SOGCast 003: We Few, and Whispers In The Tall Grass. With Nick Brokhausen
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We Few and Whispers in The Tall Grass - Two SOG books detailing missions across the fence in Laos.
Headline: Three million plus Americans served in Vietnam, only 500-700 ran SOG missions across the fence. Nick was one of them.
This is the most riveting thing out. There is no reason we shouldn't be celebrating these guys in film or in a 5 or 9 season series. Traveling through the beginning of SF until the 90's featuring declassified missions
Yep, those SOG guys were 100% rock star bad asses, a mini series in the fashion of Band of Brothers and The Pacific would be great.
Along those lines, Spielberg and Hanks are making the 3rd of their WW2 trilogy Masters of the Air from the book that's about the 8th Air Force in WW2, to keep things in perspective the 8th Air Force flying out of England lost more men during the war than the Marine Corps did in the entire war, those guy's in the bombers paid a heavy price for German industry being hammered, they worked with HBO studios to make Band of Brothers and The Pacific but about 10 years ago HBO backed out when they went to make Masters of the Air, they were as far along as having made a trailer you can see here on TH-cam, if the finished product is going to be half as good as the trailer it's going to be epic and maybe even better than the first two.
Apple TV is the studio is who they're making with now, I can't wait.
Edit; The old trailer from back then is under the title "The Mighty 8th" which is what the 8th Air Force has been called for years.
I agree, my only worry is Hollywood will jack things up as usual.
Agreed but hollywierd will have a bunch of pedos playing their parts and will then stand on a soap box and demand we be disarmed and vaxxed. Fk Hollywood!!
a series like Band of Brothers would be great. Fascinating time of American history.
I bet Netflix does one
Tom Hanks and Spielberg. Make a MACV SOG series in the tradition of Band of Brothers and the Pacific.
That would be epic
That would be epic
Spielberg has two faces.
Quoting from Joseph McBride’s 1997 biography of Spielberg, Sailer discusses Spielberg’s love of skeet shooting. In the 1970s, Spielberg often took recreational shots with his buddy John Milius, screenwriter of Apocalypse Now and a man who in a 1975 interview with Daily Variety stated, “I just absolutely hate liberals and people who are civilized.” “Milius (Director of Red Dawn and Conan the Barbarian)…introduced Spielberg to the sport of skeet shooting, a male-bonding ritual for Milius and his fellow Hollywood gun enthusiasts…Spielberg, who had learned to shoot from his father while growing up in Arizona, still visits the Oak Tree Gun Club. ‘He’s a darn good shot,’ says club member [and late actor] Robert Stack, himself a world-class target shooter. ‘He has terrific reactions. Clay target shooting is a very subtle, highly sophisticated sport; it takes a lot of nerve. He shot some very good scores.’
Tarantino also adds a personal note recalling that, some years after the interview, he went duck hunting with Milius, Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis before the 1985 Academy Awards. “John and I sat in a duck blind all day, sipping whiskey out of a flask, talking about movies and shooting the tail feathers off of ducks,” he remembers.
deadline.com/2020/04/quentin-tarantino-archive-1982-john-milius-interview-duck-hunting-spielberg-apocalypse-now-inspiration-paul-schrader-1202907884/
www.avclub.com/steven-spielberg-tried-to-replace-the-guns-in-a-minorit-1840449410
Screw Tom Hanks! Woke Hollywood Liberal.
On Ebstein island?
Keep ‘em coming Tilt, people NEED to know about you heroic warriors.
Amen 🙏✝️🇺🇸
Those two books are the most hilarious and amazing of the whole SOG and Vietnam era together. A fantastic read and I cannot recommend them enough.
Thank you, mr. Brokhausen.
I've read "Wispers in the Tall Grass" it was a great read. I haven't read "We Few" yet but it's definitely on my list. I didn't know about ' We Few" until I had already read " Wispers in the Tall Grass" or I would have started with It.
If u ware looking for more stuff i can recommend "Da Nang Daiary"
@@L3shyyy Thanks, just added to my list.
Polish?
