Operation Tailwind (Pt. 5): NVA, Weather Force SOG Secret Mission Into Survival Mode
McCarley was on the radio with Covey. “He said, ‘You have to get out of there now! There’s hundreds and hundreds of NVA coming after you! Now!’”
Military History
Operation Tailwind (Pt. 4): As NVA Hordes Close in, SOG Pulls an Intel Coup
Operation Tailwind had rocked the NVA brass into rallying hordes of North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao troops.
Hernán Cortés and the Most Important Mission in Special Operations History
Hernán Cortés led arguably the most fascinating, most consequential, and most harrowing special-operations campaign in history.
Rhodesia’s D Squadron (Pt. 2): South African Special Forces Raid Mozambique
On their ride back to Rhodesia, they were informed that a radio intercept confirmed the sabotage had worked and killed several Terrs.
NVA General to SOG: We Suffered 90 Percent Casualties (Pt. 2)
The NVA’s general’s response ensured ST Alabama’s place in SOG history: “It was a division. We had about 10,000 NVA soldiers there that day.”
Operation Tailwind (Pt. 3): Casualties Mount As SOG Men Press Attack on NVA
“Today, and even 45 years ago, my mind is blurry on the actual combat that occurred during Operation Tailwind. I can tell you there was a lot of it.”
NVA General to SOG: We Suffered 90 Percent Casualties (Pt. 1)
“Blackjack, Covey. What you’re up against is the NVA regiment you were sent to find, over.”
Navy SEALs Invade Outer Space
Navy SEALs have clearly dominated the SOF space race.
NVA to SOG Recon Team: “It’s Your Turn to Pull Guard Duty” (Pt. 2)
MACV-SOG’s RT Lion faces heavy NVA fire as they attempt to make their extraction.
NVA to Special Ops “SOG” Recon Team: “It’s Your Turn to Pull Guard Duty” (Pt. 1)
By June 1968, Staff Sergeant Pat Watkins had been running recon for over seven months and had seen some of the worst of what that could entail. In fact, the run of luck SOG had experienced from December 1967 to April 1968 had been about the cruelest he could imagine. Of the original 14 team […]
Before He Was General: Robert E. Lee, the Recon Man
Robert E. Lee deserves to be remembered with respect, even by those who loathe the causes he fought for in the Civil War and in the Mexican-American War.
Studies and Observations Group (SOG) Ops Vietnam: One Day in an A Shau Valley Hell (Pt. 2)
The NVA continued to fire at the old war bird. Finally, the pilot got the lift he needed to climb out of the mountains and out of the A Shau Valley.
