Michael G. Vickers, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations

[AmericanDude04]

Just wondering, for the guys who might know either one these guys, is he any realtion to Larry Vickers.

For those who don't know: Vickers is one of the few published sources of reliable information on the U.S. Army's Delta Force. He is also known to be one of the driving forces behind Delta Force's customized M1911 pistol program.


Just doing some late night reading and saw his name and it looked very familiar, and decedied to see if there was any realtionship


Thanks For Any Help.

[Hellfish]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers


Michael G. Vickers (b. 1953 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953)) is the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) Assistant Secretary of Defense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_Defense) for Special Operations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Operations) and Low Intensity Conflict (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Intensity_Conflict). He is a former Green Beret (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces)[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers#_note-0), Army Special Forces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Forces) officer, CIA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA) operations officer, and is currently the assistant secretary of defense for SOLIC (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SOLIC&action=edit&redlink=1) (Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict). While in the CIA he played a key role in the arming of the Afghan resistance to the Soviets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Afghanistan).[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers#_note-1) His role is featured in the book Charlie Wilson's War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War) and the movie adaptation, in which he is played by actor Christopher Denham (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_Denham&action=edit&redlink=1).
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1 Career (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers#Career)
2 Personal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers#Personal)
3 See also (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers#See_also)
4 References (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers#References)
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From 1973 to 1986, Mr. Vickers served as an Army Special Forces Non-Commissioned Officer, Special Forces Officer, and CIA Operations Officer. In the mid-1980's, Vicker's became involved with Operation Cyclone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone), the United States Central Intelligence Agency (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Central_Intelligence_Agency) program to arm Islamic mujahideen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahideen) during the Soviet war in Afghanistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan). He was the head military strategist for the U.S., coordinating an effort that involved ten countries and providing direction to forces made up of over 500,000 Afghan fighters.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers#_note-Chron) Later he was Senior Vice President, Strategic Studies, at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), during which he provided advice on Iraq strategy to President Bush and his war cabinet.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers#_note-Chron). In July 2007 he was confirmed by the United States Senate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate) as Assistant Secretary of Defense, where he is the senior civilian advisor to the Secretary of Defense on such matters as counter-terrorism strategy and operational employment of special operations forces, strategic forces, and conventional forces. [4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers#_note-2)[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers#_note-3) In 2004, he wrote an Op-Ed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-Ed) piece for USA Today (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today) in which he stated that the United States can be successful in Iraq by using a much smaller force modeled on success in Afghanistan.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers#_note-4)


No mention.

[James]

Just wondering, for the guys who might know either one these guys, is he any realtion to Larry Vickers.

No relation.

[AmericanDude04]

Thanks Guys, It just spiked my interest.