Ka dib markii uu ka qalin jabiyay Kuliyadda Taliska iyo Shaqaalaha Hawada sanadkii 1966, Secord wuxuu ku soo laabtay Vietnam isagoo ahaa sarkaal hawada ka howlgala, ka hor inta aan loo wareejin saldhiga Udorn Royal Thai Air Force ee Thailand bishii Ogosto 1966. Markii dambe waxaa loo dalacsiiyay sarkaal, wuxuu ku biiray Howlgalka Biyo-xireenka si uu u tababaro Ciidamada Cirka ee Lao. Waqtigaas Secord waxaa loo xilsaaray in uu u adeego Sirdoonka dhexe si uu uga qeyb qaato Dagaalkii Sirdoonka
Waxaan ku noolahay Laos. wuxuu u shaqeeyay, yaqaana, Ted Shackley iyo Thomas Clines; wuxuu si toos ah ula shaqeeyay Saraakiisha CIA-da ee keenay alaabtii Dagaalkii Qarsoodiga ahaa ee Laos, James William Lair iyo Lloyd C. "Pat" Landry, waxaan leenahay