It seems the Army has become obsessed with right wing extremist activists. 
@rangerrebew The Regular Army is populated by "wear red and march in straight line" cretins with stars on their shoulders from attending the "right schools at the right time and making the right political connections".
They have ALWAYS hated SF because they can't make SF follow their orders.
There were more than a few back in the 60's that wanted to dissolve SF entirely,and put them back in the conventional infantry divisions are "Reconnaissance Platoons" under regular Army control.
Pissy little bitches with stars.
There is a true story of General Westmoreland flying from his Headquarters in Saigon to Nha Trang at dawn to relieve a USMC General from his command after the General REFUSED to send Marines to help end the NVA siege of a USSF camp along the Laotian border at Ben Het that had been invaded by NVA units using Soviet tanks for the first time in the war.
The American USSF soldiers and their Montagnard strikers at the camp were outnumbered by at least 50 to 1,and the Marine Base at Nha Trang was REQUIRED to come to their aid if they were attacked and asked for help.
My last mission in VN was as a part of the Hatchet Force Platoon that went into Laos west of the attacking NVA Force,and set up a road block operation to prevent them from being able to flee from the US air and artillery strikes that eventually showed up.
When we finally had to pull out,the top of the hill where we had the roadblock set up was barren,with no trees standing. The US Army helicopters refused to come in and pull us out because they said it was "too dangerous". I literally heard the lead pilot say that,and got on the radio and told him "If you think it is dangerous up there Bubba,you need to land and try being on this hilltop for a while."
We got out of there because one of the VN Air Force helicopters was out flying around on a training mission,heard us talking on the radio,and broke it to tell us "No sweat,I come get you!"
And come to get us is what the did. I had 4 out of the 7 yard members on my squad wounded,so my squad was the first one out. Here comes this VNAF pilot,all on his lonesome,with the door gunner firing his 30 caliber machine gun out the one door to try to suppress NVA fire,and the co-pilot leaning out the other window and firing his 45 ACP pistol to try to suppress fire on that side. He picked us up and dropped us off at the runway at the Ben Het SF camp,and then flew back to get another squad. He did this 4 times,until he had they all out,and once that happened,the USAF and USN fighter bombers just lit that hill up with napalm and high explosives.
I don't mind admitting that after landing at the Ben Het airstrip in an unmarked Helicopter not used by US Ground forces,and piling out with a mostly Asian crew,who announced to the camp that we were landing,while speaking with a thick VN accent.
I made DAMN sure the guys at the MG bunkers could get a good look at me and see I was pale and had a 4 or 5 day growth of beard. And you had better believe there were people at those berms giving us a VERY good look-over with binoculars.
The Battle of Ben Het was a VERY big deal at that time. Mostly because it was the first use of tanks in VN by the NVA.
IIRC,they never used them again. Fighter-bombers just LOVE tanks,and burning tanks blocking the road so all the other tanks and the troop trucks behind it are all sitting targets for other fighter-bombers are their dream come true!
