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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

COVER PHOTO : “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day Celebration” in N. San Diego County was held at the Army Navy Academy in Carlsbad, CA to accommodate a larger turnout of veterans, family members, area residents and to provide a landing zone for the Black Daggers USASOC parachute demonstration team – which drew a big audience of students on March 29, a day prior to the event. Photo by Ed Andrews, an Air Force Veteran.

In this issue:
St. Idaho: Still MIA 51 years Later
Cliff Newman’s and Halo’s First Combat Jump–What could possible go wrong
From The Editor: In Memoriam: Colonel Sully H. de Fontaine