@@TheOrdomalleus666 Yup :)
Couldn’t agree more have read both many times
We need sog films asap. These stories are amazing. The first podcast Stryker was on with jocko was so captivating
If I had the right kind of bank roll I would. There are seasons upon seasons of material for an awesome series tucked away in these podcasts. Going back to the old ones...like any individual mission that JSM or Frenchman went on...that could basically be a movie
I’ve been on a binge the last couple weeks since I saw the first one with tilt
Some one should get in contact with Tom hanks and staff, have a band of brothers like miniseries on these guys!!
I would agree but i do not think you want what looks like this era and the forseeable future Hollywood touching these guys stories.
@@ythandle16 that did cross my mind. When wondering why stories like these aren’t turned into movies. The underlying theme in tv and movies used to be “America is the good guys” where as they’re kinda promoting the opposite these days
I listen to the podcast, but still re-watch when the interviews hit TH-cam. I really like the author's note from We Few - I always think it would make a good intro to any SOG interview. The paragraph "We are still a bad sort to back into a corner, and three hundred to one odds are something that we consider as unfair to the guy with two hundred and ninety nine of his buddies against us. There are anecdotes innumerable of people that have assumed wrongly that we are just a bunch of old people who can be buffaloed or intimidated. We survived the war on pure aggression and murderous efficiency and some things just don't mellow with time." always makes me smile.
And a little luck…and a squadron or two of gunships
It’s a tragedy that Cash Me Outside girl and Gunna get millions of views and nobody knows who these men are. I’ve read all these types of books and We Few & Whispers are my favorite of them all. Such a brilliant mix of first person narrative and historical events. Those books should be mandatory reading at every high school in America.
I'm not American, I'm a Canadian of Hungarian ancestry, as someone whos family had to endure living in a communist regime i have the most absolute respect for these men and their fight, Thank you for your service and may your stories always be remembered. God bless.
I said it on 002 and I’ll say it again here on 003 Striker is a fantastic interviewer. To anyone that served in SOG Thank you
Recently Jocko referred to John Stryker Meyer as a “friend of mine”, and I couldn’t be more fulfilled that moment!
Tilt does seem like an awesome guy, I couldn’t see any reason why jocko wouldn’t be happy to call a guy like that his friend!
Jocko has referred to tilt as his personal hero too
@@grandebolascrew yep
These SOG stories are probably the most intense small arms battles that may ever happen
Yep. That and some of the books about the Eastern Front in WW2.
Have you read the book, "In This Valley There Are Tigers?" -By McDonald? Great read. Very underrated. He was Recon.
I love that these testimonials are coming out on here. These guys and their mission ought to be celebrated and venerated as a pinnacle of what it means to be an American. These guys fought heroically side by side with men of another nation, far from our shores, to preserve freedom. It’s for the sake of families and children’s children. That conversation a while back with “Cowboy” Khan Van Dohn really exemplifies the struggle, and how our politicians and other turds with authority have continued to have a policy of buddy fucking and not upheld the sacred God given quintessentially American duty that these SOG guys, and others, have fulfilled. #Afghanistan #Mexico #human-trafficking etc…
I love nick’s sense of humor.. he’s hilarious 😆
Hilarious asf 😂😂
My former stepdad has a Silver Star from Vietnam. I asked him what he got it for, and all he said was "Being completely stupid, and trying to get myself killed."
Made the decision to persue Army SF last year, the things you guys did in SOG is INSANE and INSPIRING.
Hope I can make y'all proud
You already have
Trying out in September for group. How was it
Well you a snake eater or what?
Hell yes, great podcast i was waiting for it. Mr Nicks books are amazing i love his style and unique personality.
Greetings from Poland
4:30 am where I'm at,early morning workouts aren't the same with music anymore....sogcast...just what i need.
Get some.
So you’ve only worked out 3 times lately?
Stryker's laugh is the most tactical I've heard.
KEEP GOING JOHN STRYKER MEYER!!!
I wish you would have asked him to tell the "bicycle" story. Just hilarious.
I love Tilts laugh
Each and every SogCast episode is a treasure! Thank you Tilt and Brock!
Cheers!
*Compare yourself not to who someone else is today, but who you were yesterday*
*Incredible video!*
These Podcasts prove…..Our beloved Vets will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!! God bless all of you!!!
They really need to make a movie about this team. The stories are incredible. Thank you for your service.
Greetings from Scotland, Mister Meyer Sir!
