the president of the united states. officially retired captain gary mike rose, his friends call him mike, was never in laos at the height of the vietnam war. rose is captain rose is 69 years old. he served as a medic in the military assistant command studies and observations group, which was an elite division of the special forces and is. it was so secret at the time for more than four decades he never spoke about it to one person on earth. for four decades. not even the people with whom he served. so this will be the first time that the people with whom he s served have gotten together since that day. it has not been a secret anymore for a few years. but for four decades he never spoke of this. imagine. those that served with him never forgot the bravery called operation tailwind in the land