RIP Frenchman, absolute badass forever. May this podcast serve as a reminder

I met John Stryker Meyer at the green berets shooters cup back in 2012. He had some books with him, and I wanted to buy one but didn’t have any cash on me. He gave me the book and told me to mail him a check. Who does that? He didn’t know me from anywhere, but he gave it to me in good faith. What a quality man he is.

Can John stryker Meyer just become The 3rd official member of the podcast

Stage 4 cancer from agent orange with a limited amount of time left on this planet, but he’s immortalized by these excellent books and podcast. I cannot begin to express my thanks for what these men sacrificed.

“You better sit down. This is The Frenchman.” Absolute legends

These S.O.G . pipe hitters have finally found the sunlight of history.Incredible interview ,thank you for taking the time to introduce these heros to a grateful nation

Thank God he got to tell the world his story before we lost him.

MACV SOG is without a doubt the most deadly gangster group of operators to ever operate.

So glad that Jocko decided to start a podcast, and look how far it has come now.

Been watching, listening, and paying attention to all of predictions and forecasts since early Covid. He hasn't disappointed yet 👌

Rip French man 😢 , a true American Bad ass !!! Thank you !

Jocko is genuinely elated to talk to this guy. You can see how much respect he has for him.

People talk about how mean SEALS are now but Green Beret especially during Vietnam war were on another level of unbelievable bad ass.

son of a B-17 pilot....... Thats where the ballz of steel comes from.

Please get every sog'er still alive, on this podcast to tell their story and spread the history!!!

Doug Letourneau is my favorite SOG guest because he is so descriptive of tactics, weapons, experiences, etc. I loved this episode!

Best series of podcasts I’ve ever heard 180,181,182, 186. These men are true hero’s.

R.I.P Letourneau extremely grateful to be able to hear his stories, thank you Jocko and John. You could also see after they said this podcast wasn’t going anywhere he left a lovely message to his family at 2:06:04. A true legend among the many on this podcast.

These dudes are fkn G’s....people can’t even process how these guys are put together. I listened to this a 2nd time after tearing through 180-182 and I’m sure I still missed a lot of noteworthy details. Think about the way the average soft attention seeking person acts these days; then consider the fact that he sat quiet for 30+ years cause there was no one to talk about it with. Towards the end he mentioned that he “never fought a day in South Vietnam” cause he was putting in work in areas they weren’t supposed to be...and he seemed to get a kick out of allowing civilians to think he didnt get busy while on tour if they misunderstood what he meant when he said “he never fought a day in S Vietnam”. People these days are so quick to beat their chest and promote the weakest accomplishments then you have guys like this operating on a level that most can’t fathom ...and they do/did it quietly like they’re going to work. It’s easy to respect ✌🏻🙏🏻

1:50:57 “You better sit down... this is the FRENCHMAN!

This may be the highest T podcast in the world.

I've listened to a couple of these men's stories. I'm about as opposite these amazing people as possible and I love listening to these. Rest in peace.

Never clicked so fast in my life. Time to get some

You're sitting down, getting ready to hear genuinely heroic 'Nam stories from living legends, when Mr. Letourneau basically says, "Have you heard about my dad?" and it turns out THAT'S a ridiculously badass tale by itself. I don't know if this is the single greatest podcast ever, but it's certainly up there. Big thanks to all who brought this episode to life...and much BIGGER thanks to ALL these men for their exemplary wartime service.

Jocko thank you so much love from Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇸 my Grandfather fought with marines in the Pacific he loved the marines....

Massive respect to tilt and the French man, rip Doug these stories are incredible

It needs to be noted that Doug Letourneau died on July 26, 2019, eight days after this interview of July 18, 2019.

Echo isn’t even here and I know that his arms are huge

I've been trying to catch up on all the podcasts since I started listening about a year ago. I googled "the Frenchman" right after 186 and I cannot believe he past less than 2 weeks after this was recorded. RIP sir. Damn man.

Jocko, Sir, It has been an honor to learn about theses hero’s. I’m so humbled. Thanks for having them on to tell their story. Freedom isn’t free, and I will never forget: “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

Dear Santa: I know i'm old and shouldn't be asking for toys anymore but All i want for Christmas this year is a "Frenchman SOG Action figure". Thank you.

