Special Operations Association Reunion (SOAR XXXVIII), Las Vegas, 2014. An attendee sits beneath the association's banner, which carries its crest: parachutist wings above a red shield bearing a green-bereted skull on a jagged black burst, over a scroll reading SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION. The device derives from the insignia of MACV-SOG, the Studies and Observations Group that conducted cross-border reconnaissance operations in Southeast Asia. From the personal collection of Don Engebretsen. Project: 219867