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John L. Plaster (born 1949) [1] is a former United States Army Special Forces officer regarded as one of the leading sniper experts in the world. [2] A decorated Vietnam War veteran who served in the covert Studies and Observations Group (SOG), Plaster co-founded a renowned sniper school that trains military and law enforcement personnel in highly specialized sniper tactics.
Mark J. O'Neil: Retired Major General. Former Commander of Delta Force from 2009 to 2011. Served multiple tours of duty with 1st SFOD-D including Troop and Squadron Commander. Thomas Payne: A Sergeant Major in Delta Force. When he was a Sergeant First Class, he was involved in a hostage rescue on the 22 October 2015 at an ISIS prison in Kirkuk ...
Richard James Meadows (June 16, 1931 – July 29, 1995) was a United States Army Special Forces officer who saw combat in Korea and Vietnam.He was a key figure in the Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, the rescue operation for the hostages of the Iran hostage crisis.
Viet Cong soldier with a Type 2 AK-47 rifle. Only one sabotaged cartridge would be placed in a magazine or case of good ammunition. Project Eldest Son (also known as “Italian Green” or “Pole Bean”) was a program of covert operations conducted by the United States' Studies and Observation Group (SOG) during the Vietnam War.
They appealed to headquarters of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG or SOG) in Saigon requesting aid from the highly classified unit; specifically, they asked for a unit to enter near Chavane and disrupt PAVN defenses. Colonel John Sadler, SOG's commander, agreed to undertake the mission.
This was true for Major Gale “Buck” Cleven and Major John “Bucky” Egan, the real-life cadets who lead Masters of the Air, played by Butler and Turner. The best friends, who both signed up ...
Fascinating artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city doomed and buried by Mount Vesuvius’s deadly eruption in AD79.. The most impressive discovery is ...
The Ultimate Sniper: An Advanced Training Manual for Military and Police Snipers is a non-fiction book written by John Plaster and published in 1993. An expanded and updated version was published in 2006.