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Round shaped coin, pewter in color. 1 7/8 inches in diameter.

Bravo Battery, 62nd Air defense Artillery Regiment.

The 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an Air Defense Artillery regiment in the United States Army.

US Army News Release by SFC Jason Epperson dated 19 May 2019:

"NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY DEVESELU, Romania -- Approximately 100 soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, deployed to Romania in April as the NATO's Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) site undergoes a long-planned upgrade. The soldiers will temporarily emplace a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system at the remote site for approximately three months. Soldiers from B Battery (THAAD), 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command arrived in Romania in April and have begun building the temporary site for the launching pad alongside with local contractors."

B Battery's transit through Bangor in September marked their return home from their Romanian deployment.