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SOAR XLVIII AAR (2024) is now available online.

An amazing banquet, photos, symposium reports, General Membership Meeting, SOA Financials,  new Board of Directors members,  see who received SOA Tenure pins, and more. 

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  • All THREE SOA scholarship awards in the program are for one school year;
  • All scholarships are accessed through a single application (no need to state which program you are applying), evaluated at the same time by the same group of Evaluators, with the finalists announced at the same time;
  • The criteria and the award amounts of each scholarship vary.
  • Deadline 15 Apr 2025.

2025 Special Operations Event Calendar

MARCH
 
  • 29 Mar 2025: B/3/20th Group Reunion, Saturday,  – 1200 -1700 hours, 2207 W Baker St, Plant City, FL 33563. POC Chris Bell chrisbell66@tampabay.rr.com

APRIL

• 6-7 Apr 2025: 5th Annual Spartan Clays shooting event, Special Forces Charitable Trust, Hudson Farm, Andover, New Jersey.  WEBSITE

MAY

• 1 May 2025: Special Operations Warrior Foundation 45th Anniversary Dinner & Fundraiser. Theme is “Honoring America’s Finest: Their Service, Sacrifice, Legacy, and Families”. 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM at The Gathering at Armature Works in Tampa, FL. Keynote speaker that evening will be Retired Marine Sergeant Kevin Hermening, the youngest hostage taken as prisoner during the Iran hostage crisis.  WEBSITE
• 2 May 2024: USASOC Red, Black Ball presents the Maj. Gen. Singlaub Award presented to a deserving operator. Pinehurst, NC
• 2 May 2025: 2025 SF Regimental Birthday Ball for the National Capital Region, 1400, Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA. Honoring Task Force Dagger. POC Ray Oden, President, SFA Chapter XI, odenrl24@gmail.com
• 5-8 May 2025: SOF Week – Global SOF, Tampa, FL WEBSITE
• 8-11 May 2025: 2025 Special Forces Berlin Reunion,  Hilton Garden Inn Knoxville West/Cedar Bluff,  216 Peregrine Way Knoxville, TN 37923.  POC: Jonathan Roberts   jwrobertspm@gmail.com
• 11 May 2025 – SFQC Graduation
• 16 May 2025 – 5th SFG(A) and SFA Chapter 38 will dedicate the Special Forces Vietnam Memorial on Gabriel Field, Fort Campbell, KY. The new granite memorial will consist of the names of the 800 SF men lost during the Vietnam war. WEBSITE
• 17 May 2025 – 5th Group Gold Star Family Day, Ft Campbell, KY
• 16 May 2025 : SFA Chapter 88 Charity Golf Event, Jacksonville, FL   FLYER  —  WEBSITE
 
JUNE
 
  • 14 Jun 2025: Annual COL Ola Lee Mize remembrance day. 1130 AM, at Western Sizzlin, 209 W Grand Ave, Rainbow City, AL 35906, to be followed by a gravesite visitation at about 1300hrs, Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, 2209 E Broad St, Gadsden, AL 35903
AUGUST
 
• 9 Aug 2025: B-2/11 SFG (ABN) Reunion (TENTATIVE), Rachel’s Restaurant, 54 Westchester Dr, Youngstown, Ohio. WEBSITE
• 14-17 Aug 2025: Pony Express/20th SOS reunion, St. Lous, MO.
• 18-22 Aug 2025: 1st SFG(A) Reunion, Helena, MT. Delta Hotels Helena Colonial, 2301 Colonial Dr, Helena, MT 59601. LEARN MORE —– REGISTER
 
SEPTEMBER
 
• 11-14 Sep 2025: Det “A” Berlin Get Together (any SF Brothers in the AO are invited), Comfort Suites Greenville Airport. LEARN MORE
• 20-27 Sep 2025: 5th Group Annual Reunion. No details yet, but SFA Chapter 38 sponsors the event in Clarksville, TN.  WEBSITE
 
OCTOBER
 
• 9-12 Oct 2025:  Air Rescue  Annual Symposium, Ft Walton Beach, FL WEBSITE
• 13-15 Oct 2025: AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition WEBSITE
• 13-16 Oct 2025: SOAR, Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV WEBSITE
• 14-17 Oct 2025: SFACON 2025, Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV WEBSITE
• 18 Oct 2025: OSS Gala, Washington D.C.
 
NOVEMBER
 
• 17-20 November 2025: 2025 Modern Warfare Week – Fort Bragg, Global SOF Foundation WEBSITE
 
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