Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: waltm@maxzilla.encore.com (Walt Mattison) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Low tech warfare Message-ID: <12855@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 6 Jan 90 02:19:39 GMT References: <12539@cbnews.ATT.COM> <12572@cbnews.ATT.COM> <12603@cbnews.ATT.COM> <12687@cbnews.ATT.COM> <12754@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: GRU Spetsnaz Naval Infantry Brigade Lines: 20 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Walt Mattison n article <12754@cbnews.ATT.COM> tdrinkar@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu (Terrell Drinkard) writes: > > >From: tdrinkar@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu (Terrell Drinkard) >I would also point out that Oliver North commanded the ground >forces in the aborted Iranian raid under Carter, and ended up in a >very high ranking civilian job under Reagan. > Just a minor note of correction, North was not the commander of this operation "Chargin Charlie" Beckwith was. He is one of the better known SF commanders. He also ran the Ranger section for a while down in Fla. North is more of a political player and handled operations like this from afar. Walt Mattison