We want prisoners' MACV-SOG encouraged and incentivized prisoner snatching, either as a specific objective or when the opportunity presented itself. SOG recon teams that captured an enemy soldier ...

MACV-SOG grew in size and scope over the next ... Reaction or exploitation forces were used to extract reconnaissance teams or conduct raids or other assault missions. Reconnaissance teams ...

The innocuous-sounding MACV-SOG is such an organization ... Indeed, local mercenaries made up most of SOG recon teams and Hatchet Forces (more on them later). For example, most recon teams ...

It was more common than not for a recon team to be extracted under fire and ... Paving the way for JSOC Eight years after MACV-SOG was deactivated, the Pentagon was forced to create a similar ...

The innocuous-sounding MACV-SOG is such an organization ... Indeed, local mercenaries made up most of SOG recon teams and Hatchet Forces (more on them later). For example, most recon teams ...

During the Vietnam War, our unit, MACV-SOG, was the only unit armed ... Colt manufactured 510 XM177E2s especially for SOG, ensuring that every recon team member had his own CAR-15.

Behind that innocuous name, MACV-SOG ran top-secret ... and sometimes into North Vietnam, itself. These SOG recon teams, usually four to six natives led by two or three American Green Berets ...

Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was the most top secret ... such as the Green Berets Navy SEALs, Force Recon, and CIA operatives, this covert unit ...

Casualty rates for SOG reconnaissance teams exceeded 100% ... The Congressional Gold Medal for MACV-SOG would help the American public better understand the members’ extraordinary service ...

MACV-SOG grew in size and scope over the next ... Reaction or exploitation forces were used to extract reconnaissance teams or conduct raids or other assault missions. Reconnaissance teams ...

MACV-SOG encouraged and incentivized prisoner snatching, either as a specific objective or when the opportunity presented itself. SOG recon teams that captured an enemy soldier received a $100 ...

MACV-SOG encouraged and incentivized prisoner snatching, either as a specific objective or when the opportunity presented itself. SOG recon teams that captured an enemy soldier received a $100 bonus, ...