Modern Forces Living History Group has a core membership of dedicated members all joined by the same goal of recreating an accurate portrayal of a SOG Recon team. We have all been collecting for years and honing our tactical skills with MilSim airsoft in the UK and US. We welcome new members but you have to be prepared to work hard to get it right!

Paul Bishop: 1-0 (Pronounced One-Zero)

Paul has been collecting militaria since the age of 11 and has had a keen interest in History for the same time, the idea to create Modern Forces Living History group combines these two passions." The ability to explore history through living and re-enacting scenarios and events was a natural conclusion to my collecting"

Paul is our technical advisor on all things SOG and the founder of the group.

Jason Veall: One-One

Jason is one of the new members to the team. His love of all things military started way before he joined the army cadets but that was a long time ago now. After living & traveling the world with his other hobby, snowboarding, Jason had a chance meeting with an a old love again guns & military in the form of Airsoft.

“JV” as he is known to most loves nothing more than to fire his Airsoft gun at other players & looking cool at the same time. He has many load outs (you will see soon) but has gone full throttle into SOG & re-enacting. And not forgetting rocking his SOG load out when playing Airsoft.

“I’m learning slowly from One – Zero & the rest of the team & hope to pass the skills & passion we have as a team”

Peter Lloyd: One-Two

Peter is another new member to the team and like Jason and Paul has a keen interest in all things military and is an avid reader of military history, but surprisingly read little on the Vietnam war apart from the ever popular "Chickenhawk".  

After a chance meeting with Paul at this years War & Peace and being blown away by his SOG impression he has since been fascinated by the whole "SOG" thing and is busy reading anything and everything on the subject and like JV loves to rock his new SOG loadout whenever he can.

Peter has the owner of carrying the teams radio (it's heavy)

"Wild Bill": Straphanger

Bill is the newest member the team. He has been an avid collector of all things military for many years and writes a monthly column for a toy soldier collector magazine, specialising in post WWII and modern era figures.

He is also a founding partner of an Airsoft business in the USA which helps to develop younger players into the game, and travels regularly between there and the UK, planning, collecting, and playing. After running a few Vietnam themed games and having the pleasure to meet a number of Veterans who came to talk at them Bills interest in all things “Nam” was fully rekindled. “I’m constantly learning more about the whole Vietnam conflict and the real life stories of the guys who served ‘in country’ are simply amazing; I’m humbled by their experiences and being part of this Team is my small way of honouring their sacrifices”. Like JV, “Wild Bill” also likes to ride “The Frozen Wave!”…

Honoury Members

Modern Forces recently took a trip to the US to meet with Paul and Alex (and new member Joe to be added soon) You can see some pictures of Paul's War Room here and Paul in Airosft International Magazine here.

Jack Kull

Jack at the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum taken during his November 2008 trip to Vietnam.

Jack Kull serves as the senior Vietnam War policy advisor at the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) in Washington, D.C. Prior to coming to DPMO in 2002, he spent 17 years on Capitol Hill, the last three as the Director of Government Affairs for Rep. John M. McHugh (R-NY). Among other duties, he advised Rep. McHugh on matters relating to the prisoner of war/missing in action (POW/MIA) issue and supported the senior foreign policy and defense assistant in the fields of military affairs and POW/MIA matters. His involvement in the POW/MIA issue spans almost 30 years.

Jack first became interested in MACVSOG during his high school years when he read cryptic references in news magazines and newspapers to a highly classified Special Forces unit in Vietnam known as the “Studies and Observations Group.” While in Washington, D.C. for graduate school, he obtained an MIA bracelet bearing the name of MSGT George R. Brown, lost on 3-28-68. As part of his Master’s program, he completed an internship with the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia. While researching MSGT Brown’s case at the League, he discovered Brown was assigned to MACVSOG at the time of his loss.

Jack has continued his research into the loss of MSGT Brown and his team, Spike Team ASP, as well as MACVSOG, in the years since. His Freedom of Information Act requests in the 1980s and early 1990s for MACVSOG documents, to include the SOG annexes to the annual MACV Command Histories and the MACSOG Documentation Study, were among the first filed with the Defense Department for these previously classified documents. He has contributed to several books chronicling the exploits of America's special operations forces during the Vietnam War.

This picture was taken during my November 2007 trip to Southeast Asia. I'm at one of our recovery sites in far northern Vietnam, not too far from the Chinese border. The Soviet-built chopper in the background, MI-17, I think, was our mode of transport.

Jack graduated in from the University at Albany, New York, majoring in History with a minor in Social Sciences. Following graduation from Albany, he attended The American University in Washington, D.C. where he received a Master's degree in International Affairs, concentrating in U.S. Foreign Policy and East/Southeast Asia International Relations. As part of his Master's program, he participated in internships at the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (East Asia and Pacific office) and the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia. In addition to his Capitol Hill experience, he has served as the assistant to the executive director of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia. He currently resides in Northern Virginia.

Leigh N. McCann

Picture taken at taken at the Cao Dai Temple of the Holy See, Tay Ninh Vietnam.

Leigh lives in Melbourne, Australia, and has collected militaria for over 20 years, with a focus on WW2 and post 1945 conflicts.

Within the Vietnam War he concentrates in US Special Forces and the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. He has written for French Militaria Magazine and the newley introduced WW2 re-enactor Magazine. He is also a Moderator on the US Militaria Forum.

Leigh is currently undertaking his Bachelor of Arts degree at La trobe University, majoring in history.

Alex Broumand

Alex Broumand
Alex makes very good quality reproduction STABO and Hanson rigs, he sells these via eBay check his listings out here.

Jeffrey Dean Stone

Jeffrey is a US based friend of the group who travels regulary to Vietnam, he can be seen here at the CCN Compound at Danang, in teh background Marble Mountain.

Mark B: RT Ohio
Has been collecting now  for over 24 years.  I do the "Living Historian" part on  SOG at such places as: schools, private gatherings, outdoor shows, and air  shows.