Story by Capt. Duy Nguyen | 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 07.09.2024
On July 2, Col. Ryan Schrock passed the reigns of leadership of 31st Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Brigade to Col. Lourdes Costas during a change of command ceremony on Fort Sill’s Old Post Quad....
Story by Staff Sgt. Johnathan Hoover | 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 01.14.2018
By Staff Sgt. Johnathan Hoover 11th ADA BDE Public Affairs AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar – The Top Notch 11th Air Defense Artillery “Imperial” Brigade is spread throughout five geographical locations, thousands of miles apart which presents a unique challenge to cohesion and communication....
Story by Staff Sgt. Johnathan Hoover | 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 10.19.2017
By Staff Sgt. Johnathan Hoover 11th ADA BDE Public Affairs AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar – The 11th Air Defense Artillery “Imperial” Brigade conducted a transfer of authority ceremony with the 108th Air Defense Artillery “Spartan” Brigade at the Blatchford-Preston Complex Theater on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Oct. 14, 2017. The ceremony signaled the end of the Spartan’s mission and......
Story by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf | 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 02.02.2017
In a hardened tent with an almost endless display of monitors, maps and heads up displays, a team of specialists, a sergeant and a lieutenant run their battalion’s operations. As the sun disappears from the horizon, they settle into their shift. They perform their preventative maintenance checks, send up reports, but more importantly, watch the wall of monitors for red blips – airborne......
Story by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf | 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 12.02.2016
SOUTHWEST ASIA— The 69th Air Defense Artillery “Top Notch” Brigade hosted its second Patriot Open House as part of a continued effort to raise awareness of air defense operations, Dec. 2 in the U.S. Army Central’s area of responsibility....
