Jesus Christ… That’s Jason Bourne (in Vietnam)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 เม.ย. 2022
- Today I'm joined by a legend, John Stryker Meyer. John is a Vietnam War veteran who served in MAC V-SOG. He's an author, podcaster, and an all-around bad-ass. In this episode we discuss an old picture of John and his kit.
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These guys are legends.
Looks like your making moves yourself. Larp Legends Live…
dude looked like sgt elias
SOG stories are some of the best ever.
Is it the wrong time to ask “where car15 vid at?” … sorry, I’ll shut up now
@@tacticool_weeb8450 Search for the video he did with CSM Rick Lamb. Talks about a lot of his gear.
I love the 'regular day in SOG' moments, and the fanboying that follows. Favorite was when John was talking to Jocko about stacking dead bodies as sandbags in a firefight, and says "you know how that is." Jocko laughs instantly knowing how irregular that would be, "No, no, I don't know how that is."
i know/think some of the missing parts of that story but not from jonn
Epic podcast
time stamp?
@@rememberthis23 fox hole and 💀guy's as sand bags that night as i was told and remember its been awhile since i was told was a down pore, hard for me to fill in others and finding it was shocking for me
my neighbor was a marine at Khe Sahn and he casually mentioned stacking bodies for cover one time after a few drinks. fucking crazy can you imagine?
We had Vietnam vets serving in the 90's when I served. One, in particular, was a colonel with a 173rd airborne combat patch. Those guys were treated like mythological gods because there were so few of them.
I had a Chaplain that had been a Green Beret in Vietnam. He ETSD, found God as a civilian attended Seminary and returned to the service.
My SFC at the 101st Airborne in the mid 80's was a 173rd Vietnam Vet. We were FOs and he was my section chief as the 1st Brigade Fire Support Team. One late night at the Brigade TOC during some down time on an FTX he finally told a few war stories. SFC Thomas Darden AKA "Papa Smurf". He make a lifelong impression on a slew of young troopers...heckuva good man.
Tons of them in the mid 80's as well. Saw the "eyes" when we would train at NTC. We would get in "contact " and half the time i would watch them move. You could tell how good they were. Several of them were leaving on medicals from the agent orange.
My Great uncle served in the 173rd airborne, was wounded 9/27/68, he doesn't talk much but when he does its extraordinary and heartbreaking.
When I was in Vietnam vets were running the show. Not just a couple of officers. All your NCOs were Vietnam vets.
We had a good time. Great bunch of guys. Hard as rocks. They would run is to the point of dying then Do it again the next day until you did more and more. They made hard soldiers for sure. Something went wrong along the way. Todays military is not the same. Letting women and woke into our military was a bad idea. They lower standards for everything to be inclusive and not hurt anyones feelings.
That old man is sharper than most 20 yr Olds running around these days
he ain't old he's mature!!!! :-)
I had to have a MALE employee in a california Walmart cut the zip ties off of a cheap temporary bike lock I needed because i had no cutting tools on me…i had to prompt him to ask if anybody had a pair, and then watched the sissy struggle with them for 5 minutes…it was entirely embarrassing, I had to basically tell him that I’ll do it, got it done immediately and then he yanks the scissors out of my hand as if I was going to steal them…dude couldn’t change a lightbulb and this is our male future.
I'm pretty sure he's in the prime of his life lol how awesome is it to hear from men like this, it's unbelievable the stuff they did and I love hearing their stories, different breed of men that's for sure!🇺🇲🇺🇲
Considering he's rattling off information from specific operations over 40 years ago like they happened yesterday
Not to mention a huge baby killer and war criminal
Just finished "Across the Fence". Recommend it to anyone and everyone. It's a miracle any SOG people survived. A whole different breed.
Add John Plasters "SOG" to your list. It breaks down the whole secret war
@@RogerCharlamange Absolutely. Will do. Thanks!
Try "on the ground" by Stryker.
Bad ass!
@@mattfields69 On the list. Thanks!!
Can't wait to read
Here recently, my VFW lost a MACVSOG member. Awesome dude. While at his funeral service, we found out that he served 106 consecutive months in Southeast Asia. Needless to say, everyone was in awe of his service in that region of the world.
8+ consecutive years? Almost hard to believe.
@@majordadto10 be vary careful around old men in a profession where most die very young
Damn.
