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Medal of Honor recipient and ret. Army Col. Paris D. Davis is calling for a Congressional Gold Medal for the U.S Military Assistance Command, or MACV-SOG.

The Air Force’s 20th Special Operations Squadron was dubbed the “Green Hornets.” They flew the Sikorsky CH-3C and CH-3E and Bell UH-1F/P Huey.

Share This: Photos of John Stryker Meyer, SOG team: Wikipedia On this day 57 years ago, the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), activated the “Studies and Observation Group” which became known simply as SOG.  MACV headquarters in Saigon issued General Order 6, which created a highly secret new organization, Joint Special Operations Task Force to execute clandestine operations. SOG, was approved by President Lyndon Johnson three years after President Kennedy had called for covert ac...

Just this hour we obtained the audio of amtrak 501, the engineer moments after the train derailed. >> track 501 -- emergency -- emergency -- emergency. we are on the ground. we are on the bridge -- 5 -- in the -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> on the freeway. need ems as sap, looks like theyre starting to show up. >> northbound 101 coming up. >> dispatcher, 501. come in. >> amtrak 501 answering control north. over. >> hey, guys, what happened? >> coming around the corner to take the bridge over i-5 there ...

Military advisers, up to 300, to assess how we can best train, advise and support iraqi security forces going forward. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," back to iraq. the president outlines his counterterrorism strategy in iraq to help fend off the isis militant insurgency. but can the mission succeed with a crisis of confidence in iraqs leadership? >> its not the place for the united states to choose iraqs leaders. it is clear, though, that only leaders that can govern with an inclusiv...