Special Forces veterans gather for a group portrait at the Special Forces Charitable Trust's reception honoring Gary Michael Rose, seated center in Army dress uniform wearing the Medal of Honor. Rose received the nation's highest award for valor in October 2017 for his actions as a Special Forces medic during the classified Operation Tailwind incursion into Laos in 1970. The reunion brought together fellow veterans of Vietnam-era Special Forces and MACV-SOG units to celebrate the long-overdue recognition of their comrade. Project: 219447