Passing of James “Jim” Butler
SOA Founder and recon brother James “Jim” E. Butler passed away on June 24, 2021, 2155 hours, taking his last breaths to the songs Skyp...
27
Jun
Blog
23
Jun
MACV-SOG “You’ve never lived until you’ve almost died. Men’s T-Shirt Version II
MACV-SOG “You've never lived until you've almost died. Men's T-Shirt Version II
Color: Black
Sizes: Small to XXXL
Com...
16
Jun
Bomb Damage Assessments
Bomb damage assessment (BDA), also known as battle damage assessment, is the practice of assessing damage inflicted on a target from a ...
08
Jun
MG Eldon Bargewell Delta Park Challenge Coin (fundraiser)
MG Eldon Bargewell Delta Park Challenge Coin (fundraiser)
With permission from MG Eldon Bargewll family and the MG Eldon Bargewll Found...
03
Jun
MAJOR GENERAL ELDON BARGEWELL
DELTA PARK PROJECT
The purpose of the MG Eldon Bargewell Foundation (EBF) is to honor Hoquiam native Major General Eldon Bargewell USA...
21
May
Stories of Operation Dewey Canyon, 1969
On March 1969 the USMC launched Operation Dewey Canyon. CCN ended up inserting Co A and Co B on top of a Recon Team, with (I think) abo...
17
May
Oscar Eight
Oscar Eight was North Vietnamese General Vo Bam’s 559th Transportation Group’s forward headquarters. It was also the Ho Chi Minh Trail’...
12
May
ACROSS THE FENCE: BRIGHT LIGHT RESCUE MISSION WITH JAMES SHORTEN
By John Meyer
James Jones / Shorten
As April 1970 wound down, RT Delaware was on stand down at the top-secret SOG compound ...
30
Apr
My First Mission Across the Fence
By: Bob Donoghue
Location: FOB-3 Khe Sanh
Date: April 1968
Mission: Area Recon to locate the 304 th NVA Division
I ...
29
Apr
ST Idaho Still Missing 53 Years Later
By: John MeyerPublished in the Sentinel May 2021 - SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION CHAPTER 78Glen Oliver Lane and the fate of...