USNS Vanguard (T-AG-194) Navy Patch Flags 222nd Combat Aviation Battalion

222nd Combat Aviation Battalion

but there shall be none

Bronze Star Medal with three oak leaf clusters (OLC)

They flew in two SOAR ("Nightstalkers") MH-47E Chinook helicopters

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USNS Vanguard (T-AG-194) Navy Patch Flags 222nd Combat Aviation BattalionThe USNS Vanguard (T AG 194) was a former World War II tanker (SS Mission San Fernando) converted into a vital U. S. Navy special mission ship, serving primarily as a mobile platform for testing submarine navigation systems (TRIDENT I II) after 1980, replacing the USS Compass Island. Originally a missile tracking ship (T AGM 19) for NASA (Apollo, Skylab) and the Eastern Range, it was reclassified in 1980, had its large antennas removed, and was later