SOG One-Zero School, Post-War Reflections & Views on Vietnam, Iran & Modern Conflicts | Ep. 289 | Pt. 3

About this episode

Travis Mills shares his experiences as a MACV-SOG operator, discussing military training, post-service reflections, and views on modern conflicts.

MACV-SOG operator Travis Mills continues sharing his extraordinary journey. He discusses running the One-Zero School at Long Thanh to train new SOG team leaders, the profound sense of purpose that emerged from surviving the FOB 4 sapper attack, his transition out of the Army, and decades of post-service work—and shares his straightforward views on current threats like Iran, nuclear proliferation, and the need for clear military objectives backed by decisive action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Mike Ritland

Guest: Travis Mills

Topics covered

• military training
• post-war reflections
• current global threats
• Vietnam
• Iran
• military objectives

Keywords

• SOG
• One-Zero School
• Vietnam
• Iran
• military objectives
• nuclear proliferation
• FOB 4
• post-war

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MACV-SOG

Places: One-Zero School, Long Thanh, FOB 4, Iran

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