Son Tay Raid: One of the most daring special operations in US history
The Son Tay Raid was a daring attempt to rescue approximately 50 American prisoners of war from North Vietnam. It was not successful.
A history of American Squad Automatic Weapons
The Global War on Terror firmly established the value of Squad Automatic Weapons, and they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.
How a Green Beret achieved immortality during one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War
SFC Eugene Ashley Jr., a Green Beret, earned the Medal of Honor during one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War.
5 creative wartime inventions that broke the mold
These are five times that creativity beat out doctrine.
America’s attempts at creating internally suppressed ammunition during Vietnam
The Vietnam War was the proving ground for new ideas.
A very MACV-SOG Christmas: How a spec ops team survived against all odds
On Christmas Day, 1968 a small special operations team was fighting for its life in Southeast Asia.
How an American soldier earned the Medal of Honor in a POW camp
Versace was a man of strong faith and for some time had been contemplating donning the cloth and becoming a Catholic priest.
Heroism of The Hulk: A SEAL in Vietnam demonstrated the true meaning of valor
In January 1971, then-LTJG Richards and his six-man SEAL patrol were ambushed by a Viet Cong force in the Ca Mau Penninsula.
Attack on FOB 4: The worst day in US Army Special Forces history
Located on the north side of Marble Mountain, FOB 4 was a staging point for many top-secret cross-border operations.
The special operations helicopters of the Vietnam War
It was in a secret conflict during Vietnam that commandos and helicopters showed their potential.
This elite US special operations unit required an oath of secrecy to join
During the eight years the unit was operational, MACV-SOG commandos received 12 Congressional Medals of Honor.
A MACV-SOG Thanksgiving: When six commandos took on 30,000 enemy troops
As families in America were enjoying their Thanksgiving, six commandos were fighting for very lives against 30,000 North Vietnamese.
William Pitsenbarger: The commando who died so that others could live
“There was only one man on the ground that day that would have turned down a ride out of that hellhole – and that man was Pitsenbarger.”
ST Idaho: The Special Forces team that vanished in the jungle
ST Idaho inserted on the morning hours of May 20, 1968 and sent the standard “Team Okay” message over the net. That was the last time anyone heard of them.
The slick custom shotgun carried by a Navy SEAL point man in Vietnam
The dense jungles of Vietnam pushed fighting to a close-quarters environment where shotguns were highly effective.
These exotic weapons were used by the Navy SEALs in Vietnam
Vietnam, like most wars, was a giant testing ground of weaponry, including small arms. Let’s look at those exotic, rare, and sometimes odd weapons of the Navy SEALs.
Inside the recovery of MIA Americans from a secret jungle base
A team of scientists trained at the U.S. Marine Mountain Warfare Training Center to prepare for their search for missing Americans.
How B-52 Bombers shot down enemy fighter jets in Vietnam
There is more than meets the eye with the 70-year old B-52.
Celebrating the highest military honor in the US
First established in 1862, a year before the Civil War, the Medal of Honor and how it can be earned, has changed over time.
More than missing guns: Why America lost dogfights over Vietnam
After dominating the skies over Korea, American pilots struggled to win dogfights over Vietnam. So what went wrong?
MACV-SOG: THE COVERT SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF
If a conflict in U.S. history ever came with baggage, it has to be the Vietnam War. Although the service and actions of the millions of Americans who fought in Southeast Asia have been slowly recognized, the unpopularity of the war at the time, and for many years after, left a scar in American society. […]
ST IDAHO: THE SPECIAL FORCES TEAM THAT VANISHED IN THE JUNGLE
Southeast Asia, May 1968. A special operations team inserted into Laos for a covert operation. The men of ST Idaho, two Americans and four South Vietnamese indigenous troops, were tasked with locating enemy forces and activity in the A Shau Valley, close to the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The Tet Offensive earlier that year had caught U.S. […]
CSM JACK JOPLIN, CELEBRATED DELTA FORCE WARRIOR, DIES AT 82
Command Sergeant Major Jack G. Joplin, a legendary Army Special Forces and Delta Force operator who participated in two of the most famous rescue operations in special operations history has died. CSM Joplin passed away last week at the age of 82. Joplin spent more than three decades in the Army and continued to serve […]
4 REASONS THE B-52 IS WAY COOLER THAN YOU THOUGHT
America’s Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, sometimes referred to as the BUFF, has been around for a long time. As one of America’s three heavy-payload strategic bombers and one of only two bombers capable of deploying nuclear weapons, the mighty BUFF represents the nation’s nuclear triad’s most prominent airborne leg. If the world were going to end […]