John Stryker "Tilt" Meyer Talks MACV-SOG Days

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  • Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2019
  • Evan had the honor of speaking with John Stryker "Tilt" Meyer and Pat Watkins, two veterans of MAC V-SOG. They ran some of the most harrowing, covert missions in the Vietnam War, operating both in Vietnam as well as Laos and Cambodia.
    UPDATE: We made the MACV Roast one of our staple medium roasts. Grab it here: www.blackriflecoffee.com/prod...
    Check out some of Tilt's books here:
    Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition) - www.amazon.com/Across-Fence-J...
    On The Ground: The Secret War in Vietnam - www.amazon.com/Ground-Secret-...
    SOG Chronicles: Volume One - www.amazon.com/SOG-Chronicles...
    Read Tilt's Thanksgiving story here: coffeeordie.com/macv-sog-than...
    Check out our MAC V gear: www.blackriflecoffee.com/coll...
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  • @leonidaslantz5249
    @leonidaslantz5249 4 года назад +408

    I just want to thank BRCC for all you do for Veterans and active duty military, first responders,police,firemen and women and nurses. Additionally if you have never tried Black Rifle coffee you owe it to yourself as it is the best coffee anywhere and the price is the same as the regular brands.Also if you don't like it( but I bet you will) they have a Money back guarantee.

    • @BlackRifleCoffeeCompany
      @BlackRifleCoffeeCompany  4 года назад +45

      There are some amazing people in the professions you listed here -- we're stoked and honored to be a part of that community

    • @Ariesguy41499
      @Ariesguy41499 4 года назад +23

      @@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany The man who lived next door to me for years was a Vietnam Vet. He was such an amazing person and was like a grandfather to me. Not only that, but he was also a secret service agent for Nixon. We didn't believe him at first but he called the white house when he didn't get his VA check and he asked to talk to I forgot who it was I think the VA secretary but it's been so many years I don't remember exactly. After he talked to them and told them he was a Vietnam vet and was in the secret service the man he spoke to told him his check would be in the mail the next day. Surely enough it was. He died 2 years ago, I miss him so much. :(

    • @macjordan3901
      @macjordan3901 4 года назад

      Coffee and MACV. Fuck off.

    • @powernap5187
      @powernap5187 4 года назад +6

      @N-Word Salesman Not sure that you understand you are commenting on a channel that is dedicated to selling coffee... The best coffee that I've ever tasted, btw.

    • @billwillson5361
      @billwillson5361 4 года назад +5

      @N-Word Salesman clown

  • @txkitkat1307
    @txkitkat1307 2 года назад +9

    My Husband was a MAC V veteran…he was an author & wrote Queens Rook , A Soldiers Story based on his letters he wrote home & photos he took.
    He passed away last month with complications form Agent Orange.He was in the hospital for 2 months & wore his MAC V cap everyday while there.
    Thank Your for Your Sevice.

    • @BlackRifleCoffeeCompany
      @BlackRifleCoffeeCompany  2 года назад +4

      We are truly sorry for your loss. Many thanks to your husband for his service. We raise our mugs to his memory.

  • @davidrasch3082
    @davidrasch3082 4 года назад +70

    At college in '68 I knew a Marine vet who, when asked which fraternity he would join replied 'Mekong Delta'. The questioner had no clue. Later, '71 I got a job as a soldier.

  • @joconnell1994
    @joconnell1994 3 года назад +29

    I’ve seen Tilt on several podcasts, I could listen to that dude and his friends all day, every day.

  • @robo3915
    @robo3915 4 года назад +236

    These guys are Living Legends, those SOG guys running recon did the most hair raising shit I’ve ever read about. You start reading those books and you cannot put them down.

    • @Wasrael
      @Wasrael 4 года назад +3

      Any books to be specific?

    • @calebroca5134
      @calebroca5134 4 года назад +6

      Roland Rios tiger force is a good one. I think Meyer wrote it but I may be wrong. Great read. These dudes were doing the craziest shit I’ve ever read about

    • @TroyTempest777
      @TroyTempest777 4 года назад +7

      Gotta agree! Im impressed with any high level operators ,but these guys for me are still the benchmark. The stories you read about..damn..crazy and scary as hell. Amazing guys😎👍

    • @Wppk765
      @Wppk765 4 года назад +3

      Robert Fletcher I was gonna say “those thumbs down musta been from ‘Charlie’”...but I like yours better!

    • @TroyTempest777
      @TroyTempest777 3 года назад

      @johnny 2BAD MACV means Military Assistance Command Vietnam..part of the United States military command system when Nam started to really blow up and USA had a deeper involvement. Im sure a vet could better explain it😅
      Hope that helps!?