May I request that you interview Mr Franklin D Miller, former SOG Operative who did 5 tours of duty in Vietnam and a recipient of the Congresstional Medal of Honour. He wrote the book "Reflections of a Warrior", a damn good read if I may say so!
just a brief update: Mr Miller died in the year 2000 aged 55 from cancer. my deepest sympathies to his family.
Honestly, I can't get enough of this. It is so informative, passionate, and humbling. So much respect for all of you folks, please continue this as long as you can, I'll be here to tune in each time! Thank you so much for the podcast, and for your service.
*People are so terrified of mistakes, when really, mistakes are the best teachers, way better than any book learning. Go out and make some mistakes, get better then get everything you want!*
*You've got this :)*
Mistakes are not a bad thing, unless you don't learn from your mistakes, and keep making the same mistakes again & again.
@@marquesloving620 that is the definition of insanity.
@@xmachine7003 right on brother!
These two men are true heroes and skilled storytellers. Their books are masterworks in autobiography and military history.
I have all three of Brokhausen's books and all are outstanding. I think I've listened to "We Few" on audible a dozen times and I'm still able to pick out some new interesting tidbit each time. Too bad a movie could never be made as the PC crowd would ruin any attempt... (Jussie Smollett as Brokhausen just would not fit well). Great to hear him tell these stories...wish he could have gotten to the "Africa Corps" story.... these guys are national treasures and it's great the heroism and sacrifices made are being documented for future generations.
I need to get these books
Need someone with money that isn’t afraid of the PC crowd to fund it
I have a profound respect for Tilt. His book across the fence was the first book I’ve read regarding MACV SOG. Seems like an all around great man and I would love to shake his hand. My respect goes out to all SOG men and their indigenous team members. Thank you for this series as well, and thanks to Jocko for giving these men the platform to tell their stories!
⚡I 💛 STRYKER 👊
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🙏 God Bless You... SIR!!!
This has been one I have been waiting for for years I have wanted to see these two gentleman sit down and talk for years now as two of the more well know SOG writers out there
John Stryker Meyer's always does a great job !! First seen him on Karl E. livestream. Stay Strong and Be Safe !!
Tilt within 3 episodes has already hit his stride as a host, this was amazing and I can't wait for future ones!
His reading from books is ruff,, I really wish he didn't read his 2 books on audible
These two books “wispers” and “we few” are AMAZING. Funny, emotional, VERY well written. Nick is a natural author. These are John Plaster-esque writings. If you like Plaster’s books you’ll love Nick’s. My best friend gave me my copies and I TREASURE them. You will laugh..you will cry and you will learn.
17 months on the ground at that level. People end up traumatised from a single car accident. Mental strength & resistance these men showed was incredible.
An ode to the swamp rats of southeast Texas & south Louisiana who became 'tunnel rats' in Vietnam.
I've been waiting for this One! His books are classic, definitely recommend checking them out
President Xi Jinping has never had a book read to him by Jocko Willink
😂🤣😂🤣😂
AWSOME as always
Thank you Jocko, Tilt, and SOG Men for this mini series
I've been looking forward to this ever since I watched the last two this is really amazing work y'all please keep it up
I never miss an episode. I have the upmost respect for these quiet professionals who came home to no glory, no thanks, and no benefits for their heroic service. Just one of their ops was more hectic then my first deployment to Afghanistan. When I was injured, I was medevacd to the finest hospital in our country, Walter Reed, Bethesda Medical Center. I received the best care our medical services could provide and when I was discharged I had the money and resources through the V.A. and WWP to make a future for myself. These men were injured and had to endure sub standard care and often abuse. They had no compensation at all and received no benefits. They were ridiculed by their country and forgotten. It makes me sick to my stomach. I am grateful for Jocko for deciding to host this podcast. These stories need to be heard from the men who were there. Their history and service will never be forgotten. Thank you, for your heroic service, the true quiet professionals.
I grew up reading about SOG through books in my school library in 94. These guys were my heros growing up and yet I never heard anything about them on TV. I too was deployed twice to Iraq and these guys inspired me to serve. I'm very happy to see these stories finally getting some light.
@@charlesvalerio7718 I couldnt agree more. Do you find yourself doubting the veracity or intensity of your combat experience compared to these guys? I sure do. I was in the Korengal Valley (the kornhole valley as we called it) lots of tics and direct accurate enemy fire..we had lots of casualties, almost got overran a couple of times but nothing compared to what these true heroes faced. Thank god for that.
