Wednesday, July 15, 2026
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Special ForcesChapter76 Meeting/Luncheon / Mark Your Calendars Saturday, August 1, 2025, 11:30 AM
SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION
Chapter 76 - South Florida
“The Green Berets”
July 7, 2026
Hello Members and Friends of the Association,
Please join us as we meet on Saturday August 1, 2026 at 11:30am at
Twin Peaks at 440 SW 145th Avenue, Pembroke Pines 33027.
Joe Pruett on behalf of
Ed Pijuan
President
Chapter 76 Facebook Site: https://www.facebook.com/SFA-
South-Florida-Chapter-76- 111343950710574/
Chapter Blog is located at http://SFACH76.Blogspot.com/
Special Forces Association Online Teamhouse https://
teamhousespecialforcesassociat ion.org
Please update your email address to prevent interruptions
ED PIJUAN
PRESIDENT
ROGER KIDDER
VICE PRESIDENT
ED BELLO
2nd VICE PRESIDENT & WEBMASTER
AL HERNANDEZ
SECRETARY
JASON PSALTIDES
SECRETARY
JIM TRICE
TREASURER
TOM HOUSE
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
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DAN POIRIER
CHAPTER 76 BLOGGER
JOE PRUETT
COMMUNICATIONS
Thursday, June 25, 2026
SFLI Update
SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION
Chapter 76 - South Florida
“The Green Berets”
June 24, 2026
Hello Members and Friends of the Association,
We hope everyone is doing well and have big plans for our Nation's 250th Birthday Celebration. The sacrifices of our military and Families have made this Nation great.
SFLI is a 501(c)(3) organization. Our role is to preserve, honor, and sustain the legacy of Special Forces through the three pillars of our mission. We accomplish that through the SF museum project, events that keep the SF Brotherhood connected, and the JFK Special Warfare Museum Gift store. We do not compete with the benevolent organizations that provide programs and services to SF Soldiers, Veterans and Families. Each organization in this space fills a distinct role in the SF Community.
SFLI updates:
We would like to thank the 96 SF and Family members that joined us on the Carnival Freedom in January. It is always great to reconnect and spend time together. A big thanks to Carle Hurst, Dream Vacations, for donating her commissions ($9,000.00) to the National SF Museum project. 100% of all donations go to building a privately-funded SF Museum.
Future Cruises, learn more and register through sfli.org/events/ :
SF Group (50 Cabins) - Carnival Horizon from February 7-13, 2027. Departing Miami and visiting Ports of Call - Grand Cayman, Jamaica, and Bahamas
SF Group (50 Cabins) - Royal Princess from August 28 - September 4, 2027. Departing Seattle, WA and visiting Ports of Call - Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay National Park, Ketchikan, and Victoria, B.C.
SFLI Charter Cruise - In discussions for a full boat charter in late 2028 or early 2029. Where do you want to go?
We have launched our new website that details progress on the National SF Museum project, SFLI involvement in the SF Community, and support to SF small businesses through JFK Museum Gift Store and online sales. Check us out! DOL
Respectfully,
Special Request for Michael Carricarte Funeral
SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION
Chapter 76 - South Florida
“The Green Berets”
June 23, 2026
Brothers,
Mike Carricarte’s son Andrew put out the request that 10 of Mike’s friends stand with him at the burial service for a Final Roll Call ceremony. Please let me know if you intend to attend the burial service by responding to this email message, by text or phone to 954-445-1740. There is expected to be a large attendance, so please arrive early enough to park.
Please bring your berets or other military headgear as there will be a photographer for both occasions.
See clothing color preferences below.
The burial service will be held on June 27, 2026 at 2:00pm at Caballero Woodlawn North located at 3260 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33135 which will be followed by a Celebration of Life at 4:30pm at the historic Biltmore Hotel located at 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33134
Joe Pruett on behalf of
Ed Pijuan
President
Chapter 76 Facebook Site: https://www.facebook.com/SFA-
Chapter Blog is located at http://SFACH76.Blogspot.com/
Special Forces Association Online Teamhouse https://
Please update your email address to prevent interruptions
ED PIJUAN
PRESIDENT
ROGER KIDDER
VICE PRESIDENT
ED BELLO
2nd VICE PRESIDENT & WEBMASTER
AL HERNANDEZ
SECRETARY
JASON PSALTIDES
SECRETARY
JIM TRICE
TREASURER
TOM HOUSE
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
_________________
DAN POIRIER
CHAPTER 76 BLOGGER
JOE PRUETT
COMMUNICATIONS
Monday, June 22, 2026
Final Salute
SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION
Chapter 76 - South Florida
“The Green Berets”
Brothers: Just a quick reminder of the funeral services for SGM Roy Reel on Tuesday morning – see WARNING ORDER below.
NOTE: This will be a full military honors burial service with the Honor Guard coming from Miami as well as Airborne Chaplain who give the eulogy.
