Special Operations Association Reunion, October 2014. An elderly veteran takes the floor with a hand microphone during a reunion meeting session, steadying himself on a walking stick while comrades stand by. Behind him, a member wears the bright orange flight-style 'party suit' — an informal squadron garment carrying embroidered wings and unit patches — while another wears an olive-drab military flight jacket. At gatherings of the Special Operations Association, whose membership is closely tied to the Vietnam-era MACV-SOG cross-border reconnaissance program, such caps, jackets and party suits serve as an informal uniform of remembrance, worn decades after the service they commemorate. Project: 219863