The 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment was organized in the 1790s as a company in the 2nd Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. From there, the battalion was called upon to serve in multiple conflicts including the
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States United States declaration of war on the Uni ...
, Indian Wars,
Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, ...
,
World War II
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, and modern conflicts in the
Middle East
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The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
.
From February 2003 to May 2003, the battalion served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Alpha and Bravo batteries deployed to provide air defense for the Kingdom of Bahrain, while the balance of the battalion deployed to Kuwait in support of operation there.
In February 2006, the battalion was deployed on a contingency operation to
Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, to provide air defense for key assets in the Pacific region; the battalion arrived in November of that same year.
The battalion is currently assigned to the
38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, and is charged with providing air and missile defense in support of the
INDOPACOM commander.
Campaign participation credit
;War of 1812
*Canada
;Indian Wars
*Seminoles
*Texas 1859
;Mexican War
*Palo Alto
*Resaca de la Palma
*Monterey
*Vera Cruz
*Cerro Gordo
*Contreras
*Churubusco
*Chapultepec
*Tamaulipas 1846
*Vera Cruz 1847
*Mexico 1847
;Civil War
*Sumter
*Bull Run
*Mississippi River
*Peninsula
*Manassas
*Antietam
*Fredericksburg
*Chancellorsville
*Gettysburg
*Wilderness
*Spotsylvania
*Cold Harbor
*Petersburg
*Shenandoah
*Appomattox
*Florida 1861
*Florida 1862
*Florida 1864
*South Carolina 1862
*South Carolina 1863
*Virginia 1863
*Virginia 1864
*West Virginia 1863
* Louisiana 1864
;World War II
*American Theater, Streamer without inscription
*Tunisia
*Sicily
*Rome-Arno
*Rhineland
;Southwest Asia
*Defense of Saudi Arabia
*Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
*Cease-Fire
*Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
Decorations
1-1 ADA has received the following unit award(s):
* Meritorious Unit Award (2003)
See also
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2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States)
The 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an Air Defense Artillery Branch, air defense artillery regiment of the United States Army, first formed in 1821 as a Field Artillery Branch (United States), field artillery unit.
Battery A-2nd ADAR THAA ...
References
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External links
1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment Heraldry
Military units and formations established in 1821
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