• Awarded best Special Forces Association Monthly Newsletter at SFA National Convention June 2011
• Awarded best Special Forces Association Monthly Newsletter at SFA National Convention June 2014
• Awarded Golden Quill at SFA National Convention June 2015
• Awarded Golden Quill at SFA National Convention June 2016
• Best Newsletter Award for 2017 from Special Forces Association National Board of Directors at the International Convention in Fayetteville, NC
• Special Forces Association (SFA) Cross Arrow Award for Excellence, 2018, First Award Presented by SFA in this category
• The War Reporters Award, Presented by Alex Quade – (War Reporter and Film Producer) for Chapter 78 Sentinel’s Commitment documenting Special Forces History, July 2018
• The Golden Arrows for Excellence in Newsletters 2019 awarded by SFA National
• The Golden Arrows for Excellence in Newsletters 2020 awarded by SFA National

In this issue:
Happy New Year!
Chapter 78 Celebrates Christmas: The COVID-19 Christmas Party
SOG — Dedicated Airlift Support
“ZIP ZAP … You’re a dead VC — The CIA’s Little DEAR in Vietnam and ???

On the cover:
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the Combined Joint Spe-cial Operations Task Force-Afghanistan watch the Afghanistan countryside from the tail of an aircraft after delivering bundles containing care packag-es, Christmas stockings and mail to soldiers stationed at a remote base in eastern Afghanistan Dec. 24, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Thomas Cieslak)