SOG Veteran clears Kuwait International Airport in Desert Storm - Chief Vernon Ward

Chief Vernon Ward led Recon Teams and Hatchet Forces in MACV SOG. He received a Silver Star on Feb 13th, 2013 for his actions in October 1968.

This is part 2 of a 3 part series with Chief Ward covering his career post-Vietnam. In this section Rob and Sam interview Chief Ward about his time running SF training with the 23rd Air Force and then his participation in Desert Storm/Shield. They cover mission profiles, intelligence co-ordination between diverse forces, directing TacAir and much more.


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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:55 23rd Air Force & job responsibilities
00:03:05 Live fire training at Hurlburt Field
00:05:00 TacAir at Hurlbut vs. TacAir in Vietnam
00:05:50 Deploying in Desert Shield/Storm
00:07:15 Mission Types and similarities to SOG
00:10:35 No team members lost
00:12:00 Fiber Optic Interdiction Mission
00:13:50 SAS risk tolerance
00:14:50 Intelligence challenges
00:18:49 Importance of intelligence sharing between agencies/SF
00:19:45 Kuwait airstrip mission
00:20:40 Clearing the Kuwait International Airport
00:21:40 Highway of Death
00:22:40 Working with USOC and SEAL’s
00:23:20 US, French, & British embassy reoccupation
00:24:40 Narrow miss from a hostile umbrella
00:26:05 20th SOS
00:29:00 Conventional vs. Special Forces during Chief Ward’s career
00:32:30 Air asset distribution across different forces in Desert Storm
00:36:35 Experience with compromised comms
00:37:30 Directing AC-130 support and laser guidance systems
00:42:30 When would AC-130’s be used
00:45:05 Blue 82’s