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Memorial Section
SPECIAL
FORCES PRAYER & HISTORY
Safehouse Program
Tales from SOG
SOG Photo
Gallery
SOG Book List
SOG PATCHES
Letters from SOGGERS
SOG Awarded Presidential Unit Citation
SOG'S MOH
SOG
MOH Print
CAVAIANI'S POW AND "PEACE COMMITTEE" EXPERIENCE
SOG
Training;
EARLY SOG
SOG:
An Overview
Strategic Technical
Directorate (STD)
PROJECT DELTA FORERUNNER OF SOG
TF1AE ROSTER - JUNE 1971
RATING OF AMERICAN LED RECON TEAMS on 19 August
1971
RECON TEAM ROSTER (AMERICANS) 1970-71 & April
1971
CONGRATULATION
MESSAGE TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF TF1AE
Command and Control
Central (CCC)
SOG Aviation Support
Marine AIR ASSETS
SOG
Squids and CCN Artillery
US
ARMY RANGERS AND SOG
SPECIAL PROJECTS: DELTA;
OMEGA; SIGMA
Colonel Healy's Lonely Hearts Club Band
CARTOONS FROM THE 5TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP VIETNAM'S GREEN BERET
MAGAZINE
PATCHES OF SOG
Operation Tailwind
OPERATION
CRIMSON TIDE
HISTORY OF ST/RT
DELAWARE.
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE Penetrates Secrecy Surrounding Special Operations Group In
S.E. Asia June 1981
THOUGHTS FROM
SPECIAL FORCES DAYS by SGM Billy Waugh
WHAT WAS THE RECON TEAM'S PURPOSE AND WHAT DID THEY DO? BY BILLY WAUGH
HICKORY RADIO
RELAY
Award Citations for Project OMEGA (B-50) Operations 1966-68
COLONEL MAGGIE
The Yarborough Knife
ELDON BARGEWELL, MAJ GENERAL
Oscar 8 Target Area
MACV-SOG: UNCOMMON VALOR, EXTRAORDINARY SOLDIERS
THE MISUSE OF THE STUDIES AND OBSERVATION GROUP AS A
NATIONAL ASSET IN VIETNAM
1968 PAY SCALE
SOG and SF
ONLY ARMY UNITS TO AWARD BATTLEFIELD COMMISSIONS
The
Original Green Beret
SOG PHONIES (WANNABE'S HALL OF SHAME)
SOG WANNABE
BULLSHIT CONTEST
SOG/SF
CONTRIBUTION TO HURRICANE RITA
JFK
Special Warfare Museum
EARLY SPECIAL FORCES
SOG CCN'S
RECON RING
SOA
Ring
A Letter and
Response
TRAVEL TO VN,
MAY 2010 REPORT
Special Operations Association (SOA)
The CIDGs
PLAF RECON TRAINING-LIBERATION ARMY
CAMP
Islam, learn what is at
stake!
Anti-Anti War Protest
Sir, I was looking at some
of the MIA info of one of "my" team leaders (Jerry "Mad Dog" Shriver) this
afternoon and came across the SOG website. I haven't taken the time to go
through everything yet but trust I will. I was one of those aviators that
supported the SOG operations. I was a 20 yr old aircraft commander with the
119th AHC slick driver. We flew out of FOB II
staging mostly from Dak To. I flew inserts, extracts, string extracts,
deception inserts, virtually everything needed to keep the missions going. I
learned so much from my short 120 assignment with SOG. I later flew with
the 57th Assault Helicopter Company
(based in Kontum), that had the honor of
being the dedicated helicopter support unit for FOB II. I have tried to
practice what I learned about courage, loyalty, faith, honor, selflessness,
keeping your word to your comrades though it could mean your own life, and
the willingness to do whatever is necessary to do the job. I have tried to
instill these traits in my children. I am humbled to this day by what I
saw each and every day of my assignment there.
Your comments about us drivers and our crews are appreciated. I for
one know however that yours was the far greater hazard and sacrifice. I
have
always been proud of the work I did in RVN. In 2 tours I logged more than
3000 hours combat time. In each of my tours my best moments were always
when I was getting the guys out of the sh..., or bringing in some mail and
maybe a beer. Compared to you and every regular grunt who humped a ruck in
the bush I was just another REMF. God Bless, lets get our POW's, MIA's,
and
our fallen brothers back. My flight school roomie, Chuck Osterman was
shot
down and killed (after hostilities ended) as part of the program to bring
our dead home. I have numerous aviator friends who are among the missing
and presumed dead, too many. I for one want a full accounting. Thanks for
helping keep the fight for accountability going on, Respectfully,
Richard C. Olson
CW-4, USA Retired
Nov 1965 - Jun 1987
RVN 2/67 - 3/68
RVN 11/70 - 11/71
The above pic was at a Washington, DC
protest against protesters, 2009 |
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MACV-SOG
Military Assistance Command Vietnam -
Studies and Observation Group
You have
never lived until you have almost died. For those who have fought for it,
life has a special flavor the protected will never know.
(My
Zippo had a SOG crest on one side and the above words on the reverse side --
the only difference was that in place of the five words in have underlined
above was: "FREEDOM HAS A FLAVOR"-Lewis Arnold, CCS '70 - '71
All material contained on this site is copyrighted and remains the property of the author/owner
unless otherwise noted. Permission to reprint any portion of this
material must be obtained through the author of the article or owner
of the photographs.