There's only been 2 before this one 😂
I laugh hard when I read vets mentioning what "I" did during "my" "deployment" 😂 dude don't seek that attention to hard bud lol
@@kevinnix5495 Relax Kevin.
I'm so incredibly happy to have Tilt running his own podcast and talking with other bad mofos that the world out of this period.
JUst finished first two books and starting the third. Some of the best stuff I have ever read. Like Hunter S. Thompson with a fire team. RESPECT you guys will always be my heroes.
Have finished both We Few and Whispers In The Tall Grass…Amazing! True hero’s each and everyone of them…Thanks Jocko for getting this off the ground…
AWESOME FUCK BOOKS! one minute you are laughing your ass off then the next you are tearing up. Then laughing your ass off again.
Whisperin in the tall grass while puffing on taall grass 👌
Thank you Tilt. Love you Tilt. I wish Lynn Black was able to do one of these. These guys are all heros
Every episode is more interesting and exciting than the last. Nick's books are now on my "To Read List". As are yours.
Nicks books are really great to listen to on Audible. George Spelvin was a made to order narrator that was perfect for these books. I really looked forward to the third book, Vagabonds but I could not finish listening to it because George Spelvin did not narrate his last book. Really disappointing. If you were to rerelease Vagabonds with George narrating it I would buy this book again.
Mr. Brokhausen has a great sense of humor. Hope he comes on another episode of SOGCast.
I was born in 75. I grew up with The Good Nam stories. I've whispers in the tall grass. & several others. Loved that recon stuff. Of course MAC-V was great stuff.
I’ve read all your books 📚 I just finished “whiskey tango foxtrot”.. I’m back onto “whispers in the tall grass”… love your spirit boys…
John's laugh cracks me up every time. If you met him out of the blue, you'd have absolutely no idea what a badass he was and might mistake him for a soft harmless old man. Age is a hell of a deceiver.
I have listened to every SOG cast. Waiting on more!!
“ I had a sawn off tucked behind back for close protection “ “ It would cut a man in half” “ I know that for a fact “ SOME GUY !!!
I recently had the pleasure of working with a gentleman that served in SOG, getting to hear is story first hand, and becoming good friends. Thank you to all the warriors sharing your experiences.
You guys are my heros. Not only for what u did but for figuring out how to function in life after the war. U not only killed but u got better at it over time. Most ppl don't recover from that. Thank you for doing so and thank you for ur service. These politicians need to feel (through ur first hand account of telling them) ur stories so they understand the gravity of sending a young person to war.
Nick is a funny man .🇺🇸fjb
Man I love these SOG stories.
SOG cast 003 !!! GREAT JOB ALL OF YOU!!!
SIr, this is my new favorite channel. Thank you for your service and thank you to all of your fellow soldiers.
I've been waiting for Nick to do this since reading all of his books!
These SOGCasts have easily rose to my favorite conversations of all time. Powerful, invaluable lessons and heart-palpitating occurrences. I commend you all for such extraordinary service & I highly anticipate read Brokhausen's books as well as Durant's once I finish with Jocko's. Stay wild and free!
who ever is disliking this must be living in their mommie's basement.
The SOG podcasts are always my favourite, keep em coming Tilt. I’m glad these stories are getting out there now, respect from ireland 🇮🇪
Great show guys. I'm in the process of reading John's books now and gotta order 3 more books from this warrior. Keep up the good work guys.
Make God bless you and yours and God bless America. 🇺🇸
Nick and beer and a Saturday afternoon, good times. Natural story teller and a hell of a warrior. Thanks Tilt.
yes
I’ve read his two books, TWICE!! If they aren’t made into movies, then Hollywood needs to be the next target of SOG!
For those of us that share the dark and twisted humor of military life, and/or just twisted from birth… I’d spend a months pay, rewatching this movie in the theater, over & over!
Awesome content.
These missions need told.
My Uncle served 2 tours in the engineers. He also suffers from agent orange.
We need MORE podcast while the guys are still around to tell it.
Thanks to ALL of you that served in Vietnam & The Secret War across the fence fighting communism.
We can NEVER thank you enough.
Salute.
Woooooh; thank you for this!
Today is going to be a great one!
Hope you all get after it! Good luck!
