 w/ John Stryker Meyer: Covert Lessons from "Across The Fence."
Jocko Podcast 181 w/ John Stryker Meyer: On The Ground in Vietnam. Mayem and Bravery.
Jocko Podcast 182 w/ John "TILT" Stryker Meyer: The Claustrophobic Reality of The Vietnam Jungle
Jocko Podcast 247 w/ John Stryker Meyer W.T.F. What it Takes to Beat The Odds. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
MACV-SOG Team Leader John "Tilt" Meyer: Ep. 61
Jocko Podcast 248: Hot Sh*t, You Don't Know Sh*t. SOG Chronicles w John Stryker Meyer
Cleared Hot Episode 188 - John Stryker Meyer and Mike Glover
SOG Prairie Fire Stories #1: John "Tilt" Stryker-Meyer
Jocko Podcast 258 w S. Vietnamese SOG Warrior, Khanh Doan: Impossible Missions w/ John Stryker Meyer
Jocko Podcast 186 w/ The Frenchman Doug Letourneau. Taking a Secret War to The Enemy
Other Links
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)