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With the days light drawing to a close, the Marines of 2d Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion still are not yet finished showing off their equipment and it's capabilities at this quarters FireEx. The Avenger air defense weapon system is mounted on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Chassis. The gunner's seat is sandwiched between two Stinger missile pods, each holding four missiles, and an MP-3 .50 caliber machine gun sits on a turrent below the right pod

A Stinger missile fires from an Avenger system toward a US Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." target rocket over an impact area on the E-1 range at Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach area. Marines from the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, used the versatile rockets as fast-moving targets, honing their air defense skills with the Avenger which was mounted atop their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV)

The Avenger air-defense system, mounted atop an High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), awaits its turn to fire on the E-1 range at Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach area during a 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion missile targeting exercise. Marines from the 2nd LAAD Battalion, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, were using the versatile US Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." rockets as fast-moving targets, firing Stinger missiles at them from the Avenger system

Marines from the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, make preparations for a missile targeting exercise over an impact area on the E-1 range at Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach area. Using the versatile US Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." rockets as fast-moving targets, the Marines fired Stinger missiles at them from the Avenger system mounted atop their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV)

A view of an Avenger air defense system deployed with Btry. A, 2nd Bn., 6th Air Defense Artillery Bde., during Operation Desert Shield. The Avenger consists of a four-tube Stinger anti-aircraft missile launcher mounted on each side of an operator's station on a pedestal carried by an M-998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). A .50-caliber machine gun can be mounted beneath the right side Stinger launcher

Flight deck crewmen help hoist a Mark 20 Rockeye II cluster bomb onto the wing pylon of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). The Hornet also has an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile mounted on its wing tip. The EISENHOWER is one of the U.S. Navy ships sent to the Persian Gulf in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

A US Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." target rocket, being prepared for launch on the E-1 range at Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach area during a 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion missile targeting exercise on. Marines from the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, were using the versatile rockets as fast-moving targets, firing Stinger missiles at them from the Avenger system mounted atop High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV)

Members of a Stinger anti-aircraft missile unit move into a cloud of dust stirred up by an M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle and an M998 high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) during an exercise at the National Training Center. Members of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) and 1ST Battalion, 505th Infantry Division, 82nd Airborne Division, are participating in the exercise

A US Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." target rocket lifts from its launchpad, toward an impact area on the E-1 range at Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach area during a 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion missile targeting exercise. Marines of the LAAD Battalion, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, were using the versatile rockets as fast-moving targets, firing Stinger missiles at them from the Avenger system mounted atop High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV)

Stinger missile away. With a lot of loud nose and exitement, the Marines of 2d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion show off their capabilities at this quarters FireEx held at Onslow Beach, North Carolina. The Avenger air defense weapon system is mounted on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Chassis. The gunner's seat is sandwiched between two Stinger missile pods, each holding four missiles, and an MP-3 .50 caliber machine gun sits on a turrent below the right pod

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Base: Camp Leujune

State: North Carolina (NC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: 2D MAW

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Brandon Gwathney

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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