Mobile Strike Forces in Vietnam 1966–70Featuring battle scene maps, contemporary photographs, and diagrams throughout, this is the first organisational history of the MIKE forces in combat. US Special Forces in Vietnam created the Civilian Irregular Defence Group (CIDG), a large paramilitary organisation designed to protect the local population from Viet Cong incursions, while conducting border surveillance, raids, and combat patrols in the local area. Their camps were often overrun and,