Attendees wait in a hotel meeting room during the 2013 Special Operations Association Reunion (SOAR XXXVII) in Las Vegas. Reunion dress is civilian — crested polo shirts, ballcaps and lanyard name badges rather than uniforms. The Special Operations Association draws heavily on veterans of MACV-SOG, the Vietnam-era Studies and Observations Group that conducted cross-border reconnaissance into Laos and Cambodia; its annual reunions combine formal sessions in rooms such as this with banquets, vendor tables and informal gathering. Project: 219854