SOGCast: Untold Stories of MAC V SOG

Shop >SOGLegacy.com< Hawaiian born and raised in a warrior tradition, Jim “Kimo” Wheeler volunteered for Vietnam and joined the ranks of MACV-SOG during the Secret War. From brutal recon missions in the DMZ and Laos to surviving grenades, firefights, and near-death extractions, he lived the reality of unconventional warfare.After SOG, his service continued for decades in Special Forces and later with the CIA’s Special Activities Division, conducting paramilitary operations across the globe.This is a story of loyalty, sacrifice, quiet professionalism — and a lifetime spent serving the United States of America.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

>Shop SOG Legacy Store< A raw, firsthand account of being selected for recon in MACV-SOG and sent straight into Cambodia at the height of the Secret War. Jim Dey details crossing the fence, brutal first missions, lost teammates, and what it meant to operate at the absolute edge of U.S. special operations during Vietnam.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Robert Sinton - Ran Missions with RT Florida based at CCN.Inserted into an area no team could stay in, out of water, tracked by NVA, and still pushing the mission. Bob Sinton breaks down a full seven-day recon, how his Montagnard team kept him alive, and what it took to outthink the enemy in their backyard.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

More hair-raising SOG tales of extreme valor in Dale Hanson’s new book.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Robert “Bru” Taylor ran SOG Recon missions from CCN, “just another day in SOG."Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

>Join Jocko Underground< Reinald Pope survived SOG missions by trying to be “invisible” when NVA hunted for his team.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Council Jordan “Pete” Armstrong Jr. went on unique assignments after a tour of duty with ST Idaho running SOG missions.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Air Force Covey Pilot Gary Green gives SOG mission perspective from flying over teams under enemy fire.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alfonso “RT” Rivero served three years as Crew Chief with storied Air Force 20th Special Operations Squadron supporting SOG missions.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

RT Idaho member John Trantanella on 2nd SOG Combat HALO jump into LaosAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Randy Harrison, CCS SOG Recon Officer Survived Epic MOH Mission in Cambodia.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Did God speak to a bloodied “Dynamite” in firefight?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“Dynamite” Dick Thompson. digs into explosive, mind-bending SOG missionsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jason Hardy - SOG DemystifiedAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

SOGCast’s Top Secret Tom reveals role in helping allies flee Taliban after Afghanistan collapses.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Don Engebretsen - A-1 Skyraider pilot details close support to SOG recon teams including MOH recipientAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gene Pugh - Ran SOG Recon and survived Sapper Attack Aug. 23, 1968 that killed 16 Green Berets Check out Roundhouse Provisions: roundhouseprovisions.com/SOGAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

RIck Freeman - Went from flying Cobra gunships supporting SOG missions to flying fighter jets.Check out Roundhouse Provisions: roundhouseprovisions.com/SOGAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A SOG Green Beret’s Stories of running missions across the fenceAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dương Ngọc Như - After the Vietnam War, he spends years escaping communism in Vietnam.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dương Ngọc Như - Heroic Kingbee pilot Saved SOG teams in Laos, Cambodia.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

HL Serra - Naval intelligence officer in Cambodia knew SOG was compromisedAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rick Estes - From SOG Recon mission to duty in Afghanistan with Special ForcesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jim Suber - Brother of SOG MIA Recon Green Beret’s Decades of PainAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Barry Pencek “Scarface” .Marine Aviator’s Story on Historic SOG Operation Tailwind Mission.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bill Werther - Led mission for Ricardo’s Revenge, NVA pay severe priceAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

SOGCast 034 - Dale Hanson 2 - Returns to SOG after losing finger, flies secret missionAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dale Hanson - Finger shot off, continues to fight in historic SOG missionAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Cliff Newman: Survived first SOG HALO combat jump into Laos in the rain.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

 In-Country Training Mission Turned Deadly SeriousAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Soldier of Fortune Magazine founder/publisher fighter of communism anywhere in the world: Green Beret Robert K. BrownAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

SOG Team Leader shut down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in SLAM OperationAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Lynne M. Black Jr. - Perfected C-4 POW knockout explosive ambush - On himself first!!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Lynne M. Black Jr., 10,000 NVA soldiers tried to kill his 9-man SOG recon teamAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Roger Lockshier, “Saved SOG Souls” as 101st Gunship Crew ChiefAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Travis Mills, Shot 5 times, then ordered to pull guard duty!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Pat Watkins, Part 2: Earns DSC during Sapper attack that kills 16 Green Berets, 8/23/68.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Pat Watkins: Three SOG Recon tours of duty - in Oscar 8 target, NVA tells team to pull guard duty for NVA at night.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

John F. Mullins, ran SOG Recon, Phoenix Program operator in PRU, action branch of successful, controversial program.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

David Gordon, Breaks back on SOG mission, recovers to serve career in Army and as San Fran firefighters.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob Graham, CCS SOG Recon man who used bow and arrow on top secret Cambodian mission and POW snatch.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Doug Godshall, booted out of SF training, lands in Nam, runs SOG Recon including time with Eldon BargewellAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

He survived the I Drang Valley, then ran SOG Recon at CCNAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Frank Pulley: Was SOG One-Zero for RT Idaho and RT Louisiana during last years of SOG’s 8-year secret war.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Michael O’Byrne: SOG Recon/Military Intel officer served country through injuries/tough times.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ron Owens: SOG operator had 50 plus years of service to our country, seldom in plain sight.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mitch Utterback: Retired Green Beret links SOG’s History to WW II OSS LegendsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Joe Parnar: Author/SOG Medic, fought the secret war from the air and on the ground.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Robert J. “Spider” Parks: Comanche SOG Legend Rebuilt ST Idaho/Served county 33 yearsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

One week in SOG: As NVA Overrun team, he has Out-Of-Body moment.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy