Absolutely, it also appears as though more SEALs were filtered into operations when SOG changed into STDA.
LT Thomas Rolland Norris, MoH for actions on 4/13/72, presented 3/6/76
Engineman First Class Michael Edwin Thornton, MoH for actions 10/31/72, presented 10/15/73
and then there was OPS-33
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