Newsweek

Spoilers: What Is LRRP? ‘True Detective’s’ Mahershala Ali Plays a Former Vietnam War Patrol Scout

Detective Wayne Hays's status as a Vietnam War veteran didn't go missed on the Season 3 opener of True Detective on Sunday. The lead character's military beginnings were noted on more than one ...
usace.army.mil

Long Range Reconnaissance veterans make Fort Benning their home

Fort Benning - US Army long range reconnaissance veterans and family members honored past, present, and future long range reconnaissance Soldiers at the Ranger Memorial and National Infantry Museum on ...
Military Times

Here’s your team, go get ‘em: Training for long range recon in Vietnam

Veterans of Vietnam's long range reconnaissance patrols describe how they developed their skills in Shadows in the Jungle - Ep. 2 "OJT" Veterans of the Vietnam War’s LRRP units talk about how they ...
Military Times

Veterans of one of Vietnam’s most dangerous jobs recount their mission

Veterans of Vietnam's long range reconnaissance patrols describe how they got into LRRP units in Shadows in the Jungle - Ep. 1 "I'd like to offer you a job..." Veterans of the Vietnam War’s LRRP units ...
Billings Gazette

Vietnam Voices: 'I realized we were in a mine field and I was trying to get us out of it'

Lynn Walker served in the U.S. Army from 1970 to 1972. He was a "LRRP," or long-range reconnaissance patrol. He graduated from Bozeman High in 1969. This is part of his Vietnam story. Walker: "I ...
Foreign Policy

The DePuy files (VIII): If you ask me, LRRPs weren’t very good in Vietnam

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