John Stryker Meyer

John Stryker "Tilt" Meyer (born January 19, 1946) is an American author and U.S. Army Special Forces combat veteran of service in covert reconnaissance with the Studies and Observations Group, also known as MACV-SOG. Meyer resides in California, since 1985, and has published two works of nonfiction related to his experiences in the Vietnam War.
Meyer's first book was a nonfiction memoir, first published in 2003, titled "Across the Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam".
Early life.
Meyer attended Trenton State College. On the Jocko Willink podcast episode 180, Meyer’s said he partied too much in college and flunked out after two years. He then got a job at Yosemite National Park until he enlisted in the Army in May of 1966.
Military career.
Meyer enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1966. He was accepted into the United States Army Airborne School and became airborne qualified.
U.S. Army Special Forces.
As U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War increased, the United States began deploying Special Forces "A-teams" (Operational Detachment Alpha, or ODA, teams) to Southeast Asia in support of counterinsurgency operations against the Viet Cong, North Vietnamese and other Communist forces.