What men! These are the role models that I admire. RIP Mr. Frenchman, God Speed.

This is some of the best documentation on Vietnam SF I have ever heard, all 4 podcasts. But something I think I picked up on, the Frenchman saying that his father thinking the government wouldn't let him come home, and tilt having a superior telling him to stop comms and move on, and some of those teams just disappearing, maybe the government didn't want them to come home because of what they knew. Much respect for these gentleman, and Jocko for there service. My mom and dad are from the Vietnam era, and that always said it was horrible how the soliders were treated, specially when they were following orders and serving there country. I was always taught to respect service men and woman, they are just doing there job.

@ 1:46:45 SHIT... JUST... GOT... REAL........ Another absolute gem dug up and put on display. Thank you, thank you, Thank you so much for finding these important men of history and getting their story to us B4 its too late. I absorb more useful info here than I ever did in School

The pucker factor on every single one of these SOG missions is off the charts. I had to wipe a tear out of my non shooting eye when "The Frenchman" told us about having stage 4 cancer from agent orange. I then went and listened to the "GOOD" clip and returned with a smile on my face, happy that Doug got to tell us his story before he leaves us. Thank you for giving the SOG guys a platform JOCKO and thank you John, Doug and all of the other SOG soldiers for taking the fight to the enemy in a war that most didn't even know was going on. I'll never forget it. Airborne!

Makes my day in the office feel so inadequate. Amazing stories.

Damn, Rest In Peace to an absolute legend. Thanks for recording with the Frenchman and making it a documented part of history.

God bless Doug French, John Tilt, Jocko, & all SOG, hell all combat vets out there. May your stories reach far, & your minds settle at ease. Yalls stories have assisted me in fighting my demons in ways you couldnt imagine, I couldnt thank yall enough for the life lessons & inspiration, Im sure you've helped many more than me. thank you for everything.

What a service these podcasts are. These men should never be forgotten. MACV-SOG!

Loving these SOG stories. Jacko you need to get everyone that's still alive to come on and talk about their missions. Amazing stories

When I finished 180, 181, 182, and 186 I was left wanting more! 10 hours wasn’t enough. Thank you Jocko for giving these incredible men the chance to tell there stories. (All the books ordered :)

Rest easy, Mr. LeTourneau. Thanks for giving us the stories and insight.

I'm blown away, such an honour to have learned through these podcasts of these men. The Frenchman facing his final time with such poise and grace. An absolute honour to witness . RIP Frenchman.

Just read “across the fence” I tilt my hat too all you SF...

Jocko thank you very much for these SOG podcasts. I found them a few days ago and have been binging on them. You are a great American for bringing these hero's out from the shadows.

Thank you Jocko as I worked for Doug back in the 80's for a few months; he was a good man then and now after hearing his story I feel I missed out knowing him better!!

To the " The Frenchman" Rest easy Sir, and prayers for his family. Jocko, I just saw your Instagram post about this great man's passing.

Thank you Lieutenant Commander Willink for sharing the stories of these Patriots.

Literally got chills when he said he would catch the bullets with his body and thank you for sending your son.

Whoa.....the fact that you have the Frenchman on.....someone I read about and thought I would never get to hear speak. This guy has some stories.cant freaking wait instant like

"we now talk every day because we can".. damn! I listen you every day because I can! Thanks for your podcast

At 1:34:36 to the references to the chinese with the CIA was probably the Hmong (aka SGU) who were also fighting in Northern Laos (Military region 2) aganist the NVA and Pathet Lao.

God damn Tilt and his crew, I listened to the episodes with him three times each! What a story, these guys are absolute warriors.

When Jocko tells you to stop listening to podcast 186, and go back and listen to podcasts 180, and 181 first, you simply just do it.😳

Get some indeed. And " Welcome to the Jungle Baby"... That's awesome. My Father was a Vietnam Veteran as well, and I heard that saying as a child. Well before it was a G&R song. Small world. These dudes are bad ass.

