1ST EVER Interview with Rick Estes - MACVSOG vet who served at FOB1-Mai Loc and FOB3 - Khe Sanh
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Branch of Service: Army
Unit of Service: 5th Special Forces Group
Location of Service: Khe Sanh, Vietnam; Fort Ord, California; Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Phu Bai, Vietnam; Hue, Vietnam; Mai Loc, Vietnam; Laos
Dates of Service: 1966
Richard L. Estes was reassigned from FOB#3 (Forward Observation Base #3) Mai Loc, RVN to FOB#1 in October 1968. He joined Recon Team Crusader and took the 1-0 (One-Zero) position with Floyd Iron the 1-1 (One-One). Estes held the Team Leader position until April 1969 close to his DEROS. Sergeant (E-5) Estes processed out of the Army in November 1969 after three years' service with twelve months in Vietnam. Rick went on to earn an Associates Degree in Arts and worked as a Real-Estate Broker. In 1980, Rick joined the 12th Special Forces Group (Reserves) and served with SOCOM (Special Operations Command) in Iraq in 2003-2004. Master Sergeant (E-8)
Estes retired in 2007.
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Best interviews about sog , on KZread. Thanks for all your hard work..
Sorry we missed the live stream ! Watching replay
Such a great talk. Very thankful for Rick to give us his time
@budgibson185
5 ай бұрын
Absolutely!! Getting the class of 68 on here is always exciting! Seems like they were always going somewhere
Thank you, Bud.
Great interview. Thanks Mr.Rick and Mr. Bud👍
@budgibson185
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching sir
Thumbs up. 👍
@budgibson185
5 ай бұрын
Thanks you sir! Got a big one today too with one of Rick’s buddies
Missed the live, Thank God for re-play. 🎉😊
@budgibson185
5 ай бұрын
Sorry man.., I’m sorry I never have a regular “recording” day
@gteefxr3094
4 ай бұрын
Nothing to apologize; that's why we subscribe. If we were always available for live feeds we'd never get anything done.
Great interview. Thank you!
Thank you! Very interesting
It's hard to tell but the photo of the knife looks like one of the sog knives that had the rare plum hue blade
Great channel. Good for you. I know it will continue to grow.
God Bless all these guys. Total Bad Asses The very best of America
Thank you Mr Rick Great listening whilst I’m working You got me laughing Take care Sir Love to you Lindsey x❤
Looking forward to this. Sorry i missed the Live. Great job Gentlemen!!
@budgibson185
5 ай бұрын
Man I apologize for not having a regular schedule!! I know that is annoying.. It’s tough to have a set day.. Thabks for watching though man! Appreciate the support
@doodahman2995
4 ай бұрын
No problem Bud. You do you. Appreciate what you do. 👍🇺🇸
It’s okay just before we retire a friend told me he’s color blind. I asked him how he can tell the red armed , green safe or yellow caution. inside the tank. He said just like traffic lights. Light step on gas lighter yellow faster and dark red slam on brakes hihihi
@budgibson185
5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@Nsdus5676
4 ай бұрын
I’m color blind. However, it doesn’t mean I can’t see color. I get shades of blue/purple but look the same. Orange/red same. Green/brown.. I can see it but can’t distinguish. I would be asked to get “the red one” and bring orange. “Get blue/ I’d bring purple. So on and so forth. I found out after getting tested and had no idea until then. It was really only after my father thought I wasn’t listening to him on purpose and me brining the wrong of whatever he told me to get.🤓🤓🤓. Same with teachers and subsequent girl friends😊. Traffic lights you can see and I just got used to their place in order to know it was time to stop or go. Never been a problem
SOG Suffered 100% casualties. Every RT trooper KIA,WIA,MIA one or all. My Neighbor growing up in Graham,Wa 85-2k was S F. in Nam. Steve White. His thing was I'ndian Motorcycles.
@budgibson185
5 ай бұрын
Correct. Channel is full of SOG interviews and several Force Recon vets.. The Nam SF men were a HARD bunch 🇺🇸⚔️
Welcome Home Rick. Nice guitars Bud. Lets jam sometime, lol...
Ever run upon mention of Dennis Neal from team Montana?
@budgibson185
4 ай бұрын
Yep I know his 1-0 Mike Sheppard .. gonna have Mike Bentley on next week who ran w him and will have Ray Harris on Friday
@lorrainefrost6285
4 ай бұрын
@@budgibson185tell me when you know if it’s on- here in Philipsburg wd love to view it at our VFW.