U.S. Army:
Delta Battery, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment of the 2-1 ADA Battalion, 35th ADA Brigade, qualified on the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system outside of the United States-the first time in Air Defense history.
D-2 Battery, the “Defenders”, initially occupied the Seongju remote site in April 2017.
Ever since their deployment to the Republic of Korea, the Defenders’ Soldiers committed themselves to providing constant protection for over 51 million Korean civilians. Hindered by limited resources and mission requirements, the Defenders not only achieved Dragon Brigade standards, but they excelled as one of the best units in the branch.
The leadership maintained readiness requirements at 90% or above; the Soldiers remained disciplined and proficient in their tasks; and the unit together-after establishing their site, opening their new office facilities at Camp Carroll, conducting THAAD-PATRIOT interoperability testing, and solidifying their storage combat load procedures-proceeded to execute battery-level gunnery certifications in October 2018.