  • @fullwaverecked
    @fullwaverecked 3 года назад +16

    As a veteran that spent ten years in the Marines, six years in Okinawa, these guys are stunning to say the least. They chased danger till they grabbed it by the tail. Then they gave it the what for and the what not. Truly fearless. Thank you for making this video. Cheers!

  • @pfdrtom
    @pfdrtom 3 года назад +42

    The 137 dislikes were VCs and NVAs who are still butthurt over the way SOG moved into their backyard and called it home.

  • @TsmithJustin
    @TsmithJustin 4 года назад +128

    11:15 is the end of the coffee advert

    • @hambone950
      @hambone950 4 года назад +3

      thanks

    • @TheMattc999
      @TheMattc999 3 года назад +3

      Just what I was looking for 👍

    • @David-og7di
      @David-og7di 3 года назад +7

      Viet coffee is great. Bit tragic marketing it with American military acheivements

    • @georgecoull1883
      @georgecoull1883 3 года назад +2

      Hell do you know how many people wanted to see how Evan makes coffee? A lot

    • @pghudd
      @pghudd 3 года назад

      We salute you sir

  • @khmaiaznboi89
    @khmaiaznboi89 4 года назад +52

    I love this interviewing old school guys. My grandfather was a contractor in Cambodia during Vietnam. That's how my dad got out of the refugee camps during the Khmer rouge.

    • @trentonarney6066
      @trentonarney6066 4 года назад +4

      Did your grandfather adopt your dad or did he marry your grandpa's daughter? Sounds like it would be a story worth telling.

    • @austntexan
      @austntexan 4 года назад +8

      Damn, glad your family made it here. The KR were a special kind of demons.

    • @e3uphoric51
      @e3uphoric51 Год назад

      That's incredible

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear 3 года назад +59

    heroes

  • @leeburkai9830
    @leeburkai9830 4 года назад +37

    why did I go into Special Forces....I wanted to be my own boss!
    FOB II 'Dec69-'70. OneZero RT Vermont and RT Colorado (OneTwo on RT Iowa)
    Thanks for Coffee and ....fun craziness!
    These men are legends.

  • @cormajor8833
    @cormajor8833 4 года назад +74

    Id like to say that was the best interview with SOG guys ive ever seen. Pat is an amazing guy to listen to. Thank you Evan, for bringing the spotlight on a group that ran longer and harder than any special forces group since ww2. They literally wrote the SOP for modern warfare at the tip of the spear.

    • @justjsse8917
      @justjsse8917 4 года назад +6

      I highly suggest watching the 3 episodes he did on jockos podcast. Each are multiple hours. Jocko has about six 3 hour episodes , video too

    • @tbnthompson
      @tbnthompson 3 года назад +1

      @@justjsse8917 jocks podcast has the best on all these SOG guys now. I listen to them over and over again at work

  • @herknorth8691
    @herknorth8691 4 года назад +465

    "The only time we killed babies was when we were out of food."
    That's hilariously horrible.

    • @ace1gun
      @ace1gun 4 года назад +10

      John is Funny and Deadly!

    • @phillipburns5617
      @phillipburns5617 4 года назад +7

      😂😂😂👍👍
      Yes I love it🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @jerrycraig6522
      @jerrycraig6522 4 года назад +48

      @Edward Burgess it was a JOKE, a sick and dark joke, obviously but if you weren't there.....shut the F up!!!!

    • @jimgritty7064
      @jimgritty7064 4 года назад +4

      Well the cruelties were committed and I hope they will be looked into one day in Usa too instead of swept under the rug.

    • @WrathOfMrRodgers
      @WrathOfMrRodgers 4 года назад +30

      @@jimgritty7064 war is atrocious. What the North Vietnamese did was atrocious and unchecked.

  • @tigertwoactual2495
    @tigertwoactual2495 4 года назад +103

    “Napalm does stick to people” - Pat Watkins
    *laughter in the background*
    I just died laughing

    • @thefinalgrind
      @thefinalgrind 4 года назад +10

      My grandpa had some wicked burn/melt holes on him from the Korean war. "Got stuck in a hot rainstorm of napalm and didn't have my god damn umbrella made from pussy lips!" Was his quick answer when people asked/noticed. Lol. As a kid I didn't get it. Now that I'm in my 30s, I laugh& use the phase often.

    • @murderc27
      @murderc27 3 года назад

      @@thefinalgrind I don't get it!
      Explain?... Please? I'm enthralled.

    • @gregusmc2868
      @gregusmc2868 3 года назад

      God. We had to sing a song when running at PI boot camp and it ended “Napalm sticks to kids!” We had some sick DIs! (Most of who
      were all Vietnam Vets. (This was 1986)

  • @Jam-vj8ig
    @Jam-vj8ig Год назад +1

    Thank You for keeping these memories alive. True American Warriors !

