Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Kwamandan Sojojin Sama da Jami'ai a shekarar 1966, Secord ya koma Vietnam a matsayin jami'in aikin iska, kafin a tura shi zuwa Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base na Thailand a watan Agusta 1966. Da aka jinkirta shi zuwa Manjo, ya shiga Operation Waterpump don horar da Royal Lao Air Force. A wannan lokacin Secord an ba da shi ga Hukumar Tsaro ta Tsaro don yin aiki a cikin
Yaƙin Sirri a Laos. Ya yi aiki, kuma ya san, Ted Shackley da Thomas Clines; ya yi aiki kai tsaye tare da jami'an CIA da ke ba da Asirin Yakin a Laos, James William Lair da Lloyd C. "Pat" Landry. - Ta yaya kuka san wannan?