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• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [r]: The senior member of the uniformed services of the United States, statutory senior military adviser to the President and Secretary of Defense; currently Admiral Mike Mullen; policy developer and adviser not in the operational chain of command ^[e]
• Foreign internal defense [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Second World War [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Unconventional warfare (United States doctrine) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vietnam War [r]: (1955-1975) war that killed 3.8 million people, where North Vietnam fought U.S. forces and eventually took over South Vietnam, forming a single Communist country, Vietnam. ^[e]

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• MACV-SOG [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operation IVORY COAST [r]: The code name for a 1970 mission that attempted to rescue prisoners of war at a camp in Son Tay, North Vietnam ^[e]
• Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities [r]: In the 1960s and 1970s, an officer who had responsibility for advising the Chairman of he Joint Chiefs of Staff on counterinsurgency and covert operations, the latter including military support to Central Intelligence Agency operations ^[e]

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• Robert McClure [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Russell Volckmann [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United States Army Special Forces [r]: United States Army organization originally created to train and lead guerrillas, highly qualified to work with other cultures; acquired additional missions including foreign internal defense, direct action (military), special reconnaissance, counterterrorism, etc. ^[e]