MDAA Press Release: The international demand on U.S. Patriot Missile Defense Battalions is exhausting American Air Defense Soldiers and hindering much needed upgrades and modernization to the Patriot Systems, said Riki Ellison, Chairman of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance in a statement on Wednesday. The U.S. Army has 15 Patriot Battalions stretched thin by ongoing… read more
As a missile defense equipped member of NATO, Spain has sent one of its Patriot Air and Missile Defense units to Turkey to relieve its NATO partner. The Spanish force will join the two U.S. and two German Patriots Batteries that have been in the region since 2013 to defend and deter ballistic missile threats… read more
We welcome the 114th Congress, as there are significant changes in makeup of our key national security committees, including the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, and the House and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittees. These committees are responsible for setting the budgets and policies that would keep our nation’s air and missile defense systems modernized… read more
FC2 Ringer was selected as the 2014 Missile Defender of the Year for the U.S. Navy. Bartholomew Ringer graduated from Parkway North High School in West County, St. Louis, MO in 1999. He attended the University of Evansville, IN and the University of Missouri before pursuing a career in the U.S. Navy. In 2010 he… read more
SSG Perkins was selected as the 2014 Missile Defender of the Year for the U.S. National Guard. SSG Perkins’s initial enlistment was December 3, 1986. After graduating from Basic Training and Advance Individual Training, SSG Perkins was stationed at Fort Riley, KS where he served for over three years as a Track Vehicle Mechanic with… read more
SSG McSherry was selected as the 2014 Missile Defender of the Year for the U.S. Army. SSG McSherry is a subject matter expert for nearly every aspect of Patriot Air and Missile Defense. His in-depth knowledge of launchers, up-range operations, and system maintenance has been invaluable to the success of his unit. McSherry has certified… read more
Lt Col Frazier was selected as the 2014 Missile Defender of the Year for the U.S. Air Force. Lt Col Jerry Frazier is the Division Chief, Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) for Headquarters Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT), Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. He leads the U.S. joint command and control, missile defense… read more
MDAA’s mission is to make the world safer by advocating for the development and deployment of missile defense systems to defend the United States, its armed forces and its allies against missile threats.
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