  • @STRATSAFIRE
    @STRATSAFIRE 3 года назад +9

    My father was SOG & originating “OG” Marine and one of the designers of that MAC “V” SOG Military Assault Command Special Observation Group “Viet Nam” specific patch.
    Mad respect for those operators and the “chosin reservoir” Marines Sailors (USCG included) Soldiers and Airmen who are the savage Warriors that paved the way for all the Badassery that followed.
    God’s speed-hell bound!
    Blessings to all that served and who are serving!
    Semper Fi!
    Semper Paratus!
    Beyond forever,
    Axeman

    • @SaltyPirate71
      @SaltyPirate71 3 года назад +1

      I'm sure you meant "Military Assistance Command", as "Military Assault Command" is from "Star Trek"? The acronym, MACV SOG, stands for Military Assistance Command Vietnam - Studies and Observations Group.

  • @wintermute1
    @wintermute1 4 года назад +21

    That baby killer comeback reminds me of all the Vietnam vets I went to college with. I laughed way too hard those were some awesome guys

  • @toker8602
    @toker8602 4 года назад +126

    Look at Evan's face, that the face of a grown man meeting his childhood heroes.

    • @aaron123112
      @aaron123112 4 года назад +2

      Sam C no doubt!!!

    • @charliehopkins9561
      @charliehopkins9561 3 года назад +5

      I'm even happier that his hero lived up to his expectation. They dont make em like they used too

    • @toker8602
      @toker8602 3 года назад

      @@charliehopkins9561 They sure don't boss.

    • @charliemartin4392
      @charliemartin4392 3 года назад +3

      That's the way Jocko was too. These men are definitely top notch. "Welcome home, men"

  • @suntz8736
    @suntz8736 4 года назад +3

    It is a true honor and privilege to listen to these men !
    Thank you for giving us all the opportunity to listen to their stories.

  • @22mswartz
    @22mswartz 4 года назад +29

    Awesome interview! I had the privilege to be associated with three MACVSOG Green Berets during high school JROTC, Ed Rybat, Chuck Kirby, and SGM Burns. All three legends but at the time I had no idea (1983-86). I later learned about them through John Plaster and his book SOG. Great Americans!

  • @FreedomandBaconHomestead
    @FreedomandBaconHomestead 4 года назад +7

    Would love it if this interview was available as a podcast. Hats off to Tilt and those he served with and thanks to BRCC for recognizing them!

  • @69adrummer
    @69adrummer 4 года назад +25

    How he calls him "Sir" ...........damn, the amount of maturity, respect and ...ugh....wow.

  • @brandonshelton7435
    @brandonshelton7435 4 года назад +18

    Listening to these men and their stories is truly humbling (definitely listen to Jocko’s podcasts with “Tilt”)!
    The hell they fought through mission after mission is unimaginable.
    Thank you BRCC for having them on and for the recognition they so deeply deserve!

  • @JumpingJimmyJet
    @JumpingJimmyJet 3 года назад +4

    Excellent interview. Tilt and I are good friends as well as Pat Watkins. I served at SOA-CCC, 1-0 of Rt. Delaware. I spent 10 years in SF, then transferred over and trained to be a USAF, PJ Best wishes to you all at Black Rifle Coffee

    • @xmachine7003
      @xmachine7003 3 года назад

      Where did the USAF SOG operate.
      My gun Uncle was working for them for 65 months.70-75.
      Do you know of them.
      Worked for a man known as 3 fingers.

  • @FGS-yk3vc
    @FGS-yk3vc 4 года назад +22

    As a no life who consume lots of media, I can say that this has been the only ad I wanted to keep watching.
    Good job on making this.

    • @jerrodbates8480
      @jerrodbates8480 4 года назад +1

      Why you say you're a no life bro?

    • @zac3392
      @zac3392 4 года назад +1

      FGS 9808 Get out in nature. Shoot a gun. Kill a deer. Breathe!

    • @FGS-yk3vc
      @FGS-yk3vc 4 года назад

      @@zac3392
      Thank you
      After being shut in by force because of the pandemic, I want to get out more

    • @FGS-yk3vc
      @FGS-yk3vc 3 года назад +2

      Update
      I got out
      I now own a truck, new phone, have savings, and have signed up for college
      Thanks for the encouragement, boyos.

    • @dopedoge3603
      @dopedoge3603 3 года назад

      @@FGS-yk3vc this has been a good character arc, good luck brother

  • @jodeluna62
    @jodeluna62 4 года назад +23

    You Guys Are So Good At What You Do For Us Vietnam Veterans Is Awesome! Good Coffee And Good People! I'm Hooked! Good Video!

