Attendees talk between rows at the 2013 Special Operations Association Reunion (SOAR XXXVII), Las Vegas. Both the ballcap and the green polo carry the Special Operations Association crest — SPECIAL OPERATIONS above, ASSOCIATION below, framing a shield lettered SOA. Founded by veterans of covert and unconventional warfare, the association is closely identified with MACV-SOG, the Vietnam-era Studies and Observations Group that ran cross-border reconnaissance into Laos and Cambodia. Embroidered caps and shirts of this kind are the reunion's everyday dress. Project: 219854