The Operation Hotfoot moniker changed to Operation Monkhood. In 1960, then-Captain Beckwith deployed to Laos for two years on Operation Hotfoot. The 107 Green Berets of Project Hotfoot arrived on 24 July 1959. The covert program was called Operation Hotfoot. A second Hotfoot contingent rotated in for duty. Hobbs had previously trained both Hotfoot and Tanara, as well as Tanara's sire Romulus. Operation Hotfoot had suffered five killed in action during its duties. Reluctantly, Hotfoot accepts the mission. At the same time, the Hotfoot V teams were also renamed as Operation White Star. The Hotfoot 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. Under incoming American President John F. Kennedy, Hotfoot was rapidly expanded.