My wife's cousin that I got to know pretty well, was a special forces guy but I never knew it until he died and all those old vets showed up.
One grandfather was a sergeant in the mess hall at Pope AFB, and the other was a sergeant in Psy Ops at Ft. Bragg (and once shook JFK’s hand). I was born and raised in Fayetteville (the major city next to Fort Bragg, for those who don’t know), and I can say that 98% of the people who tell you they were Special Forces are lying. The ones that *are* Special Forces never tell you, and sometimes don’t even tell you that they are in the service. They just tend to disappear right before key moments in history, then say they were on “business travel” after they return.
As I recall there was a lot of migration on Devens between the ASA Schools & 10th Group.