  • @princesspatriot1544
    @princesspatriot1544 4 года назад +4

    3:33 " It's gonna get a little tricky because the places we fought were laos and Cambodia " .....man I miss my dad ....I typed in MACV to see what was new on you tube .Brilliant Evan .Thank you for this and your service .John Stryker thank you sir 🇺🇸 Pat thank you sir .My father Lt. Colonel John H. Hayes U.S. Special Forces 1938-1984 ( Westmoreland's man ....not General Hieu's ) Respect . DE OPPRESO LIBER

    • @billwillson5361
      @billwillson5361 4 года назад

      These are truly amazing men,thank you for sharing that and may your father rest easy💙

  • @laurelinlorefield318
    @laurelinlorefield318 4 года назад +1

    Thanks to all of you for your service. My dad would enjoy hearing this. He flew air support in the A Shau valley as well as bombing runs on the HCM Trail. Not sure he did that his first tour ('64 flying flying F-100s out of Danang) but he definitely did in '65-'66 flying F4C Phantoms out of Cam Ranh. Earned a DFC supporting an outpost about to be overrun. I think I'll get him some coffee for his upcoming 89th birthday.

  • @RCSkunkWorX
    @RCSkunkWorX 3 года назад +6

    William Waugh (born December 1, 1929) is a former United States Army Special Forces soldier and Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary operations officer who served more than 50 years between the U.S. Army's Green Berets and the CIA's Special Activities Division (renamed Special Activities Center in 2016
    Waugh enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1948, completing basic training at Fort Ord, California, in August of that year. He was accepted into the United States Army Airborne School and became airborne qualified in December 1948. In April 1951, Waugh was assigned to the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (RCT) in Korea.
    Shortly after the end of the Korean War, Waugh met two Special Forces members on a train in Germany, they informed him of openings for Platoon sergeants, shortly after he requested a transfer. He began training for the Special Forces. He earned the Green Beret in 1954, joining the 10th Special Forces Group (SFG) in Bad Tölz, West Germany.
    As U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War increased, the United States began deploying Special Forces "A-teams" (Operational Detachment Alpha, or ODA, teams) to Southeast Asia in support of counterinsurgency operations against the Viet Cong, North Vietnamese and other Communist forces. Waugh arrived in South Vietnam with his ODA in 1961, and began working alongside Civilian Irregular Defense Groups (CIDGs) there, as well as in Laos.
    In 1965, while participating in a commando raid with his CIDG unit on a North Vietnamese Army encampment near Bong Son, Binh Dinh province, Waugh's unit found itself engaged with much larger enemy force than anticipated. Expecting only a few hundred NVA, it was discovered that a force of Chinese regulars had joined the NVA Elite; combining for almost 4,000 soldiers. While he and his men attempted to retreat from the battle, Waugh received numerous severe wounds to his head and legs. Unconscious, he was taken for dead by NVA soldiers and left alone. Despite his injuries, with the assistance of his teammates Waugh was safely evacuated from the combat zone. He spent much of 1965 and 1966 recuperating at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C., eventually returning to duty with 5th Special Forces Group in 1966. He received a Silver Star and a Purple Heart (His 6th) for the battle of Bong Son.
    At this time Waugh joined the Military Assistance Command-Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG). While working for SOG, Waugh helped train Vietnamese and Cambodian forces in unconventional warfare tactics primarily directed against the North Vietnamese Army operating along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
    Prior to retirement from U.S. Army Special Forces service, Waugh was senior NCO (non-commissioned officer) of MACV-SOG's Command & Control North (CCN) based at Marble Mountain on the South China Sea shore a few miles south of Da Nang, Vietnam. Waugh held this Command Sergeant Major role during the covert unit's transition and name change to Task Force One Advisory Element (TF1AE). SGM Waugh conducted the first combat High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) jump, a parachuting maneuver designed for rapid, undetected insertion into hostile territory. In October 1970, his team made a practice Combat Infiltration into the NVA owned War Zone D, in South Vietnam, for reassembly training, etc. Waugh also led the last combat Special reconnaissance parachute insertion by American Army Special Forces HALO parachutists into denied territory which was occupied by communist North Vietnamese Army (NVA) troops on June 22, 1971.
    Waugh retired from active military duty at the rank of Sergeant Major (E-9) on February 1, 1972.
    Prior to retirement, Waugh worked for the CIA's elite Special Activities Division, starting in 1961. After Waugh retired from the military, he worked for the United States Postal Service until he accepted an offer in 1977 from ex-CIA officer Edwin P. Wilson to work in Libya on a contract to train that country's special forces. This was not an Agency-endorsed assignment and Waugh might have found himself in trouble with U.S. authorities if it weren't for the fact that he was also approached by the CIA to work for the Agency while in Libya. The CIA tasked him with surveilling Libyan military installations and capabilities - this was of great interest to U.S. intelligence as Libya was receiving substantial military assistance from the Soviet Union at the time. This additional assignment quite possibly protected Waugh from prosecution after Wilson was later indicted and convicted in 1979 for illegally selling weapons to Libya.
    In the 1980s he was assigned to the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands to track Soviet small boat teams (Naval Spetsnaz: Dolfin) operating in the area and prevent them from stealing U.S. missile technology. Some of his more critical assignments took place in Khartoum, Sudan during the early 1990s, where he performed surveillance and intelligence gathering on terrorist leaders Carlos the Jackal and Osama bin Laden with Cofer Black.
    At the age of 71, Waugh participated in Operation Enduring Freedom as a member of the CIA team led by Gary Schroen that went into Afghanistan to work with the Northern Alliance to topple the Taliban regime and Al Qaeda at the Battle of Tora Bora. Waugh was in-country from October to December 2001. Waugh spent many years being both a "Blue Badger" (employee) and a "Green Badger" (contractor). He continues to work as a "Green Badger". It is unknown how many missions Waugh was involved in during his career.
    In 1985, Waugh was again requested by the CIA for clandestine work. Before he took the offer, he decided to further his education, earning bachelor's degrees in Business and Police Science from Wayland Baptist University in 1987. He also earned a master's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a specialization in criminal justice administration (MSCJA) in 1988 from Texas State University (formerly Southwest Texas State), in San Marcos, TX.
    Awards and decorations (partial list)
    Combat Infantryman Badge (two awards)
    Master Parachutist badge (United States).svg Master Parachutist Badge
    US Military Master Freefall Parachutist Badge with gold Combat Jump Device Military Freefall Jumpmaster Badge with gold combat jump star (5 or more combat jumps).
    Silver Star x 8
    Legion of Merit
    Bronze oak leaf clusterBronze oak leaf clusterBronze oak leaf cluster Bronze Star with three oak leaf clusters
    Silver oak leaf clusterBronze oak leaf clusterBronze oak leaf cluster Purple Heart with seven oak leaf clusters
    Air Medal
    VBronze oak leaf clusterBronze oak leaf clusterBronze oak leaf cluster Army Commendation Medal with valor device and three oak leaf clusters
    Bronze oak leaf cluster Presidential Unit Citation (United States) with olc (one award in 2001, Studies and Observations Group)
    Good Conduct Medal (7 awards)
    Army of Occupation Medal
    Bronze star National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
    Bronze starBronze starBronze star Korean Service Medal with three campaign stars
    Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
    ArrowheadSilver starBronze star Vietnam Service Medal with Arrowhead device and six service stars
    Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
    Gallantry Cross Unit Citation.png Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
    Civil Action Unit Citation.png Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal Unit Citation
    United Nations Service Medal (Korea)
    Vietnam Campaign Medal
    Republic of Korea War Service Medal
    7 Service stripes.

