The Military Airlift Command (MAC) is an inactive United States Air Force major command (MAJCOM) that was headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.Established on 1 January 1966, MAC was the primary strategic airlift organization of the Air Force until 1974, when Air Force tactical airlift units in the Tactical Air Command (TAC) were merged into MAC to create a unified airlift organization. MACY VIETNAM CO., LTD. MACY VIETNAM CO. LTD specializes in exporting and importing agricultural products such as coffee beans, cashew nuts, peppers and other spices to many countries all over the world. 145/46 Le Duc Tho, Ward 17, Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City (+84) 28.38.940.650. The vietnam war Pictures That Moved Them Most While the Vietnam War raged — roughly two decades’ worth of bloody and world-changing years — compelling images made their way out of the combat. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service United States special operations unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the Vietnam War. MACV-SOG—Military Assistance Command, Vietnam—Special Operations Group (later renamed Studies and Observations Group)—was the elite military unit of the Vietnam War, so secret that its existence was denied by the U.S.
RT Maine wearing NVA equipment to confuse the enemy during contacts
The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service United States Special Operations Forces unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the Second Indochina War, aka Vietnam War. Established on 24 January 1964, the unit conducted strategic reconnaissance missions in Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), Laos, and Cambodia; carried out the capture of enemy prisoners, rescued downed pilots, and conducted rescue operations to retrieve allied prisoners of war throughout Southeast Asia; and conducted clandestine agent team activities and psychological operations against that country.
The unit participated in most of the significant campaigns of the Vietnam War, including the Tonkin Gulf Incident which precipitated American involvement, Operation Steel Tiger, Operation Tiger Hound, the Tet Offensive, Operation Commando Hunt, the Cambodian Campaign, Operation Lam Son 719, and the Easter Offensive. The unit was formally disbanded and replaced by the Strategic Technical Directorate Assistance Team 158 on 1 May 1972. fuse trackers
RT Maine gearing up and ready for a mission at Dak To Launch Site
RT Maine gearing up and ready for a mission at Dak To Launch Site
MACV-SOG Command & Control Central (CCC) was formed by MACV-SOG in late 1967, located in Kontum and operated in the Tri-border junction of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The primary mission of CCC (just like the other Command and Control Centers) was strategic reconnaissance gathering.Cross border, or “over the fence”, operations were invariably code named in the interests of secrecy, with missions into Laos being known as 'SHINING BRASS' and later after 1968 as 'PRAIRIE FIRE'. Missions into Cambodia were also given code names and were initially known as 'DANIEL BOONE' and later in the war this was changed to 'SALEM HOUSE'.
The combat elements associated with CCC were used to reinforce and assist the recon mission. The first MACV-SOG recon teams were initially called 'SPIKE TEAMS', each team usually consisting of 3 US SF personnel and 9 indigenous personnel. CCC fielded approximately 30 recon teams that were named after US States. Recon teams that got into difficulty could call for assistance from US led reaction forces known as 'HATCHET FORCES', these were of platoon size and consisted of 5 US SF and about 30 indigenous personnel. 'HATCHET FORCES' could also be used for ambushes as well as reinforcing recon teams when needed. Two or more 'HATCHET FORCES' combined were termed as a 'HAVOC' or 'HORNET' force. Full SOG companies were called 'SLAM' companies, Search, Location, Annihilation, Monitor (or Mission). Of these CCC had 4, A,B,C, and D, and used US paid indigenous personnel recruited and paid for by MACV-SOG.
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The recon teams focused their energies on specific areas of the trail in order to obtain current up to date information on construction, troop movements, supplies, etc. This information was often gained at great risk to the recon teams and transmitted to OP-34 ground studies branch at SOG HQ for inclusion into the daily SITREP reports. Relatively lightly armed the recon teams were not designed to slug it out in a pitched battle with the enemy. Instead they relied on moving without being detected, If in the event they were compromised (detected) then the ability to break contact quickly and evade the enemy was of paramount importance.
CCC was deactivated in March 1971, but in reality was altered in name only to TFAE2. A year later in March 1972 the whole organization was supposedly terminated but covert missions involving SF troops continued, and actually increased. The US forces were then not allowed to wear the famous Green Beret, this being replaced with a baseball cap.
Ref:
Green Berets at War: S.Stanton.
Vietnam Order of Battle: S.Stanton
SF of the United States Army 52-82: LTC. I.Sutherland.
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Green Berets at War: S.Stanton.
Vietnam Order of Battle: S.Stanton
SF of the United States Army 52-82: LTC. I.Sutherland.
www.wikipedia.org
www.macvsog.cc
In 2006, I agreed to release the source code of the x-unikey package (originally developed for Linux) under the MIT license to Apple, so that they could use the code to build the Vietnamese keyboard input in Mac OS X. From Mac OS X Leopard, released in 2007, Apple has integrated UniKey Vietnamese Input Method in the the built-in Vietnamese input of Mac OS. From 2010, the engine has also been integrated to the built-in Vietnamese keyboard in iOS (starting from iOS 4.0). So the UniKey engine is now running in all macOS computers, iPhones, iPads that have the Vietnamese keyboard input.
Picture below shows the Vietnamese keyboard called Simple Telex in macOS, which uses the Unikey Vietnamese Input Method engine.
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In iOS, you can find the Apple’s acknowlegdment of the use of UniKey source code in Settings - General - About - Legal - Legal Notices, as shown below.