Knives with colorized handles aren’t a new thing, but they are for SOG. The company, which was founded with a single Bowie-style knife inspired by one used by a classified Special Ops unit working in ...

"The only training process to support MACV-SOG [operations] was on-the-job training ... rope ladders and McGuire or STABO rigs — special gear used to lift recon teams off the ground without ...

The watches MACV-SOG used were borne from necessity. Because personnel needed to keep everyday gear from being traced back to the United States, nothing they used was standard issue. In 1964 ...

Behind that innocuous name, MACV-SOG ran top-secret ... which was carried unloaded and snapped into men’s web gear. Thus, 40 mm fire was still available when needed while it freed up everyone ...

Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was the most top secret unit of the U.S. Military during the Vietnam War. Consisting of elite operators from various ...

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 ...

MACV-SOG - the Vietnam War's covert operations unit-inserted small teams deep behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia along the heavily defended Ho Chi Minh Trail highway system. At times ...

A Military Assistance Command, Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group, or MACV-SOG, veteran, listens to active service members with 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) as part of the MACV-SOG ...

MACV-SOG, as it was known, sent small teams on across Vietnam's borders to conduct raids and gather intelligence. The enemy was the best source for that intelligence, but capturing prisoners was ...

This unpopularity also meant that extraordinary men and units, such as the Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), have fallen through the cracks of America ...

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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.