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 of 2006, the battalion was informed that they would deploy to Okinawa, Japan, to provide Air Defense for key assets in the Pacific region. The 1-1 Air Defense Artillery Regiment was restationed to Kadena Air Base

Kadena Air Base

, is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Kadena Air Base is the hub of U.S. airpower in the Pacific, and home to the USAF's 18th Wing and a variety of associate units.-Units:The 18th Wing is the host unit at Kadena...

 30 November 2006.

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

Decorations

The 1st Air Defense Artillery has received the following Decorations:

• Valorous Unit Award for SAUDI ARABIA AND BAHRAIN
• Army Superior Unit Award for 1984–1985

See also

• Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of US Air Defense Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with Field artillery, Air Defense Artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of US Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with field artillery, air defense artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...
  
  
• 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States)
  2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States)
  The 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an air defense artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1821.-Lineage:Constituted 1 June 1821 in the Regular Army as the 2nd Regiment of Artillery and organized from existing units with Headquarters at Baltimore, MarylandRegiment broken...
  
  

External links

• http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=7150