    • @jamesgeorge9467
      @jamesgeorge9467 5 месяцев назад

      You learned to copy and paste, nice

  • @nikkisims8656
    @nikkisims8656 3 года назад +1

    Thank you gentlemen for your service. Amazing Men.

  • @fleet_street215
    @fleet_street215 3 года назад +1

    I could listen to these guys all day long. Thanks for your service!! 🇺🇸

  • @beetlebaily1972
    @beetlebaily1972 4 года назад +2

    Thank you for doing this interview. Awesome!

  • @Montana_horseman
    @Montana_horseman 4 года назад +3

    I've seen a lot of streams here but this was truly one of the most valued for me. I thank the vets as well as all at BRCC for putting this on. My life has been a web of connections to the Vietnam war and I've thought a lot about making a video with some of the unique aspects I've experienced because of the war in Vietnam. Seeing this has made me think it's time to get those wheels turning.

  • @ColemanCanna
    @ColemanCanna 4 года назад +2

    I absolutely loved watching this..I'm so thankful for all of our past present future and lost service members. I have so much respect for each of y'all. My father was 23 years out of fort Campbell and fort Bragg. Stationed in Karlsruhe Germany lived there for almost 5 years ..then state side. I won't put my service so not to take away from all of y'all. But love of country is strong in myself and my family .. again thank you BRCC for everything yall do. Ordered a couple bags this morning and a mug..went to the VA yesterday in West Virginia and seen an old Korean vet friend and talked to a number of other vets .. I truly enjoy hearing the story's of past. Take care. Hoorah.

  • @christopherkrause9899
    @christopherkrause9899 4 года назад +2

    I love these Vietnam veterans. Thank you for your service. You are absolutely not forgotten.

  • @mattsimmons4874
    @mattsimmons4874 4 года назад +1

    That was FANTASTIC !! Than you Evan and a super big thanks to John Meyer and Pat Watkins . Than you for your past service and future service.

  • @braxtonb3787
    @braxtonb3787 4 года назад +7

    Wow most intrested thing i watched in a long time , Thankyou BRCC you guys are doing amazing work

  • @mpeugeot
    @mpeugeot 4 года назад +2

    What an amazing interview and bit of history that these men shared with you (and us). Absolutely awesome.

