ST Idaho: Vietnam Recon Team Still MIA After 47 Years
Read the SOFREP exclusive report on the attack that took place at a top-secret MACV-SOG compound in Da Nang, which killed 17 Special Forces soldiers.
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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.
New Leaders, New Direction: Reinvented MIA Agency Impresses
The newly formed Department of Defense MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is already receiving positive reviews.
SOG Green Berets Connect With Today’s A Teams
The camaraderie between a few modern-day A Teams and SOG soldiers is unique and reflective of generational respect that is learned and earned over time.
Special Forces HALO Parachuting: Go Big or Go Home
As the GWOT expanded, Special Forces again got serious about what they needed to do to modernize their military free fall course.
ST Idaho: Vietnam Recon Team Still MIA After 47 Years
Glen Oliver Lane and the fate of his small recon team still haunt me to this day. We never met. Our paths crossed only momentarily 47 years ago in Vietnam.
Secrets of SOG: An Unheeded Warning (Pt. 5)
With the fighting at FOB 4 ebbing, the remaining MACV-SOG operators sorted through the dead and regrouped, preparing for another possible attack.
Secrets of SOG: An Unheeded Warning (Pt. 4)
When FOB 4 came under attack by NVA sappers, it wasn’t just MACV-SOG in the fight. A pair of Navy corpsmen showed up and went to work saving lives.
Secrets of SOG: An Unheeded Warning (Pt. 3)
Note: This is part of a series. You can read part one and part two here. Back in the transient barracks, Watkins continued crawling toward the end of the hallway. He froze. Silhouetted by flare light in the open doorway, a NVA soldier cautiously peered in to determine if anyone inside was still alive. He […]
Secrets of SOG: An Unheeded Warning
“Much to my utter and complete dismay, the colonel looked at me and said, ‘Not to worry, the major has this handled.’ I was stunned, and simply walked back to the comm center.”
SFC Ricardo Gonzalez Davis: A MACV-SOG Warrior Remembered
As time marches forward, SOFREP continues to reflect on Spec Ops history, including insights into once-secret operations. One such secret operation was conducted for eight years during the Vietnam War, hidden from the press, the public, and the politicians. The secret war was conducted under the aegis of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam – Studies and Observations […]
Larry Thorne: Three Wars Under Three Flags
On May 28, 1919 one of the unique fighting men of the 20th century was born to a family in Viipuri, Finland. Given the birth name Lauri Allan Torni, he grew up as normal as any other citizen, unaware that his generation and tens of millions of others were destined for the carnage of war. […]
