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Share This: As the U.S.’s involvement in Vietnam steadily grew with more conventional troops, so did its secret war. To counter the Viet Cong’s guerrilla campaign, which was supported by the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and was raging inside South Vietnam, the Pentagon established a highly secretive special operations organization in 1964. The Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was tasked with taking the fight to the enemy regardless of where they were. Cross-border operations in Cambodia, Laos, and North Vietnam — where U.S. troops weren’t su...

During the Vietnam War, the US created a highly classified unit that still influences modern special operations Stavros Atlamazoglou US Air Force Bell UH-1P helicopters from the 20th Special Operations Squadron fly into Cambodia, around 1970. As the US waged a conventional war in South Vietnam, a group of special operators carried out a secret war inside and outside the country. The Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group, as their unit was known, was disbanded after the war, but it had a lasting influence on modern US special operations for...

Cable news’ longest-serving executive is retiring after 40 years at CNN The longest-serving executive in the history of cable news is retiring, and CNN will never be the same. Around the network he is known simply as Rick. “Ask Rick.” “See what Rick thinks.” Sometimes more ominously, “Rick wants to talk.” Or, with a sigh of relief, “Rick OKed this.” “Rick” is Rick Davis, the executive vice president of news standards and practices, charged with keeping CNN’s editorial standards high across all of its platforms. He has held the role since 1998, and his career with CNN ...

>> i can't comment on because he is doing something today as we know and they are setting up sentencing so i'm not going to comment but people heard my comments in the past. jillian: he faces life in prison after charges of desertion for abandoning his post in afghanistan in 2009, held captive by the talent and for five years and being traded for 5 gitmo terrorists under the obama administration. >> a war hero who is his life to save 50 of his fellow soldiers has received the medal of honor. during vietnam's operation tailwind in 1970, retired army captain gary rose ran through gunfire to trea...

>> donald trump will join senate republicans at the weekly policy lunch to talk about tax reform and repealing and replacing obamacare. for war hero who risked his own life to save 50 of his fellow soldiers has received the of honor. operation tailwind in 1970, retired army captain gary rhodes ran through gunfire to treat soldiers even when he was wounded. >> face down the evils of communism, defended the flag and you showed the world be unbreakable resolve of the american armed forces. >> the award also belongs to his comrades. >> we all earned it. this brings it home. the story has been told...