@@sa-amirel-hayeed699 What are you trying to say????
@@sa-amirel-hayeed699 *very
He looks like a young Matt Damon in that picture of him
Exactly what I said
More like Matt Damon looks like him!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
No, Matt damon looks like him
Except he ain’t no B
Id say Matt Damon would want to look like him !
On a recent podcast he estimated that they were carrying, get this, 10-12 M67s per mission. These guys were the REAL thing and it's such a privilege to hear their wisdom.
30+ 20 round magazines, a Dozen grenades per person. In one of his books he mentions that his team always carried gas masks too because they used CS. The amount of kit they brought is fucking INSANE
And that varied, other SOGcast guests had numbers as high as 16
Plus toe poppers. Claymores and some times enemy ammo for eldest son missions. Insane.
Can't imagine hanging a dozen or better plus mags
I think they brought as many as they could carry. So I'm some guys carried even more.
MAN MATT DAMON SURE LOOKED LIKE A YOUNG JOHN STRYKER MEYER!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 THANK YOU SIR AND MIKE GLOVER FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICES. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I’ve only ever met one SOG member and he looked and acted just as humble as John. It’s wild how humble these operators are.
John Stryker Meyer's memory of everything just blows me away.
I am 72 y/o and remember day to day operations during those years because I was young and under a great deal of stress, adrenaline helps the mind to retain details like exact times, the weather that day and smells. Also, reunions with other men that were along with you over 50 years ago reliving their perspectives.
God made them different back then. My grandpa and his brother both fought for the Marine Corp in Vietnam. Both came home and we’re proud of their service until the day they passed. 🇺🇸
As it should be. Semper Fidelis
Lol semper fidelis has been the Dickens family motto long before the USA came around.
You don’t hear about the things done in our time because its classified. People of valour can be found in every generation.
It's sad they were told to get in civies and hide their service stuff. They spat at my daddy when he got back. He said Ca had went to hell and got stationed in Norfolk. What have we come to. GOD bless our war fighters.
You make me feel old. My dad was in nam and he passed from als 5 years ago at 70.
Last real soldiers...no gadgets no high tech
That "reworked" ammo must have been what Kentucky Ballistics got..
Youd be surprised.
The russians sold them back to the U.S. civilian market.
And yet he vouched for the seller as much as Mark Serbu
That’s pretty much the only plausible explanation.
This guy is the OG Jason Bourne!!! Absolutely a total BAD-ASS!!! Thank you for your service gentlemen!
He even used to look like Jason Borne
I was literally typing "Jesus Christ, thats Jason Bourne". Not meant to offend. Bourne is fake... This guy is the real deal.Big thanks to all of our service men and women for their service.
I love how you blokes can casually laugh while reminiscing about stuff that would make most of us crap ourselves. Thanks heaps for your service blokes.
I’m just a simple man living a simple life - blessed, really. I have men like these who did the heavy lifting to thank for it. Cheers.
As a 2 tour Vietnam vet I always love listening & reading stuff by John. Just subscribed to his SOGcast channel.
The Vietnam War was illegal
@@bipslone8880 Oh really...so let's just pretend it didn't happen, is that it? What's your point?
@@AustinBoil My point is these sick commentor's hero worship war criminals. You served in Vietnam... You are a war criminal as well, and it should never be forgotten. *No one should be comfortable admitting that they served in Vietnam.* The Iraq war was illegal too, and I think this host served there. NO MORAL COMPASS
I know I should have the patience to get through a 2-hour long Jocko interview, and sometimes I do, but I absolutely love the short-form, nitty-gritty, down-and-dirty interviews. Like the exceptional operator Mike is, he knows all the questions to ask in a 20-minute interview. Engaging from thumbnail to black.
When it comes to these two, even two hours aren't enough. Thank you Andy Stumpf for bringing them together for the first time and for such a very long podcast, too. Highly suggest everybody go and watch that one as well.
Jocko podcast 180, 181, 182 featuring John Stryker Meyer are awesome, watched them several times. Great content.
Oh dude no, all the episodes with Tilt go by too fast
Gives a whole new perspective on what they did in Vietnam that no one knew about for 2 decades. Real life Rambo with teams of other Rambo's.
I've been obsessed with MACV SOG since I was a kid. Love this content. Would be awesome to see content about the LRRP units in Vietnam.