  • @griflorida4
    @griflorida4 4 года назад +2

    John Stryker Meyer "Tilt" is a super Rambo. The most thrilling experience I have ever had. Thanks Black Rifle Coffee

  • @Ethan-sz9hv
    @Ethan-sz9hv 4 года назад +4

    I watched/listen to john’s podcasts with Jocko. And now I watched this one. And I can’t help but to crack a smile when I hear this man’s laugh. It such a good hearted cheery laugh. He can change the feel of a story with it. makes it sound a lot less scary then I’m sure it really was.

  • @ianfrank8480
    @ianfrank8480 4 года назад +1

    This was amazing to watch. I'll be finishing this while I'm at work and listening to it like a podcast. Thank you for what you do with the community and I look forward to other videos like this.

  • @robertgehret7615
    @robertgehret7615 4 года назад +65

    Thank you Evan for recognizing these living legends. John Meyers book is a must read along with John Plaster’s . I’m hoping that the SOG coffee hasn’t sold out yet. I tried to order when it was first out but had trouble so waiting for Monday to talk with live person. Did get the SOG hoodie !

    • @BlackRifleCoffeeCompany
      @BlackRifleCoffeeCompany  4 года назад +17

      The MAC V coffee actually has sold out already! But if you want to hop on the ECS train, all coffee club members can sign up to be notified when the next batch rolls out. Glad you got the hoodie though! Tigerstripes are definitely making a comeback
      And yes, John Meyer's book is amazing. To everyone reading: if you get "Across the Fence," make sure you grab the expanded edition!

    • @sw6493
      @sw6493 4 года назад +2

      Also read "On the Ground" by Mr. Meyer

    • @sw6493
      @sw6493 4 года назад +3

      @Cecil Gibson Yes he's written 2 SOG books. They're excellent.

  • @leviandersen3685
    @leviandersen3685 4 года назад +3

    I really appreciate this interview. I would love to see more sit downs with former vets and have them talk about their experiences, they are a wealth of knowledge.

  • @avgjoe8540
    @avgjoe8540 4 года назад +18

    My uncle was a p.o.w in Japan and part of the batan death march. I remember him telling me stories of the ships they were transported in, full of dead bodies and maggots. how badly mistreated the p.o.w were. These are real men and true heros. And we all owe our lives to there selfless service.

    • @arikkthorn
      @arikkthorn 3 года назад +1

      Good god almighty I would have died trying to get out of there.

  • @dandan8787
    @dandan8787 4 года назад

    Amazing interview. I'm watching this from Sweden and having been always interested in the vietnam war - this is the jackpot of interviews. Thank you to Mr. Stryker Meyer, Mr. Watkins and BRCC!

  • @samneedsanap7802
    @samneedsanap7802 4 года назад

    My dad was a Green Beret & at one point served with the 82nd. He enlisted in '67. He passed in 2012 so sitting here & listening to these old timers tell their stories gives me an ache but then comes right back & soothes it. Welcome home, boys. Thank you for your service.

  • @kirsch1616
    @kirsch1616 4 года назад +8

    Listened to all the jocko episodes as they came out, unbelievable story. The man and his boys are true badasses

  • @intuitivesean443
    @intuitivesean443 4 года назад +20

    I was in the 82nd Alpha company 3/505 pir I met Command sergeant major benivedes

    • @antoniopossan7359
      @antoniopossan7359 3 года назад +3

      Roy BADMOTHERFUCKING Benavidez. Thats real life rambo

  • @836dmar
    @836dmar 3 года назад

    Fascinating. Thanks to all you guys for what you did and still do for us!

  • @cescasmare6
    @cescasmare6 4 года назад

    This is Gold. Thank you all for sharing your stories. Thanks BRCC for the video.

  • @davidrasch3082
    @davidrasch3082 4 года назад +1

    I am a monthly subscriber. Never been disappointed in any way. Coffee with 'brass balls'. Army artillery '71-'74.

  • @rickeycoats1790
    @rickeycoats1790 4 года назад +28

    As a retiring 18D I love hearing the SOG stories. I also listen to Jocko on a regular basis, and I really enjoyed both Tilt and Dynamite Dick’s interviews.
    As for SEALs it’s been my experience as long as there’s less than a group of 3 of them, then everything is alright. If there’s more than 3 then well....

  • @nachgeben
    @nachgeben 4 года назад +26

    I'm sooo gonna have to tell my father about that "she made my IQ go up a few points and I left the Marines for the Army" quip. (He's also a retired E9, so he'll get more of a kick out of it.)

  • @shieldwallofdragons
    @shieldwallofdragons 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for having them on...these stories need to be told and retold...they did what their country asked of them and did it well...they have my respect and gratitude. Great channel and content, keep up the great work

  • @tinfoilskullcap7034
    @tinfoilskullcap7034 4 года назад +1

    Thanks BRC. I could listen to these guys for hours.

