MACV-SOG: THE SECRET WAR

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Jack Carr

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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John L. Plaster is a legendary MACV-SOG operator who served three tours of duty in Vietnam leading high-risk reconnaissance missions deep behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia, striking supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Wounded in action and decorated for valor four times, he later flew over 350 aerial combat missions as a Forward Air Controller. After Vietnam, Plaster became a pioneer in modern sniper training, co-founding the National Guard Sniper School and instructing elite military and law enforcement units, including the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A prolific author, he has chronicled the untold stories of SOG in books including SOG: THE SECRET WARS OF AMERICA'S COMMANDOS IN VIETNAM, SECRET COMMANDOS: BEHIND ENEMY LINES WITH THE ELITE WARRIORS OF SOG, and SOG: A PHOTO HISTORY OF THE SECRET WARS. Plaster has also been inducted into both the Air Commando and Special Forces Halls of Fame. FOLLOW JOHN Website: https://majorjohnplaster.com/ FOLLOW JACK Instagram - @JackCarrUSA X - @JackCarrUSA Facebook - @JackCarr YouTube - @JackCarrUSA SPONSORS CRY HAVOC – A Tom Reece Thriller https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/cry-havoc/ Bravo Company Manufacturing Mk15 Timepiece - MOD3: https://bravocompanyusa.com/bcm-mk15-timepiece-mod-3/ and on Instagram @BravoCompanyUSA THE SIGs of Jack Carr, From Savage Son: P320 X Compact, P320 Custom build from True Precision, P365 Customized from the Sig Custom Workshop, P226 Visit https://www.sigsauer.com/ and on Instagram @sigsauerinc STACCATO HD: https://staccato2011.com/hd and on Instagram @staccato2011 Jack Carr Gear: Explore the gear here https://jackcarr.co/gear

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0:00.0	This episode of the Danger Close podcast is brought to you by Cry Havoc, from New York Times number one bestselling author, Jack Carr.
0:10.2	Cry Havoc, a Tom Ries thriller. Order now.
0:19.7	We got back to the LZ for extraction, and gunships came over so low.
0:26.6	Their ejected 762 brass was falling upon us, and I actually got a hot brass down my street.
0:34.6	For a split second, I felt that burn.
0:36.6	I thought I might have had hit. But I wasn't.
0:39.3	It is so great to see you, and it's such an honor for me to be able to talk to you.
0:56.5	And that is absolutely mutual. I admire you both for your service and damn, you're a hell of a writer.
1:03.9	Oh, well, thank you. Thank you. I have this right here. I read this. As soon as it came out,
1:08.7	it was a brand new Navy SEAL. And that's when the first, and I think this is the
1:14.1	first book solely focused on McVe-Sog. Anyway, right? And soon after the missions were, I don't know if all
1:22.6	missions were, but the unit was declassified. 25 years after the fact.
1:28.7	Wow.
1:29.3	Incredible.
1:30.1	Incredible.
1:31.1	And I remember reading this as a brand new seal and just in awe.
1:35.7	Just in awe of everything that you guys did.
1:39.7	There are a lot of fine men in that book,
1:42.3	and it was my privilege to serve with them.
1:44.5	Oh, just incredible.
1:45.8	Just incredible.
1:46.2	And I'm trying to remember where I first heard about McVe-Sog, and it's possible that it came from the pages of,
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