Veterans of U.S. Army Special Forces gather for a group photograph at a reception held by the Special Forces Charitable Trust in October 2017, honoring Captain (Ret.) Gary Michael "Mike" Rose, seated at center in dress uniform wearing the Medal of Honor. Rose received the nation's highest military decoration for his extraordinary heroism as a Special Forces medic during the classified MACV-SOG Operation Tailwind in Laos in September 1970. Project: 219447