Alabama.com:
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Nine additional U.S. Army Soldiers are now qualified to operate the only system in the Department of Defense designed to defend the United States against intercontinental ballistic missile attack.
The 100th Missile Defense Brigade (Ground-based Midcourse Defense) hosted a ceremony Dec. 5 at brigade headquarters in Colorado Springs to recognize the Soldiers’ achievement in graduating the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Fire Control Operator Qualification Course.
This rigorous seven-week course teaches Soldiers how to defend the homeland from incoming ICBM attack. The program is led by instructors from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command’s Directorate of Training and Doctrine developed according to U.S. Army Training and Doctrine standard.
