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To answer them, the Marine Corps high command turned to the special group of men who were trained to operate in four- to eight-man teams deep behind enemy lines, the Marine Force Reconnaissance companies. Force Recon companies were active throughout the Vietnam War.
2 Δεκ 2021 · These long-range reconnaissance patrols probed deep into enemy territory. Specialists in intelligence gathering are as old as organized warfare and “know thy enemy” remains a fundamental need of any armed force.
28 Νοε 2022 · MACV-SOG was tasked with undertaking various forms of unconventional warfare in Vietnam, including reconnaissance and rescue missions, psychological warfare and capturing enemy prisoners. They conducted a number of covert operations, which had a profound effect on the outcome of the conflict.
The Studies and Observations Group (also known as SOG, MACSOG, and MACV-SOG) was a top secret, joint unconventional warfare task force created on 24 January 1964 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a subsidiary command of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV).
United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command[5] (MARSOC) is a component command of the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) that comprises the Marine Corps' contribution to SOCOM. Its core capabilities are direct action, special reconnaissance and foreign internal defense.
Obscured is the story of what actually happened at Khe Sanh: 6,000 U.S. Marines and contingents of U.S. Army Special Forces and South Vietnamese Rangers were locked in mortal combat against some 20,000 North Vietnamese Army (NVA) regulars.
The Marines’ Combined Action Platoon program—CAP—was one of the most innovative approaches to pacification used in Vietnam. From experience in other civil wars in Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic, the Marine Corps believed that firepower alone would not subdue the enemy, that the people had to be won over.