Did you enlist?
Hey, Pete Perkins, thanks for that "heads up" to both the readers of this string as well as the producers of this stuff as you're ABSOLUTELY RIGHT & I concur wholeheartedly as I WAS a Vietnam LRRP having served with HHC, 2nd Brigade LRRP, 4th Infantry Division at Firebase "Oasis", Vietnam during the HEAVIEST PART of that war having pulled 23, 5 Man, 5 day LRRP missions in the jungles of the Central Highlands up near the Cambodian / Laotian border from Ban Me Thuot in the Southern part of II Corps to Ben Het in the Northern part of II Corps, all of which was LOUSY WITH NVA the whole time I was there from Tet '68 (01/68) to just before my DEROS time in August '68 and, there's one thing that's an absolute TRUTH HERE and that is that I'm damn glad that I'm here to tell you this, at the tender age of 78.5, about that most exhilarating experience of my life, bar none, while working with the best Americans on the whole damn globe who had my '6' at all times, God love them all, living or departed to live again with all of the REAL WARRIORS in Valhalla, oh yeah!
my oldest brother came back from Vietnam with serious mental health issues and did some horrible shit to our family. i was too young to understand what he went through and he is no longer living. what he did to our family still affects the ones he did those things to. although its difficult for me to find forgiveness for him, i still hold all of these heroes in the highest regard. thank you, sincerely, for your sacrifice and service.
SOF magazine. Used to never miss an issue and read from cover to cover as a teenager back in the 80’s. Loved those Vietnam stories.
Same here..It was one great magazine from back when people could still read above a 3rd grade level. Not like today...
Love the content Mike! Honoring these men and their actions only makes our current society stronger.
Came across John Plaster’s SOG book when I was finishing high school or starting college. I dedicated my college degree to a major in Cold War & post Cold War proxy wars with a focus on Vietnam and minors in Vietnamese studies and the American Revolution. After college I joined the Army, but failed to make it through the pipeline. I never stopped having appreciation for the sacrifices they made and the foundations they created. Recently came across some Tilt interviews on Jocko’s podcast & have been knee deep in SOG history for weeks now. The books are amazing and I look forward to finding more to consume about these forefathers of special operations and true American patriots.
damn..... I'm completely humbled by this man and his experience.... outstanding interview.
Dude I envy you guys, your life must have been very difficult, but at the end when returning home and living basic lives and looking back your life back then must feel like a hell of a ride. Thank you for your service.
Thank you both for your service! My mom's cousin was KIA on February 2nd 1968, he was a member of 1st battalion 4th marines and given the Medal of Honor for what he did
I love the interaction between OG and new school. Mike and John together make for awesome podcasts
“You gotta write this for our kids” that’s powerful and true.
A lot of the kids of guys like this do not believe the stories told by the older vets. Sad but true. She was a wise woman.
My Late husband was in the Air Force. His father in served Vietnam 🇻🇳 War/Army. He brought back so many photos.
The stories he told … crazy.
He was the that carried the phone in the fields. He was the one that called in the Air strikes. His older brother is a lifer in the army. Alaska.
John Stryker Meyer is an amazing badass !!!!
Mike I appreciate you. This podcast
was exceptional. John Stryker Meyer,
God Bless you for your service.
I’m going to buy you book.
Sry I made a cpl error’s.
Dude, this has easily become one of my absolute favorite channels on TH-cam. Look forward to everyone you post up. Keep'em coming brother!
Awesome react video. Definitely enjoy seeing other vets come on to talk about their pictures. Thanks Mike G.
So thrilled to see the two of you together again! Brilliant show!
Amazing interview. I'm blown away at the stories of those who lead that life. Thank You for your service.
I've seen a couple of interview with him. Absolutely fascinating. A true warrior. Thanks to you Mike and all the other podcasting vets preserving this history.
I’m not military but it is absolutely fascinating to listen to you and your guests achievements and challenges…
💪🏻🔥🇺🇸
Seeing you guys doing so well now makes me happy. Congrats guys. Keep it going 🇺🇸
This soldier is in his late 70's and has better cognition than I had in my 20s.
They're the tail end generation of Americans before the rest of us after started getting pumped full of chemicals, GMO's, plastics, and mind-melting new technologies.