This warrior has two of the most badass warriors we've ever had in our military looking at him like he is the elder. Can't imagine what the enemy thought when they looked into his eyes

“WELL THIS RECORD WONT BE DESTROYED “ JOCKO 186!! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

Jocko...Please narrate the audio book for across the fence!

Jocko, I'm so glad you were able to interview The Frenchman before he passed. What a man, a warrior and a true American hero. May he truly rest in peace.

Just sat through a 2 hour podcast, felt like mere minutes. Amazing exploits.

I am watching every single episode, Im at 41 episode right now but you just keep pumping. I will catch you up tho!

If someone tried to make a movie from this the director would be like sorry that's too unrealistic. Unbelievable. Would love to spend a week with Tilt and Frenchman and just listen

Is there any more info out there about Lap the 16 year old “point man from ST Virginia”?? They mention him briefly around the 29 min mark...said he was South Vietnamese and 16 years old. And had basically been adopted by SOG. What a wild thing to think about.

“We talk almost every day now, because we can” You heroes deserve it. Thank you for providing my family the freedom we experience today.

Love these series of Sog interviews. Have all Tilts, Lynne Blacks and John Plasters books. Real hero’s! To hear John Plaster on here talking about his sog work would be a dream come true.

Who are the weak people who disliked this. No spine no motivation no respect. Even if you were on the other side you give respect back. These guys know how tough the NVA were. Seems like every time they went out it was battle at the hot gates old spartan style.

The Frenchman reunited with some of his team members July 26 2019 Thank YOU for your service. GOD bless you your family and the United States of America.

Rest in peace Frenchman. Thank you all for your service. Welcome home men.

What an honor it must’ve been to share the same room with these guys. And you watch a guy with Jocko’s resume and experience put his hand on his head in amazement at the stories these guys were telling really put into perspective the bad assery on display I thoroughly appreciate these three podcasts with tilt, and I think God for men like these

Rest in peace sir. You ARE an American hero.

Jocks did such a good job on this one just letting the man talk. The Frenchman is a wonderful orator.

Any chance of getting Lynn Black on to talk about his book and experiences???

Rip Frenchman 🙏 man it’s a damn sad day to have lost that legend. Such a good dude. Seems like the good ones go too soon😔 At least he got his story out to his kids and grand babies so they know what a hero their pops was. Guys like these 2 are legends, and national treasures. Its sad enough to have almost lost all of our ww2 hero’s, to think about all those guys being gone is horrible, but when all of our ww2 and Vietnam guys are gone we would have lost the most hardened heroic true Patriots this country has ever known. Jocko your work you are doing is huge ! It’s preserving the history in what these men done, let us NEVER forget these sacrifices. 🇺🇸

What amazing men im so thankful to be living in a time where i can hear these stories directly from the men themselves. Thank you for helping to document these stories Jacko.

@12:50 is the exact reason why it’s so important to have guys writing books. In a all volunteer military you gotta be aggressive on recruiting. But as he mentioned he read a book about green berets and the next day he signed up! This is why guys that write books have done more for the country than they ever would’ve done in the military. You become a significant force multiplier writing books.

Why hasn't there been a proper factual movie made of these mens exploits and gallantry. Head is shaking in bewilderment here......................

Hat is off once again to these "Warrior Elite". Thank you gentlemen......

Rest In Peace Frenchman. These podcasts mean a lot and are tremendous. Thank you!

Again just Thank you to all of you guys. These stories will live for ever

To have accomplished all that these gentlemen have accomplished and gone through these harrowing ordeals over and over without recognition for so long is... I can't even wrap my head around it.. thanks to all the brave men and women who serve selflessly for our country!!! And a special thanks to tilt and the frenchman as well as jocko. Hats off to you boys!

Absolutely Amazing! The Frenchman is a try National Treasure.

This was incredible. Doug, thank you for sharing your story.

I took a college history class where my professor was a Vietnam Vet. He brought in a few "adjunct professors" a marine, a GB, and an Army dog handler. I wonder if our country still makes people like that. The stories those guys told sounded unbelievable.

