USNS Vanguard (T-AG-194) Navy Patch Flags Acquired from a San Diego

Acquired from a San Diego

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

222nd Combat Aviation Battalion

but there shall be none

4 inch Navy Patch

USNS Vanguard (T-AG-194) Navy Patch Flags Acquired from a San DiegoThe 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