I thoroughly enjoyed this podcast!! Probably one of the best- top 4 ever. Thank you Mike and John🙏🏼🥃
It's people like these two who gives me hope for the future as we face scary times. I don't know if I'll survive the next few years, but at least I'll face what comes head-on.
You'll survive dude lol
@@castielsisko2120 I hope you own weapons and plenty of ammo. If you want to survive you will need it in the coming times.
I have two signed books from John Stryker Meyer. On The Ground, and Across The Fence. Both great books! Talk about bad asses, up against Insurmountable odds, and taking it to the enemy in a foreign land. Thanks for your service Stryker, and the whole macVsog!
Love this man. It is incredibly grounding for me. Much respect for you both.
When the VC touches your boot while laying in the jungle! Talk about Danger Close, Tilt makes our Sandbox deployments look like playground and Playschool. Much respect, his generation inspired a lot of us to join and fight…..MACVSOG won the biggest balls contest for sure.
I could literally sit for hours and listen to Mr. John talk, y’all together make for great stories with good insight. Please bring him back as many times as possible. Also Welcome home sir, Welcome home!
I was never in the regular military, but as a citizen, I greatly appreciate your service to our country, and to humanity as a whole. It is very inspiring to listen to your real-life experiences.
This made me wish I had more time with my uncle who served in Vietnam. So much knowledge and experience from the previous generations.
Great interview with a true legend, being interviewed by another true legend. Awesome show.
My Uncle told a story about leaving an ammo can in the insertion LZ in a country close to the main AOR. He said that they left it there to see how far the enemy was behind them. I quote " they always open the box"! His name was Luke "Grady" Nance. He was my inspiration for how I ended up. No regrets.
So awesome! Thank you for what you’ve done and what your doing gentleman
Man this was fascinating I can listen to this guy talk about missions and his buddies missions they went on all day
Freaking awesome interview u guys rock… and thank you both for what you did for me my family and the rest of our beautiful country
Again 🙏 Thank you
All of his books are just incredible. The story where the vc grab his boot on the river bank made me sweat just reading it. Unreal. Great interview.
Since John went on Jocko’s podcast I have listened to every single podcast I can find him on including his own. He’s an amazing individual. The shit he and the rest of those Mac V SOG went through is like stuff you would see in a Hollywood action movie and go “absolutely no way anybody could make it through that”. Caarazy shit!
100 % Right On
@JimoTex22 PTSD Tilt would Ranger choke John Rambo to death. Lol but yeah that type of Hollywood shit.
@JimoTex22 PTSD
The Rambo movie was made after the Green Beret, Bo Gritz.
@Andrew Nischan seen it lol
@Andrew Nischan SOG guys on Jocko are amazing
Another kick ass production Mike. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the great show, my father served in Vietnam as a Seabee, its always great to get facts and stories that he can't give me anymore.
These MV SOG boys were legends when I was in.
This guy talks about his past ops and hasn't lost a beat. Sharp mind man. (Side note..did he say 600 rnds? So 30 mags? WOW). My dad, RIP, was 101st Airborne and engineer. Had some wild stories but also told me about crossing borders but was still hesitant to talk about it 30 years after. Hardest and best man I've ever known.
probably several mags. rest in clips/bandoliers.
Really enjoyed listening to you both. John seems like a great guy.
When I was a young boy in the 1980s. Many of my school teacher's were Vietnam Veterans, and once Facebook started I found them and have drank beers with these heroes at the local VFW. Amazing stories 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The last Great Generation. Thank you Mr. Meyer for your service and dedication to our great nation. Men like you will save America
Two absolutely amazing warriors. So inspirational to hear their stories.
I grew up reading two mags a month, every month, for years. One was soldier of fortune, and the other was high times. They both served me well.
A friend of my parents was MAC V SOG and was always a very quite guy. One night sitting around the kitchen table he was telling my dad some of the stories from is time in country. Was an amazing group of folks crazy stories. Thanks for sharing this and thank you both for your service.
Awesome interview! These books are exactly what I've been looking for. Thank you both for your incredible service! God bless you and the USA 🇺🇸
Hearing more and more from the SOG guys these days, it's awesome. Would love to hear from some of the Project Delta B-52 guys. Heard some straight up insane stories from my uncle about his time with the unit.
Insane that we’re still flying that bomber.
@@nubbletv3822 One of the best high altitude bombers ever designed.
