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Hank6046
04-05-23, 08:19
SGM Billy Waugh has passed away at 93. He was a legend in SF and CIA circles, having been the first man posted to Bin Laden in the 80's and early 90's, and even jumping into Afghanistan in the opening days of the war at 71 years old. Exploits which he wrote about in his excellent book: Hunting the Jackal. God Speed to you Sir.

https://soldiersystems.net/2023/04/05/in-memoriam-sgm-billy-waugh-usa-ret/
Sam
04-05-23, 09:06
RIP Warrior.

Vietnam, all those places in between, Afghanistan, .... they couldn't kill him. Father time caught up with him at last.
BoringGuy45
04-05-23, 10:31
Read about him in Surprise Kill Vanish; the man was more anxious and on edge when he was safe. He lived for danger. Waugh’s exploits were so incredible they’d be hard to believe if they weren’t verified. A true hero. RIP Warrior!
chuckman
04-05-23, 10:33
He was a stud first class with oak leaf clusters. It means something when the men of MACV-SOG looked up to him, said he was the man they tried to emulate.
yoni
04-05-23, 14:34
Damn, I was working on a trip to the Tampa area to visit a friend who is friends of an ex SF guy that was a good friend of Billy. I wanted to meet him to shake his hand for getting a job done that I was taxed with then other things got in the way and we never got back to it but Billy got it done.

Can't say more than that, but damn I really wanted to meet the man.

RIP
chuckman
04-05-23, 14:41
Damn, I was working on a trip to the Tampa area to visit a friend who is friends of an ex SF guy that was a good friend of Billy. I wanted to meet him to shake his hand for getting a job done that I was taxed with then other things got in the way and we never got back to it but Billy got it done.

Can't say more than that, but damn I really wanted to meet the man.

RIP

With where I live and what I do, I have run into many former MACV-SOG and former/retired SF guys. 99% of them are quiet professionals, not wanting to put their tales to paper, but will gladly chat over a beer or cup of coffee. I am sad that generation is passing every day.
SteyrAUG
04-05-23, 14:50
He was a stud first class with oak leaf clusters. It means something when the men of MACV-SOG looked up to him, said he was the man they tried to emulate.

Rich praise indeed. RIP warrior.
titsonritz
04-05-23, 15:23
RIP Warrior.

Korea, all those places in between, Afghanistan, .... they couldn't kill him. Father time caught up with him at last.

FIFY.

Badass stud for sure. R.I.P. Warrior, you earned it.
Averageman
04-05-23, 19:01
Rest in Peace SGM.
titsonritz
04-05-23, 19:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M6zuHQM_lQ
jsbhike
04-05-23, 21:21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M6zuHQM_lQ

Curious what the long term illness was and what he was like more recently.

That 85 year old(assuming filming and posting were roughly equal) was a heck of a lot more articulate/coherent than the typical geriatrics running the country.
TMS951
04-06-23, 07:43
The most incredible military person I’ve read about.

It is truly amazing how many different books he shows up in about so many different eras and war zones.

The idea he was one of the first into Afghanistan and was over 70 is awe inspiring.
yoni
04-07-23, 07:02
That video was very interesting, he is 100% correct on the use of women. I know women that have done things that no man could have gotten done the same way.
lowprone
04-07-23, 17:48
The good die young @ heart !