How Amazing would it be to do a Netflix series on true stories of SOG - So many people love and view these men and women with incredible Honor and Respect - just incredible the amount of Bravery , what they went through is just off the charts , now imagine these scenes acted out with a massive budget - please 🙏 do this
Wow what an amazing podcast. These boys went through hell and back for our country.
L A T E G A N G ! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
- Swole Beast🤙🏽🙏🏽✌🏽
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Had a friend who was LRRP in the NAM. William Walker aka Pooch. Taught me skills and told some of what he used and had done back then. MAC SOG ! 🇺🇲💯
Bubba the tiger? Interrogation
These stories are pure gold
What was the difference between the "Lrrps" Rangers and the Sog teams we found out through his discharge papers that my wife's dad was a lrrp .I'm trying to find out more about his service to share with my son and his cousins about there grandpa he never told anyone about what he did sadly he passed away with ALS. due to his exposure to agent orange in Vietnam. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for sharing your stories our children need real history not what they teach in school.
It’s been some time since I read the books but two vet/authors, Gary Linderer and Reyneal Martinez wrote about LRP/LRRP in the Six Silent Men, 3 book series. I’m sure their are more, those 2 came to mind as I met another 80-90’s vet while surfing in Costa Rica and we both had our P38’s hanging from our belt and we started talking of the guys we had met during our service and the books we felt told the best stories.
LRRPs we're attached to larger units and operated in vietnam. SOG operated independently in Laos & Cambodia.
Thanks guys. This series is great. Nick and John are real men.
My utmost respect to these two warriors and to all those to lost their lives in the secret war.
The world needs a realistic MACV SOG film. The Arma 3 game Prairie Fire is amazing
Awesome podcast keep it going
Just another day in the black cats kind of
Imagine how often jocko or someone like him just goes here ya go, heres the keys to my platform, dont burn the place down,kick all your friends out when your done and lock up.
I thought the set up was familiar
SÃO 4 HORAS DA MANHÃ 🎤
AND IM UP!!
Im all Kinds of ta discipline bc I never even went to bed!!!!!!
TOMA
Thank you both for your service ❤️
These guys are incredible
Tilt, Send this guy over to Jocko. Im so glad to hear his story, thanks to you.
Awesome ive been waiting for this. Thanks for the video.
Outstanding reconnecting with a tribute. God bless you and all those who wore the uniform eagle 🦅 🌎⚓🇺🇸🪖✝️🙏🏿💯 % GO NAVY BEAT ARMY 🏈😉
Holy shit the story of the "Snake People" is crazy. They sound like some folks you dont mess with, NVA don't even mess with them.
The military today could learn ALOT from these guys who faced a fierce and determined enemy. Our forces today have been fighting goat farmers so not much of a threat other than IEDs.
Have you fought against the " goat farmers" if not I don't think you should speak on it
I wish it was just goat farmers. If you believe the enemy isn’t well trained, well equipped, and disciplined you are massively mistaken. Thanks to Biden they are better armed and more prepared then ever
Always remember. Do not underestimate your enemies.
Maybe you should fucking join up if you think they're so easy to kill...
0330 Hours PST......LETS GO!
Grateful for clarity about 'the medal hunters'... first emotionally-stable mention noticed out of all SOGcasts. No material award ever trumps the everlasting, team solidarity; only the few stand apart from the herd. On other hand, select awards (accompanied w generous spending powers) trump verbalized 'thank you's' for what SF beatified before, during, n after missions
Love Nick's stories and sense of humor
This book is INCREDIBLE. Im not military or anything but grew up w military family members, dad was in Vietnam.
Whispers was hilarious. Really approachable prose too. Maybe my favorite MACV/SOG book so far.
Plaster's "SOG" is really good too. A little more dry but still a great read.
Whispers however, really good.
Jocko you’re the man. I have an idea for Origin. Baseball batting gloves.
Would love to buy good quality American made batting gloves and think others would too
54:29 the French soldiers would be happy if they could cut their baguette with a Langley knife. You mean Laguiole! (Mick Langley was born in England emigrated to Canada) ...anyway... Rest assured, with or without a bee, but especially with a fly, it will be a Laguiole. The Laguiole en Aubrac comes with a fly, often in a "bee" shape. 👉manufactured, handmade, hand carved plates, bee/fly 👍
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