@@topherthered yeah it’s a legend. Carried out a lot of mothership flying for experimental rocket planes as well back in the day.
@@nubbletv3822 Yeah, but those guys in project delta, dropping in two man teams. Often solo or with mercenaries. Spotting units to call in strikes or kidnapping nva officers. Crazy stuff.
@@nubbletv3822 B-52 was the ODB that ran Project DELTA. Funny exchange though, lol.
Thank you for your service, gentlemen. I salute you both!
Mike I wasn’t a fan at first but now I am truly humbled. You are a legend and I would love to train with you some day and get more knowledge.
I can't stop watching the footage you provide. It's incredibly important for the country WE LOVE to see. I gotta get to work but I can't stop watching. I'll be late again, (smile) ~
GET SOME
This dude is a LEGEND. SOGcast is really good. If you haven't seen them, you're missing out.
Outstanding interview, well done Sergeant Major! John is such a great guy, he's wealth of knowledge. I'd like to see you talk with David Scott Donelan and Gary O'neil.
Awesome video! Thank both of you and anyone in the comments for your service to our country! 🇺🇸💪
Awesome interview, absolute legend John Meyer.
I was lucky enough to meet a Vietnam veteran who served in a LRRP unit, and he told a story about being shot and not even realizing it until one of his men told him he was bleeding.
That happens a lot. That adrenaline, fear for others, etc. I met an amputee who didn't realize his left foot was shredded until he got up after five minutes to move.
Also met a fair share of criminals who kept running before being getting drousy and look down like oh fuck.
Another good one Mike ! John has great stories !
So awesome that Tilt and these guys have been getting their stories out. What a bunch of badasses.
My dad put in the time with this outstanding man...indirectly...he has the patch and the paperwork! These men have the most amazing decorations and stories from that time!
Love this kind of content. Hope to see more.
Wow, a 9 man team, with air support and recon team inflicted 90% casualties on a 10,000 man NVA unit 😲 👍 😉 these men were the REAL DEAL SON!
My first wife's - uncle was a SOG Green beret who did three tours in-country during Viet Nam. He retired with 31 yrs in 1982. When Desert Shield/Storm began, He dusted off his dress greens uniform and reported back to Bragg for duty. (by the way, he was biking 30 miles a day at that time) They reminded him he was retired and sent him back home. Old soldiers NEVER die, especially the BAD AZZs of SOG group.
Thanks John and Mike!! Great video as usual!!
Bring John back!!! We need more content with you and him
Listen to Andy Stumpf's Cleared Hot Podcast with both Mike and John. Really good stuff!!! 🇺🇸
Hey John its Punk. Thanks for the coin sir.
John Stryker Meyer! Unbelievable outstanding stories of what macvsog done during their time in Vietnam! This man is amazing! Along with all the other sf guys and their indigenous people! Pure and true heroes! Just like Afghanistan I'm not exactly sure where I stand on these wars. However I do know that having men like John Stryker Meyer and Mike Glover are in our best interest! These guys don't know what quit is. Thank you so much" Tilt" and Mr Glover. For your service and your mind blowing stories but most importantly your on going interest and support for this great nation that you have both already sacrificed so much for. It's men like you that will lead us into the world we have yet to see. These are scary times. Having able knowledgeable men like yourselves makes me rest a little easier. In all honesty if I could ever help in any way. It would be a privilege!
John is a gracious guy. Some of us working the SF q-course were on a Facebook site, kicking comments back and forth. We get a, "Thanks for what you guys do" comment. I see John Stryker Meyer! Wait.. What? The Stryker Meyer??? I'm like no dude, it's guys like you that are the reason we're doing this!
John,
My dad was an AC-119 gunship pilot the same time you were in VN, '69-'70 He had a lot of difficult missions that he lives with every day. The most important missions were TIC, Troops In Combat. One mission was, long story short was to shoot up a hill full of US soldiers getting over run by the VC in the middle of the night. He contacted the troops on the hill and they said shoot where are because if you don't kill us they will.
He did, not fun. The AC-119 can put a 20mm round in every sq. ft. of a football field in a matter of seconds.
Do you know anything about this?
My dad flew a lot in Laos too. The "rules" were you could fly into Laos but you couldn't put troops on the ground there...........Thats where the VC stored all the ammo.........The AC-119's shot it all up.
