Attendees fill a hotel ballroom for a panel session at the 2014 Special Operations Association Reunion. A row of speakers sits behind a skirted table beneath a black backdrop, with a lectern to one side and a United States flag beside the stage; a man in an olive flight suit stands at the left, and an older veteran in a lettered ballcap leans on a cane at the right. The Special Operations Association draws heavily on veterans of MACV-SOG, the Vietnam-era organisation that ran cross-border reconnaissance into Laos and Cambodia, and sessions such as this are a fixture of the annual reunion. The photograph is a soft, hand-held snapshot rather than a formal record. Project: 219862