Prairie Fire Missions - Randy Jayne 

yes, I'd never heard that before. I listen to Stryker's podcast, SOGCAST, and no one on there have ever mentioned it. I wonder if they just don't want to believe they lost so many because of some pos mole. It's crazy!

@@multitoolish he talks about it in his books. Somebody was squaking to a prostitute and she was telling the nva.

@@multitoolishMeyer talks about it along with bowra. I think they say he got caught, you can look it up on Wikipedia. It was a spy ring working with the Russians I forget their names

Some Recon Teams were sequestered for 2 days prior to H-hour/departure and the indigenous team members weren't told where they were going until they were ready to insert. This served to reduce the exposure of the team to counterintelligence by the infiltrators. There were NEVER any Marvin the ARVNs operating in Laos, so we didn't have to brief them. It's easy to dismiss the compromise of SOG recon teams as a result of a double agent. While this was true on occasion, the PAVN troops were incredibly well versed in counter-reconnaissance and man tracking. Their ability to track, intercept and annihilate SOG teams snooping and pooping in their AO was Varsity level and was approached with vicious tenacity. If I were in their boots, I'd go after those teams at all costs, just the same.

@@multitoolish Stryker's KNOWLEDGE about SOG has been at E4 level and talking with with fellow operators. He did not have access to senior level planning. Any recon man was NOT in the loop to know about a mole giving away their mission locations. I was very well informed and knew many of the senior officers in SOG and I still did not know about the mole until AFTER the war ended.

Damn Right!

Yup. The unthanked Vietnamese veterans who defended their country from foreign oppressors certainly deserve their thanks.

Josh Thank you for your very kind note.

Yes they are

Me too, that guy sounded pretty intense. He was ready to be on the ground at any moment and was not going in naked.

Now Biden and his Communists are pushing Agenda 30 and The Great Reset …

@interviewswithwarriors thank you for your comment, we are blessed to be able to document so much of these oral accounts of the Secret War

Actually "Studies and Observations Group."

If you get a chance to read Uncommon Valor by Stephen L. Moore, you will have a better understanding of the 100% casualty rate. A GREAT READ! amzn.to/3vlYEoh

We chatted with Randy the other day via text, he said that he was still in the hospital but hoped to be out in a few weeks. Randy is a fighter, and seems to be in good spirits, He signed the text "I'll be back"

Amen!

Hello Diehard, The song at the end is one form our playlist. It it Titled " Spads With a Load" It and about 30 other great songs are on our Plays Lists under Songs of South East Asia - Here is the link to Spads With a Load - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6BAPxWjIEkM.html It was written and sung by pilots of the 56th SOW - OLAA based out of DaNang. Their mission was pretty Hush Hush they sat a special alert, they only flew SAR Search and Rescue Missions and Prairie Fire Emergency Missions. Their unit was pretty much dedicated to the support of SOG teams who were "Across The Fence" covert missions in Laos & Cambodia. If you would like to know more. There is a website that is under construction www.spadsforsog.com/

Why did they have to spray anything

@@1anre The term "spray" refers to what the CBUs looked like as they fell out of the canisters on the wings of what ever plane they were mounted on. The covered a very large area. The canisters resembled a rocket pod. Some CBUs detonated on impact, others would open on impact, send out trip wires and would detonate when somebody walked by later and hit one of the trip wires. They were deadly. They were also banned sometime after the Vietnam War. I was trained on loading weapons in the Air Force, but never loaded any CBUs.

@@williammoeglin6191 oh got it. You served during the Vietnam era in 60s?

​@@1anre Yes, I did. I entered the Air Force in September of 1968 and was Honorably Discharged in September of 1972. Served in Vietnam in '69-70 at Bien Hoa AB. I was a weapons specialist and loaded bombs, rockets, missiles and even Nuclear Rockets. I also removed armament control panels and made modifications and reinstalled them in the cockpits of jet fighters. I also removed, repaired and reinstalled bomb racks on jet fighters. I worked on F-100s, A-37s, F101s and F-106 during my time in the Air Force.

Hello Aaron on this mission Randy would have been flying an A-1 Skyraider, most likely an E model, or it was commonly referred to as a Fat Face, the two pilot version of the A-1 Skyraider

@@militarytales OK makes sense now. I didn't know there was a 2 seat version of the Skyraider.

Hello Another DeJa Vu: The Knives were a Helicopter Squadron, the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 56th Special Operations Wing, Nakon Phanom Air Base, Thailand from March 1969 to February 1970. They pulled a lot of the Prairie Fire Emergences Extractions. CBU is a Cluster Bomb Unit in to words of one pilot, A People Killing Weapon - CLUSTER BOMB UNIT - 1964-1975 Vietnam War Cluster bombs made great advancements since the time of World War II. The “bomblets” were smaller, could fit more in a single canister and could cover a wider area once dropped. Imbedded in the shell of the bomblets were about 300 steel balls and when the cluster bomb hit the ground, these steel balls would explode and shoot in all directions.8 These and other anti-personnel weapons were being mass produced “to meet the needs of the anti-guerrilla campaign”. Since guerillas were hard to see, cluster munitions were developed so that they could be deployed from the sky, infiltrate the enemy area and cover a large area of land.9 Between 1966-1971 the Department of Defense (DoD) ordered 423,778 CBU-24 series cluster bombs and 59,192 bomblet-filled units used in B-52 bombers, making a total of 285 million bomblets. That equates to 7 bomblets each to every man, women and child in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.10 In addition, the DoD ordered 37 million BLU-3 or “pineapple” cluster bombs for production. These cluster bombs had six metal tail fins which were folded against the aluminum case. Inside there were 255 steel balls embedded in the case and would explode upon impact.11

@militarytales WOW! Thank you so much for your detailed, educational response to my question. I had know idea.

It was studies and observation group

​@@patrickharvey158 Originally they were known as the Special Operations Group. But, because they operated in Laos and Cambodia in the "Secret War, and "we were not fighting there," their name was changed to Studies and Observation Group as a cover to the general public. These guys pulled LRP missions collecting intelligence in Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam. These missions were exceedingly dangerous and the casual rates were 100%. Small, 5-8 man team members with some being a combination of US and Montagnard Tribsesmen. Team members were combinations of Green Berets, Seals and Army Rangers in various combinations. They were some badasses in everybody's book!!! There were Several SOGs that were decorated with the Medal of Honor.

All of the songs used can be found on our play list under Songs of South East Asia. One of our earliest supporters and fans sent us a hue reel of reel to reel music which we use in these videos

Hello Roy, John (Tilt) Stryker Meyer is one of our close friends. We consult with him on many of our videos. We are chatting with him about a visit to our studios in the very near future. Stay tuned hopefully we will have some behind the scenes clips for you.

I hope so he is a humble great man I talked 2 him a bit on fb after purchasing his books