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Date Posted: Aug 25, 2026
News: Guam, Palau
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U.S. Forces deployed to Palau to engage in live-fire training

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William Aquino)

A Stinger missile is fired from a U.S. Marine Corps Marine Air Defense Integrated System Tenacious Archer at Airai in Palau on July 30, according to the photo and information released Aug. 24.

Tenacious Archer is a U.S. Army Pacific-led multilateral joint exercise showing how mobile short-range air defense can protect U.S. forces deployed outside of Guam. mbj

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U.S. Forces deployed to Palau to engage in live-fire training