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Maranian was born and raised in natick, massachusetts and was commissioned as a second lieutenant of field artillery in 1988 from bucknell university. Army africa southern european task force commander right, places the setaf patch on brig. The 3325 abct specialized in airfield seizures, and one of the most likely deployment scenarios during the cold war was to attack and gain control of an airfield behind enemy lines of the ussr to provide a point into which more forces from the u. This item will ship to united states, but the seller has not specified shipping options. Army africa usaraf was designated as the army service component command for africom in january 2012. Unit patch us army southern european task force shoulder sleeve foliage green w velcro nsn 8455015287621 niin 015287621. These patches such as the th expeditionary fighter squadron exhibit both good workmanship and design elements. Southern european task force setaf the setaf patch was worn on the class a uniform from 1973 to 1983 while stationed in vicenza, italy as part for the amf. Army patch us army southern european task force setaf regular 2 piecespkg army patch, us army southern european task force setaf, regular ira green javascript seems to be disabled in your browser.
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