Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - I muri i tana tohu mai i te Air Command and Staff College i te tau 1966, ka hoki mai a Secord ki Vietnam hei rangatira mo nga mahi rererangi, i mua i tana nekehanga ki Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base o Thailand i Akuhata 1966. I whakatipuhia ki te rangatira, ka uru atu ia ki te Operation Waterpump ki te whakangungu i te Royal Lao Air Force. I tēnei wā ka tukuna a Secord ki te Central Intelligence Agency hei mahi i te Pakanga Tūmataiti
i roto i te Laos. I mahi ia, i mohio hoki ia ki a Ted Shackley raua ko Thomas Clines; i mahi tika ia ki nga apiha CIA e tuku ana i te Pakanga Motuhake i Laos, ko James William Lair raua ko Lloyd C. Ko "Pat" Landry te ingoa.