DIRS.INFO top alerts submit data jurnalism about API
login
Top related persons:
— - 1 Cpl - 1 Henry Rodriguez - 1 skillsets - 1 Cody Carroll - 1 I've - 1
Top related locs:
East China Oahu Hawaii Iraq Afghanistan Syria Vietnam
Top related orgs:
Service - 1 Pacific - 1 Marine Raiders - 1 Business - 1 Tactical Tracking - 1 Raider - 1 Marine Forces Special Operations Command - 1 . Marine Corps - 1

Search resuls for: "MACV"


2 mentions found


☆ With eyes on China, US special operators are back to battling the jungle
  + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
With the potential for a conflict with China in the Indo-Pacific looming ever larger in the background, the US special operations community is focusing more and more on jungle operations. A Marine Raider with Marine Forces Special Operations Command traverses a river during a jungle mobility course, Aug. 4, 2023. A Marine Raider with Marine Forces Special Operations Command navigates a single rope bridge during a jungle mobility course, Aug. 4, 2023. A history of jungle operationsUS commandos have a long history of conducting jungle operations. AdvertisementToday, as the US attempts to redirect its focus to the Indo-Pacific amid steadily rising tensions between the US and China, it looks like jungle operations are back on the menu for the US special operations community.
Persons: —, Cpl, Henry Rodriguez, skillsets, Cody Carroll, I've Organizations: Service, Pacific, Marine Raiders, Business, Tactical Tracking, Raider, Marine Forces Special Operations Command, . Marine Corps, Marine Forces Special, Command, Alamo Scouts, Military Assistance Command Vietnam, MACV, SOG, North, Vietcong, White, Pentagon, Green Berets, Navy, Force Recon, Air Commandos Locations: East, China, Oahu, Hawaii, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Vietnam, Asia, Laos, Cambodia, South Vietnam
☆ A Green Beret recalls the Christmas Day mission that was almost his last
  + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Recon Team ST Idaho was tasked with locating and destroying a fuel pipeline inside Laos. Just shy of a month earlier, on Thanksgiving Day, ST Idaho had barely survived a cross-border operation in Cambodia. ST Idaho debated if it was possible to lose the NVA and continue their mission but ultimately deiced against it. ST Idaho adjusted its path and continued its slow progress, throwing grenades at any noise they heard, nightmares of previous close-calls on their minds. Thick black smoke choked and blinded ST Idaho, but the SOG operators could see enemy troops advancing close behind the flames.
0 next >>
Total: 2