Two University of Guam ROTC cadets shadowed the deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense or THAAD remote launcher to Rota on March 3. Cadets Amber Pangelinan, left, a sophomore criminal justice major, and Enriquo Nedlic, right, a senior public administration major, joined 15 active-duty Army Air Defense Artillery personnel for the Army’s part of the mission — Operation Talon Lightning — on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. Also shown is 2017 UOG ROTC graduate 1st Lt. Maria Rosario Marinas, who accompanied the cadets on the mission as part of the Guam Army National Guard Security Force contingent.
