11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (United States)

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11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
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11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active1907 – Present
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Army
Type Air Defense Artillery Branch
Size Brigade
Part of 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command (32nd AAMDC)
Garrison/HQ Fort Bliss
Nickname(s)Imperial Brigade
Motto(s)"Train to Fight!"
ColorsScarlet and Yellow
Commanders
Current
commander
COL Brennon J. Kavanaugh [1]
Command Sergeant MajorCSM Albert Fletcher III [2]
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia 11 ADA Bde DUI.svg

The 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade is an air defense artillery brigade of the United States Army stationed at Fort Bliss. [2]

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Structure

The brigades includes a Headquarters and Headquarters battery, four Patriot Units and three Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Units. [3]

Lineage

The unit was initially constituted 25 January 1907 in the Regular Army as the 133rd Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Organized 1 August 1907 at Fort Terry, New York. Redesignated 3 July 1916 as the 3d Company, Fort Terry (New York). Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 13th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound. Redesignated in December 1917 as Battery A, 56th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 31 July 1921 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina.

Reconstituted 1 June 1922 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 4th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound (organized in June 1917 as the 7th Company, Fort H.G. Wright (New York); redesignated 31 August 1917 as the unit was redesignated as the 133rd Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Group was constituted 19 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Group. Activated 20 January 1943 at Camp Davis, North Carolina. Redesignated 26 May 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Inactivated 6 October 1945 in Germany. Allotted 9 December 1948 to the Regular Army. Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Recent history

11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, change of command ceremony, Noel parade field, West Fort Bliss. US 11th Air Defense Artillery Imperial Brigade.jpg
11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, change of command ceremony, Noel parade field, West Fort Bliss.

The brigade served in the Persian Gulf War, during which the brigade recorded the first intercept of a ballistic missile in combat. [6] Prior to its deployment it consisted of:

The 1st Battalion, 2nd ADA was left behind at Fort Stewart when the brigade deployed. Battery D, 1st Battalion, 7th ADA (Patriot) was attached from 94th ADA Brigade, 32nd AADCOM in Europe, and 2nd Battalion, 43rd ADA was attached from 10th ADA Brigade, 32nd AADCOM. [7]

Thomas D. Dinackus notes that every battalion that was part of the brigade received the Valorous Unit Award, despite three of the battalions (those not equipped with Patriot) not having fired a single shot in anger. [8]

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References

  1. "11th ADA Brigade Change of Command Ceremony".
  2. 1 2 3 "Fort Bliss Tenant Units - 11th ADA BDE". 28 November 2023. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. "11th Brigade Subordinate Units". Fort Bliss. US Army. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  4. David Burge (16 April 2018) El Paso Times "Rear detachment keeps unit running at Fort Bliss while the rest of 11th Brigade HQ is deployed"
  5. 1 2 "Fort Bliss Bugle (1 Sep 2016) Tried and True: A-4 'Gladiators' use test mission to improve readiness" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  6. "Fort Bliss Bugle (30 Oct 2014) p.18A 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conducts OPD" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  7. Dinackus 2000, p. 4–27.
  8. Dinackus 2000, p. 14-5.