This is just amazing stuff. It is so important that these stories get shared. It hit very close to home as I grew up around my Dad and his brothers all finding each other over the last 30 Years. He was a Platoon Leader in the 1st Cav B-Company 2-7 1968-69. I watched them slowly find each other and slowly all the stories of what they went through came out. These Combat Vets in Vietnam saw insane Combat and how they all made it home is unbelievable. They fought for each other. I know that in my Dad's Battalion to keep it at 400 men Strong they had 800 replacements due to KIA and Wounded from Nov. 1st, 1968 to April 1968. I'm so glad to see that they are all getting there stories out of what they went through. They are the most humble men that were not treated well when they got home. They were told to forget about it and a lot of them basically did as my Dad never even told his friends or family what he had been through. They all went on to be successful in their lives and in 1990 during the gulf war my Dad saw his Ex Company Commander who now was a 2 Star General during a press conference about the War. He was in command of the 24th Mech and led the right hook attack on the Iraq Republican Guard. His Name was General Barry McCaffery and the last time my Dad saw him was in April 1968 in a Hospital where he thought he was going to lose his arm from being wounded terribly by a machine gun. It started an amazing journey of all the men that made it home from Bravo Company 2-7 Cav slowing finding each other and now they meet twice a year. What I watched and experienced as a family member made me who I am today. This Podcast is exactly what I experienced for the last 20 years just sitting around and listening to them talk. Watching them see each other after all these years for the first time. Seeing them act as is if they back being 18-25 Years old again. It has been amazing and I am so glad to see that Jocko is now exposing this to everyone to see these amazing men. Thanks, Jocko for doing these Podcasts. As a very proud son of a Vietnam Combat Grunt, it means a lot to them.

Gonna be a good morning listening to this. Edit: Heard the agent orange that Doug came into contact with, hope he has a good rest of his time.

You nailed this intro. Great podcast and great discussion.

I’ve watched this podcast a half dozen times now and it seems like every time it’s almost like the first time I listened. It’s a riveting story to think about these guys actually did these things and survived to pass on the story for us to hear. When they were going on these missions I was in junior high and high school watching the war on tv every night. It’s just so amazing to think this was going on.

Thank you Jocko for keeping the memory of these great men alive. they are truly a dying breed of men

Best pod cast ive eve heard. 130 lbs Frenchman the badest Sogger in triple canopy history. God bless all SF guys.. Resect...

another fraking awesome podcast. it was my birthday yesterday 10th of September and I just used my birthday money to launch a tactical raid on Amazon for all of "Tilt's" books.

Im in to these guys over 10+hrs now (180, 181, 182 & 186)!!! I feel like theyre my Dad in many way as he spent much time over in that hell as well. This podcast is fakkin GOLDEN. Cant thank you enough Jocko...! Im gonna order some supps from ya and hopefully support yall that way?

@4:54 my father’s old unit! 1SFG out of Camp Hardy, during his third combat tour in RVN 68-69. Wow great stuff 🤙🏼

TIL SOG is literally Rambo

Godspeed Doug LeTourneau... Thanks Jocko

I've always maintained, and tried to explain to folks, that Russian advisors, pilots and air defense troops were present in the Vietnam War. It shouldn't be a surprise considering we did the same thing, especially with SOG teams. We also faced Cubans, Chinese and North Korean troops who had various roles - to include ground troops. They were limited in that capacity, but sure as heck they were there and engaged us in ground combat. I love these podcasts and the respect Jocko displays to his guests. He doesn't give a superior attitude if the person wasn't a SOF operator or a SEAL.

What a amazing man and it's a great privilege that jocko got him on before he passed away. Prayers for his family and loved ones. Could listen to tilt for days and days just bring him on as a co host jocko

WE DONT SLEEP, WE WAIT

Every single one of these SOG guys could have a movie made about their service. What an incredible history, kept in secret. Bravery beyond measure is MACVSOG's mark upon the world.

@Jocko. These SOG podcasts are truly legendary. I’d be getting every SOG vet I could on before they’re no longer with us to get these stories documented on video. John Plaster and Nick Brokhausen HAVE to be on. Both have written excellent books.

Some of the most amazing stories I’ve ever heard. 1000X better than anything ever portrayed by media. Legendary men and legendary stories, truly.