Blades in the Shadows: Inside SOG’s Counter-Reconnaissance War

About this episode

The episode explores MACV-SOG's clandestine counter-reconnaissance efforts during the Vietnam War.

Beyond intelligence gathering, MACV-SOG waged an aggressive, clandestine counter-reconnaissance campaign to keep the North Vietnamese Army entirely off-balance. We delve into the organizational structure and lethal operational tempo of SOG’s Exploitation Companies, mapping out how they launched disruptive raids against enemy headquarters and supply hubs along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Discover the harrowing logistics of these top-secret black operations and how their specialized assault tactics laid the foundation for today's tier-one counter-terrorism units.

Topics covered

• counter-reconnaissance
• military operations
• Vietnam War
• intelligence
• clandestine operations

Keywords

• MACV-SOG
• counter-reconnaissance
• North Vietnamese Army
• Exploitation Companies
• Ho Chi Minh Trail
• black operations
• counter-terrorism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MACV-SOG

Places: Ho Chi Minh Trail, North Vietnam

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