Wow that’s some f up stuff what a story , Poor guys on the ground i hope some survived and made it out safely
I’d love to see some Vietnam LRP, LRRPs on the channel. Some of their stories are nuts. Flat out nuts
I will never skip out on a Tilt video, podcast, etc. The man is a legend. Love you John.
Vietnam Vet, 1969, I spent 1968-69 in the S.F. at Bragg, got out mostly because of the lost orders, canceled classes, etc. I then went in April 1969 to Nam, was in the Mobile Riverine Force in the Delta, the Army, the River Raiders working with the Navy side the River Rats, our losses were 20% verses the S.F.,s 10%, we were operational from 1967-70, lost over 5 men a day, 10% of the names on the Vietnam Wall are from our unit. I was a grenadier, I carried 6 to 8 hand grenades, and 30 to 35 shells for my M79 grenade launcher. We went out on 3 to 4 day search and destroy targets picked out for us by recon. Seals, S.F. etc. Then back to our navy ship the Benewah, for 3 days of rest and rearming. My book "Million Too One And Lived", is an Ebook. I've been vetted by a Brigadier General. Still have 3 Ak47 bullets in me. Like the WW1 veterans we are slowly fading away. To be lost in the fog of history.
Much respect!
So you were in the SF pipeline but got out due to some admin issues?
Thank you for your service sir, and welcome home! I couldn't imagine being in your position at that age, and having Death himself always walking right next to you day in and day out. The mental and emotional drain must have been absolutely insane! My father was drafted in 1969 as a medic for the Army, and spent all of 1970 in country. He was stationed in Nha-Trang where there was a Green Beret training facility on base;.
Modern standard combat load is 210 rds or 7-30 rd magazines. 1 in rifle, 6 in reserve. Obviously guys sometimes carry more. But this guy at a time when they were issued 20 rd mags carried 600 rds on the regular. That’s 30 mags! These guys were out to do business.
Wow in his old photo he really does look like a GI Joe action figure. I had a few of them and they always had the grenades attached to their bodies like that.
At the Eisenhower movie theater in Savannah GA I had the honor to go see “Black Hawk Down” in theaters before it was released to the public. I played one of those arcade shooters with the fake guns and someone that looks a lot like Mike Glover walked up to me and said you should join the Army so you can do that for real. My response was I don’t want bullets flying over my head which he laughed at. I left that theater with a new found respect for the troops and what they go through to fight for our freedoms. My dad as we were leaving said if you won’t go and do what these guys do then make sure you’re there to support them. Respect our veterans!
Thank you both for your service, and both then and now.
Love the interview but I don’t understand why there has to be constant music in the background. Makes it hard to focus on the conversation.
Big respect for this gentleman. MACV/SOG were the seeds of the modern DEVGRU operators. I'll bet this man could probably still do some of the stuff he did in Vietnam.
MY thoughts are NO ONE should brake into his house ,, Just a thought ,, chuckles
I'm currently reading FR Burnham's book describing how they loaded 500 rds of black powder martini-henry rounds with blasting gelatin and dropped them in enemy camps in Rhodesia in the second Matabele war in the 1890's. Funny that tactic is 130 years old and still going! State of the art.
As a non-combat VietNam vet these stories are great to hear even the level of details.
We just never knew what you guys experienced.
Also, when I’m watching these modern war fighter podcasts it’s enlightening to hear them give credit to VietNam soldiers who were their instructors and the lessons learned from their experiences.
I thank you both for your service specifically, and all other American vets and current soldiers, sailors, etc.
(BTW: Odd that the link which led me here said “5 grenades and 2 balls of steel”, though the picture shows 6 grenades.)
My dad was in the rice patties in Vietnam from July 68 to early 70, he re enlisted for 6 months so my uncle didn't have to go...he was stationed in west Germany.
Hi Mike, great guest. I've watched more than a few of your podcasts. I really enjoyed all of J.S. Meyers books, and his interviews with Jocko. I even read Johns SOF magazine articles back in the day. I've replaced the paper mags with emags since then though. Those incredible stories of valour from the men of SOG are beyond any war stories I've ever heard. Some of which make all the movies look tame.
It would really be great to do more in depth interviews with the the older generations of special forces as their stories are disappearing too damn quickly.
I love your videos buddy! Keep them coming and great video, SEMPER FI!!!!