From the Editor:

This month’s Sentinel is comprised, almost entirely, of stories that have already received acclaim because they have been previously printed and archived in PDF form. These very interesting articles will now be available to more easily read online and to be more easily found by a search.

Our August Sentinel “From the Archive” feature story was Part One of Travis Mills’ three-part series “MACV-SOG One-Zero School.” The first installment “FOB4 Overrun on August 23, 1968” described his experience during the attack, where he was critically wounded.

In Part Two, “School Development and Assignment of Class One,” we rejoin Mills thirty-one days after his return to duty at FOB4, at his own insistence. As a One-Zero-qualified officer, he was tasked with establishing a “Recon Team Leader’s Course” (One-Zero School) in Camp Long Thanh. The goal was to develop a comprehensive training program for future leaders of reconnaissance missions within MACV-SOG, the highly classified, predominantly Special Forces unit. Known as One-Zero’s after their radio call sign, these team leaders would undergo rigorous training In this installment, originally published in the April 2018 Sentinel, Mills details how he and his team of experienced One-Zero’s and One-One’s worked together to develop the course and formulate a training schedule.

Retired Green Beret Scott Mann is a whirlwind of meaningful accomplishments—from his Rooftop Leadership programs, producing and starring in the amazing play Last Out, leading “Task Force Pineapple” which focused on aiding the SF-partnered Afghan exodus, and then writing a book about it, Operation Pineapple Express, to running non-profits helping veterans. He now has a new book entitled Nobody is Coming to Save You that will be available in October.

Legend (about the life of MACV-SOG Medal of Honor recipient, Green Beret Raul Perez “Roy” Benevidez), written by Eric Blehm, is reviewed by our own eloquent SOG veteran, John Stryker Meyer. Originally published in the July 2015 Sentinel.

“Beirut Lebanon (1983)” by Jim Wiehe tells about the SF MTT mission to train Lebanese officers and soldiers. A particularly hairy part of the mission was the August 29, 1983 attack on 10thSFG HQ at the Cadmos Hotel. Originally published in the July 2021 Sentinel.

Murphy’s Law by Jack Murphy is reviewed by our Kenn Miller. Ken quickly gets to the heart of the book. This originally appeared in the December 2020 Sentinel along with the following excerpt.

The excerpt from Murphy’s Law is called “The Wedding Crashers.” It starts as a critique of the state of affairs of SF and the Rangers and ends up describing an operation to capture an ISIS operative—at his wedding.

Finally, feel free to “visit” our July Chapter 78 meeting and see more issues of the Sentinel at www.specialforces78.com.

How Miller
Sentinel Editor