SOAR XXXVII, Las Vegas, 2013. Four attendees pause to talk on the ballroom floor of the thirty-seventh Special Operations Association Reunion. Behind them hang the association's shield banner - a skull in a green beret above crossed arrows - and 'SOAR' event banners carrying sponsor marks. The reunion drew veterans of Vietnam-era special operations, particularly MACV-SOG, whose cross-border reconnaissance missions into Laos and Cambodia remained officially unacknowledged for many years. Informal conversations like this one were the substance of the event. Project: 219854