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How the Army uses the West Virginia wilderness to find out who has what it takes to join Delta Force
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How the Army Finds Out Who Has What It Takes to Join Delta Force
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During the Vietnam War, US commandos developed an insertion and extraction method that is still used today.
Now, with conflict in Southeast or East Asia a growing prospect, its an increasingly relevant but still risky method.
During the Vietnam War, American commandos developed an insertion and extraction method for operations in the jungle that is still used by today s special operators.
The Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) system is designed for small special-operations teams that operate in areas where an enemy presence or the terrain prevents helicopters from landing.
The SPIE technique hasn t been used operationally for decades, in part because US air superiority and lackluster enemy anti-aircraft capabilities have meant it wasn t needed.
How US special operators use a Vietnam War-era method to get into and out of dangerous spots quickly
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As the U.S.’s involvement in Vietnam steadily grew with more conventional troops, so did its secret war. To counter the Viet Cong’s guerrilla campaign, which was supported by the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and was raging inside South Vietnam, the Pentagon established a highly secretive special operations organization in 1964.
The Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was tasked with taking the fight to the enemy regardless of where they were. Cross-border operations in Cambodia, Laos, and North Vietnam where U.S. troops weren’t supposed to be became SOG’s specialty.
Special Operations Pioneers