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Video by Sgt. Aven Santiago

Soldiers ship Avenger Air Defense Systems to Tinian

U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

July 28, 2021 | 1:46

Avenger Air Defense Systems and other equipment assigned to 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, are loaded onto an Army Watercraft System by Soldiers of the 97th Transportation Company, 7th Sustainment Brigade, and civilian contract workers in support of exercise Forager 21 at Naval Base Guam, July 28, 2021. The Avenger Air Defense System is a surface-to-air missile system which provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units. Exercise Forager 21 is a U.S. Army Pacific exercise designed to test and refine the Theater Army’s ability to flow landpower forces into the theater, execute command and control of those forces, and effectively employ them in support of our allies, partners, and national security objectives in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Aven Santiago, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Office/RELEASED)