  • @toddsmith4704
    @toddsmith4704 4 года назад +2

    Thank you BRCC for this ! It's great these men are finally getting there due !

  • @inglesconalan5360
    @inglesconalan5360 4 года назад +1

    This was amazing. I loved every minute of it. More please.

  • @spockspock
    @spockspock 3 года назад

    My grandfather was the outdoors program director at the U of U for many years. My father was sf in ‘63 and married his Draper sweetheart. Thanks for your service and these fabulous stories.

  • @dgax65
    @dgax65 4 года назад +1

    That was a fascinating interview. I'd like to thank Evan and everybody at BRCC who work so hard to honor our veterans. It is vital that we make the general public aware of the accomplishments and sacrifices made by those in the military to keep us free. BRCC does that every day. Thank you.

  • @billbradleymusic
    @billbradleymusic 4 года назад

    It's great to watch you guys talk. You see clearly the separation of year's. As well the youth in each. Thanks guys!

  • @switzypoo2413
    @switzypoo2413 3 года назад

    Get John’s books. My pages were soaked from my palms sweating while reading. Can’t believe these guys are still alive after their service. Thank you to all the service members who get out there and get some.

  • @uncleremus5046
    @uncleremus5046 2 года назад +1

    Get all the books on these guys their all phenomenal! The amount of combat is mind boggling. Real Heroes.🇺🇸

  • @Insider-lu3ir
    @Insider-lu3ir 3 года назад

    Best interview ever! Grew up in the 70’s looking up to these guys! Knew then the direction I was headed. Sad that I never made it to Group, nonetheless earned my B&C’s and spent quality time in support of fine warriors such as these! Thank you for paving the road ahead! Honored, indeed, to have trodden the path in your footsteps! Honored to have rubbed shoulders with a good number of them... Truly honored!

  • @glenncunningham6397
    @glenncunningham6397 3 года назад

    Just ordered "Across the Fence".
    Can't wait to dig in.
    Thanks for bringing us these guys, Evan.

  • @joeferraro9884
    @joeferraro9884 3 года назад

    This was great I’m disappointed in myself that it took me this long to watch it. Thanks to all of you that serve.this country owes you everything....

  • @aerospaceracecraft8954
    @aerospaceracecraft8954 3 года назад

    Been wanting to learn more about Mac v Sog, thank you for this video 👍🏻

  • @82lowe36id
    @82lowe36id 4 года назад

    Outstanding video. Please keep these coming. Thank you for your service, brothers. A Vietnam SF vet used to walk around my old neighborhood every evening. I would chat with him some. He finally found out I was in the Infantry and former 82nd. He started opening up more and man he had some stories.

  • @rsanoian
    @rsanoian 4 года назад

    Love everything that you guys do Evan, Matt and the whole BRCC crew! Nothing but respect for all of you.

  • @low-keyrighteous9575
    @low-keyrighteous9575 2 года назад

    That wall in the background of George Washington and the Continental Army is incredible . It's great your taking the time to give attention to this warrior as well as MACV-SOG .

  • @carlweiss8942
    @carlweiss8942 4 года назад

    thanks for the interview, brought back alot of memories, thank you so much

    • @BlackRifleCoffeeCompany
      @BlackRifleCoffeeCompany  4 года назад

      We are grateful to be able to share stories like these! Thank you for listening

  • @kylewood8327
    @kylewood8327 4 года назад

    Great video guys...it’s awesome to be able to hear the war stories from the ones who started it all! 👍🏻

  • @jpwill75
    @jpwill75 4 года назад +1

    I wish I could thumbs-up a thousand times on this video. I wish everyone understood and appreciated what SOG did and meant for this country. I was introduced via two sources - the John Clark character in Tom Clancy's novels and by Maj John L. Plaster's books. I hope to expand my library of SOG history soon. Brave to the point of audacious, these men were beyond heroic.

  • @JO-ii5pp
    @JO-ii5pp 3 года назад

    Thank you for your work and service! God Bless You Gents!

  • @mikexxxmilly
    @mikexxxmilly 3 года назад

    I love listening to this and any old person with their rambling stories. There’s always pieces of lessons entangled within them.

  • @Reactions5.0
    @Reactions5.0 4 года назад

    Awesome hearing these stories from the new and the old. Love the non watered down versions.

  • @loviedebiasio8864
    @loviedebiasio8864 4 года назад +12

    This is very cool Evan Thanks

  • @chriszablocki2460
    @chriszablocki2460 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for your service, sir.