TO LISTEN TO GEORGE JONE'S 50,000 NAMES ON THE WALL
TRIBUTE TO SOG U-TUBE VIDEO
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MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam - Studies and Observation Group) was an unconventional warfare task
force engaged in highly classified operations throughout Southeast Asia. The
U.S. Army's Special Forces (Green Berets), Air Force Combat Controllers,
Navy SEALs and other units channeled personnel into MACV-SOG through Special
Operations Augmentation (SOA), which provided their "cover" while under
secret orders to MACV-SOG. The teams performed deep penetration missions of
strategic reconnaissance and interdiction which were called, depending on
the time frame, "Shining Brass" or "Prairie Fire" missions.
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Bob Noe is a good friend of mine, who
I met when stationed at Fort Polk, LA. A few months ago I passed him
some photos of the Green Beret
exhibit on display in the JFK Presidential Library in Boston, MA. I
took these photos when I was vacationing there this past summer
(2004). Greg Metzgar |
Please
E-Mail Robert Noe (CCN 69-70)
for any information. Click
"here" to send email.
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Young man, young man, what do you wannabe?
Wanna grow up and sit around and drink beers with FOGs and call the
Green Beret a "beanie"? It's easy. Be ready to do 50 pushups in a row. Then 20 chinups
without a break. Before you start. Chug 20 miles with serious rucksack
on your young bod. Now, enlist in the US Army (preferably Airborne Ranger option). Get a
set of genuine paratroop wings affixed to your chest first. A Ranger Tab
will help, too. Do a few years and earn a few stripes with the 82nd Airborne
Division, the Rangers, one-oh-worst, whatever. Prove your mettle in the conventional military first. Then go to SFQ. You've now had a few years to decide where you're
going to fit best; weapons, commo, medic, or engineer. This is where you
start. BTW, re-enlist at this point. Then pass the SFQ and spend a couple of years on an operational team.
You will get to know them as well as your own family. The eleven of them
will know you this well, too. Be prepared ('cause this is what you're gonna do) to face down the 99th
Mongol Horde Regiment in the pitched black of a jungle/desert night when
the weather's bad, there ain't no air support, accompanied by two other
Americans and leading 100 totally terrified local natives. If this is what you really want to do with your life, enlist now.
Otherwise, respect the men who did this to protect your freedoms. (Note, don't remember who sent this to me)
Warning Notice: If
you are not Special Forces Qualified, have not served with Special
Forces, did not serve with SOG, don't claim this status as you will be
exposed in our website's "PHONY WANNABE'S Hall of Shame."--We consider
you as the lowest scumbags on earth, a thief stealing the valor of
others. Your families and friends will be shocked and ashamed when they
discover your deception. In the past number of years, I have had to tell
many wives, children, grandchildren, other relatives, and friends of the
fraudulent status of these individuals, some at the time of their deaths
or thereafter! What a legacy of shame to leave them.RLNoe |
MACV-SOG
Military Assistance Command Vietnam -
Studies and Observation Group
''We held the line. We stopped the falling of the
dominoes,'' ... ''It's not that we lost the war militarily. The fact is, we
as a nation did not make good our commitment to the South Vietnamese.''
See Anti-War's Unintended Consequences
William C. Westmoreland, 1985 @ 173rd Abn Bde Anniversary and
VIETNAM WAR INTERVIEW, COL BUI TIN, COL, NVA & THE ANTIWAR MOVEMENT
MGen Jack
Waggener USA ret wrote:
The Vietnam Redux At last, General Giap has published his memoirs and
confirmed what most Americans knew. The Vietnam war was not lost in Vietnam
-- it was lost at home. It exposes the enormous power of a biased media to
cut out the heart and will of the American public.General Giap was a
brilliant, highly respected leader of the North Vietnam military.The
following quote is from his memoirs currently found in the Vietnam war
memorial in Hanoi: "What we still don't understand is why you Americans
stopped the bombing of Hanoi. You had us on the ropes. If you had pressed us
a little harder, just for another day or two, we were ready to surrender! It
was the same at the battles of TET. You defeated us! We knew it,
and we thought you knew it. But we were elated to notice your media were
definitely helping us. They were causing more disruption in America than we
could in the battlefields. We were ready to surrender. You had won!"
TRIBUTE:
You
know, I am constantly reminded of how “worthless” SF troops are.
Starting with General Abrams and his pack at MACV. As an Air Force
E-6 in MACSOG in 1972, I was aware of the following:
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The numbers,
location and strength of each NVA division in
South Vietnam
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What that unit’s
actual designation was in the NVA
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Names and ranks of
the major commanders
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When that division
left
North Vietnam,
approximately how much they lost in the movement south and where
they staged prior to entering South Vietnam
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How many and type
of tanks they had
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When they planned
to attack (April 1, 1972)
All
of this information had been collected mainly by those “worthless” SF
recon teams at CCN, CCC and CCS. Well any way, it must have been
worthless, because General Abrams and his “Staff” choose to entirely
ignore it. I remember the day the attack started and they said, “Oh
my, where did all of these people and equipment come from? We are
totally surprised.” My ASS!!! Thank
God for U.S. Army Special Forces and if I ever have to go to war
again, please Lord let me be surrounded by them.
Don
Williams, SMSgt, USAF Retired' MACVSOG 60, April 24, 2008
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This is the Prayer
of the U.S. Army's Special Forces. This image containing the prayer
was printed on the back of the 5th Special Forces Group's 1999 Christmas
Formal program-CLICK ON THE PICTURE FOR ENLARGEMENT
"Whoever does not have the stomach
for this fight. Let him depart. Give him money to speed his departure,
since we wish not to die in this man's company. Who ever lives past
today and comes home safely will rouse himself every year on this day.
Show his neighbor his scars and tell embellished stories of all their
great feats of battle. These stories will teach his son, and from this
day until the end of the world, we shall be remembered, we few, we band of
brothers for whoever has shed his blood with me shall be my brother, and
those men afraid to go will think themselves, lesser men as they hear of
how we fought and died together.."
Shakespeare, "Henry V"
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