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but there shall be none

and six Naval Special Warfare Reserve Units

with the other five being prototypes

Bronze Star Medal with three oak leaf clusters (OLC)

USNS Vanguard (T-AG-194) Navy Patch Flags org/connect/blog/chief-curator-tells-story-behind-mayas-challenge-coinThe 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