  • @mfallen4277
    @mfallen4277 4 года назад +1

    So glad Jocko had Meyer on and got his name out there. Never would have found his books, never would have found this channel, etc. Love this dude; he needs to start his own podcast! Though with SOG chronicles I'm sure he's a busy man

  • @Yoyo-jc8hg
    @Yoyo-jc8hg 3 года назад

    Truly great stuff. I grew up loving these stories. Thanks you.

  • @edwardsmith9801
    @edwardsmith9801 4 года назад

    My Dad did two tour's with the first Infantry & I have never been so proud of someone, man's my hero.

  • @samgraham2110
    @samgraham2110 4 года назад +4

    43:50 To that point, "Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu" by Bernard Fall is an amazing book.

  • @juancholo7502
    @juancholo7502 4 года назад

    Thank You guys for your service, welcome home.

  • @whydat684
    @whydat684 4 года назад +41

    I enjoyed this. The old trooper in the gray is still salty AF. Bless these men.

    • @aaronanderson7619
      @aaronanderson7619 4 года назад +7

      Different breed of cat for sure.
      A man's man of sorts. Can't believe I'm hearing Watkins talk, only read of him.

  • @mr.tall-man1573
    @mr.tall-man1573 4 года назад +31

    Good seeing Tilt in color :)

  • @glockspecific7757
    @glockspecific7757 4 года назад

    Its amazing how genuine Evan is, nothing but respect for that man!

  • @shaungolding5599
    @shaungolding5599 4 года назад

    Great watch, have read a bunch about the exploits of macv- sog, unbelievable stuff. Much Respect to these retired warriors, cheers from Australia.

  • @robertmoffitt1336
    @robertmoffitt1336 4 года назад

    This is one of the most impactful videos I have ever watched. Never Forget those who never made it back home. 💝 😓 I'll probably rewatch this video again later tonight, as it's all still sinking in from having just watched it. I mean this sincerely, this video is incredible. We stand on the shoulders of giants; giants such as these men and the men they talk about, and with whom they served.

  • @dr.dinopappas
    @dr.dinopappas 4 года назад +4

    To the Vietnam Vets, MACV-SOG guys THANK YOU AND WELCOME HOME!

  • @nicklasanderssonporseteg5774
    @nicklasanderssonporseteg5774 4 года назад +2

    Great respect to these warriors as well as to BRCC for this amazing episod!
    Thanks🇸🇪🙏

  • @mpbassman5339
    @mpbassman5339 3 года назад +1

    Who would give this segment a thumbs down? Thanks BRCC for having these men on

  • @BrodyToYou
    @BrodyToYou 4 года назад +2

    So cool hearing from these guys.

  • @Bredaxe
    @Bredaxe 4 года назад +2

    As the son of a Marine veteran in Vietnam during the 66 to 68 timeline, I thank all you Vietnam vets. I learned about the war mostly from his sleep. He's the reason I joined the military. Unfortunately he died 10 years ago today on April fool's day. Miss you old man.

    • @darkknight1340
      @darkknight1340 3 года назад +1

      So very sorry to hear of your sad loss.

    • @Bredaxe
      @Bredaxe 3 года назад

      @@darkknight1340 Thank you very much. We'll meet again some day.

  • @samcoon6699
    @samcoon6699 4 года назад

    We really enjoy your coffee down the road at the Bridgestone plant. Thanks for doing what you do.

  • @danewunderlich2678
    @danewunderlich2678 3 года назад

    Thank you Gentlemen for your service and the training and knowledge passed down to us.

  • @DVSRomad1
    @DVSRomad1 4 года назад

    Missed the podcast, but just wanted to say Thank you and Welcome Home fellas!.. Just finished "Across the Fence" (outstanding read!!!) and am working on the second book by "Tilt" , I've also read Nick Brokhausen's two books and highly recommend them. So Salute from an retired USAF TACP/EBALO (now JTACs). Also Great Coffee!!!!

  • @user-qc7hr4my7r
    @user-qc7hr4my7r 4 года назад +1

    Love hearing these old veterans tell their stories.

  • @eligranados9515
    @eligranados9515 4 года назад +1

    Very solid interview. Bad ass people with bad ass stories.

  • @genius-no5sl
    @genius-no5sl 4 года назад

    It’s really a blessing to hear these stories I know a lot of veterans don’t like to talk about it and it’s perfectly understanding but I love to hear them !

    • @BlackRifleCoffeeCompany
      @BlackRifleCoffeeCompany  4 года назад

      Yeah, definitely understandable if people don't want to talk about it - but when they do, we think it's healthy that America listens! We are blessed to have a decent platform that people watch, and when we get the opportunity to share amazing, inspiring stories like these, we're all about it. We're just glad that these two hopped on board with us

  • @taggersz2395
    @taggersz2395 4 года назад

    Thanks for making content for us.

  • @randallbrown229
    @randallbrown229 4 года назад

    Great stories, thx mates! Good luck to you all.