PLEASE let me know if you are planning on coming so we can help Lori plan accordingly. Any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to me…
De Oppresso Liber
Chris R. Bell, MSG (R)
Special Projects Officer
Special Forces Legacy Initiatives (SFLI)
(727) 244.1016
"It is easy and most common to run from our fears. To turn and face the fear is rare, but to step towards it, is truly a measure of courage. The Green Berets" – LTC Kevin Holbrook, 1st SFGA
Brothers: I want to provide you with confirmation and the following information of the Memorial Service for SGM Roy Reel:
- The burial service will take place on June 23, 2026 at 10:00AM
- The burial service will be conducted at the Garden of Memories located at 4207 E Lake Avenue, Tampa, FL 33610.
- There will be a full military Honor Guard being coordinated by LTC(R) Danny Paul.
- We will form up as a Detachment by the grave site and after the honor guard has concluded their duties, we will come to ATTENTION and the FINAL ORDERS will be read and copies presented to Roy’s son, Russell and daughter, Lori. Please bring and wear your Green Beret.
- We will render a HAND SALUTE to honor one of our own and then remain AT EASE while the Chaplain gives a eulogy.
- Immediately following the service, there will be a reception at the funeral home located very near the burial site.
It is my hope that if you served under SGM Reel you will want to honor his life of service to the Special Forces community. If you only know him by the history shared by those who knew and respected him, you come and recognize a valued member of the Brotherhood.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to me…
De Oppresso Liber
Chris R. Bell, MSG (R)
Special Projects Officer
Special Forces Legacy Initiatives (SFLI)
(727) 244.1016
Joe Pruett on behalf of
Ed Pijuan
President
Chapter 76 Facebook Site: https://www.facebook.com/SFA-
Chapter Blog is located at http://SFACH76.Blogspot.com/
Special Forces Association Online Teamhouse https://
Please update your email address to prevent interruptions
ED PIJUAN
PRESIDENT
ROGER KIDDER
VICE PRESIDENT
ED BELLO
2nd VICE PRESIDENT & WEBMASTER
AL HERNANDEZ
SECRETARY
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Michael Carricarte Services
"We Have Lost One Of Our Own"
COL(R) Michael Anthony "Mike" Carricarte 83
***DOB June 22, 1942 ~ DOD June 15, 2026***
Here you go Brother.
I’d like to lead a Final Roll Call at the burial. If you have some guys from the SF Group to participate in
the Final Roll Call formation to honor him, I’d greatly appreciate it. Just a beret or service hat and regular
clothes would be required.
I would like to thank Mike's son Andrew for sending us this information wear your beret's or service hat to
honor Mike.
RIP Mike
SFC® William H."Bill" Eades Jr
(786) 426-1174
All the best,
Andrew
Andrew L. Carricarte
Chief Executive Officer
3/20th. Special Forces Roll Of Honor
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Iran’s president offers resignation, citing total takeover by IRGC commanders
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Iran’s president offers resignation, citing total takeover by IRGC commanders
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Just a brief posting… I wrote in my analysis three months ago, in March, “The U.S. Is Hunting the Wrong Enemy in Iran.” I noted that this is not, and should not be, about the Iranian people. Nor is it about “radical Islam.”
It is about the power of the tyrannical IRGC and their street thugs, the Basij. There can be no successful end to this war as long as the IRGC controls the nation. They cannot afford to lose. If they do, they lose everything and must answer to the Itanians so long repressed by the IRGC. I believe most of their members will die rather than give up the power and the illicit income they enjoy, riding on the backs of the Iranian people.
The IRGC has painted itself into a corner. It is a very powerful corner, with the benefit of the defender. From here, they must win diplomatically against a foe more interested in the next election than in the miscalculation of a swift victory in Iran. Anything less than their ouster or demise looks to the world like a victory over a very large paper tiger that has the world’s most capable military, but politicians with weak spines.
I believe, as well, that Mojtaba Khamenei, if he is even alive, is probably not the true leader of Iran. That is the image presented, but I see him as more likely a puppet that the IRGC pays fealty to, yet one it controls by deciding what information to provide or withhold. Everything goes through “The Office of the Supreme Leader,” a la the information-filtering servants in Gulliver’s Travels.
The article below was published late yesterday by Iran International, a London-based publication. It is not squeaky clean, either. They get the news right, as they did here, but slant their editorial content. Investigative reporting by The Wall Street Journal has detailed that the channel's initial launch and funding came via corporate structures linked to the Saudi Arabian royal court and figures close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. To the article:
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“Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has submitted an official letter of resignation to the Office of the Supreme Leader, a source familiar with the matter told Iran International.
“In the letter sent on Sunday, Pezeshkian stressed that the president and the government have effectively been excluded from major and vital decision-making processes in the country, and that the vacuum created by this situation has enabled hardline factions within the IRGC to take control of affairs, the source said.
“Pezeshkian added that under such circumstances he is unable to run the government and carry out his legal responsibilities, and for that reason has requested to step down immediately.
“It is not yet clear whether Mojtaba Khamenei will accept the president’s resignation, but the contents of the letter point to a deep and unprecedented rift at the highest levels of power.
“This comes after months of tensions between the government and the Islamic Republic’s military-security institutions. Iran International previously reported that the IRGC had gradually restricted many presidential powers and effectively taken control of key parts of the government.
“According to informed sources, the situation has left Pezeshkian’s administration trapped in a political and executive deadlock, preventing diplomatic negotiations from moving forward [emphasis mine] and the completion and implementation of desired changes to the cabinet structure.”
© Joseph L Shaefer 2026
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