In May 1967, US special operators and Vietnamese troops went behind enemy lines to take out North Vietnam's top general. The mission led by the secretive MACV-SOG quickly went wrong, and US forces ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US Air Force Bell UH-1P helicopters from the 20th Special Operations Squadron fly into Cambodia in 1970. US Air Force/Capt. Billie ...

Hidden from the public and denied on paper, MACV-SOG carried out some of the most dangerous missions of the Vietnam War. Small teams crossed enemy lines for covert operations that shaped the ...

Since the last American soldier left South Vietnam in 1975, the history of Special Operations has become its own niche in the wider history of the war. If the reader is familiar with the genre, they ...

This story was first published in December 2020. While the US military fought tooth and nail to stop the Communist tide in South Vietnam, a small group of special-operations troops took the fight ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Some notable SOG missions include Operation Tailwind, a Hatchet Force operation in Thailand and one of the most successful missions in SOG’s history; the Thanksgiving ...

With the help of MACV-SOG veteran John “Tilt” Stryker Meyer, Praesidus' "Rec-Spec" honors his fellow special operators. The sensitive nature of their missions meant they needed sterile equipment, gear ...

Fifty-four years ago, a group of commandos fought for their lives in a small valley in one of the boldest special operations ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C., - Today marks the 55th anniversary of the activation of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) in the Republic of Vietnam. The Military ...