Courtesy Story | 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 09.03.2021
OKINAWA, Japan – Four Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment graduated from the Marine Air Support Squadron 2 (MASS-2) command-sponsored corporals school at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Sept. 3, 2021. The three-week long United States Marine Corps Corporals School is designed to provide students the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful small-unit......
Courtesy Story | 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 05.24.2021
OKINAWA, Japan – The 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment celebrated the unveiling of the first Patriot Missile Storage Facility in Japan during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Kadena Air Base May 19. The MSF was a joint and bilateral construction project starting in 2020 between Japan District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade; U.S. Air Force......
Story by Sgt. Raquel Birk | 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 11.18.2020
SAGAMIHARA, Japan – Eight noncommissioned officers and Soldiers assigned to various units throughout 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade competed in a grueling test of their physical and mental abilities during a quarterly contest at Sagami General Depot, Japan and Andersen Air Force Base, Guam Nov. 16-17. In the end, Sgt. Robert W. Redmond, military police with 14th Missile Defense......
Story by Sgt. Raquel Birk | 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 10.20.2020
KADENA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan – The 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment held an assumption of responsibility ceremony at the Rocker Enlisted Club here Oct. 20. Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel S. Venton took over as the new senior enlisted advisor of the ‘Snake Eyes Battalion,’ relieving Sgt. Maj. Shawn T. Gulley, who was the battalion’s interim command sergeant major for the past month....
Story by Sgt. Raquel Birk | 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 11.07.2019
SAGAMIHARA, Japan – Nine Soldiers and noncommissioned officers assigned to various units throughout 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade competed in a grueling test of their physical and mental abilities during a quarterly contest at Sagami General Depot Nov. 6-7....
Courtesy Story | 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command | 02.22.2019
Air and Missile Defense in the Pacific theater is an ever present and growing focus in the National Defense Strategy. Each year, the Resilient Shield exercise partners units in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Joint and bilateral networks that provide for the common defense of Japan are tested and validated, as well as engagement procedures provide fires de-confliction at all levels...
Courtesy Story | 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command | 10.15.2018
Interoperability is at forefront of joint and bilateral partnerships. In an effort to increase contingency readiness; Soldiers, Marines, and Airmen stationed in Okinawa conducted a joint and bilateral Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) combined training exercise on Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Oct. 10-11, 2018....
Courtesy Story | 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command | 03.30.2018
Soldiers from Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment and Marines with the Marine Air Support Squadron 2 (MASS-2) partnered together in Okinawa, Japan in a two-week exchange program from 19-30 Mar....
