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3rd ADA was originally organized as an artillery unit during the War of 1812. It was reorganized as Coast Artillery Corps during the Spanish-American War, when it was thought that foreign navies might attempt to strike the United States. Units saw service in WWII and the Korean War.

The 200th Air Defense Artillery was organized in New Mexico as a volunteer regiment to fight Indians and later served at the Battle of Santiago in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. They also saw combat during WWI, but it is WWII that saw the regiment enter into the history books and glory. By then the regiment was an antiaircraft unit deployed to the Philippines to prop up U.S. defenses on the island. Shortly after the attacks on Pearl Harbor the Japanese attacked Clark Field. Even though the antiaircraft guns of the New Mexico National Guard could not prevent the attack the Japanese did suffer losses. The gunners suffered later during the Bataan Death March. The regiment has had most of its units redesignated since 911.

The 138th ADA only goes back to the 1980s. Its National Guard units had little in the way of battle honors and was largely inactive until the Global War on Terror. Since then soldiers of the 1-138th (INNG) have served in GWOT and earned a citation.

The 43rd ADA was established to provide heavy railway artillery for the AEF during WWI, where it provided credible service on the Western Front. In WWII its batteries saw action in France and Germany as well as the Pacific. In the 1980s 43rd ADA battalions were reactivated and equipped with the then-new Patriot surface-to-air missile system and during Operation Desert Storm units of the 43rd Air Defense Artillery made history when they successfully intercepted an Iraqi ballistic missile in combat. 43rd ADA batteries have since served in Operations Southern Watch and Iraqi Freedom.

The 111th ADA's heritage goes back to the War of 1812, when its batteries defended Virginia against British invasion. The Civil War service of the regiment is traced along the Confederate side, as part of General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The unit served in WWI and WWII, and later became the core of the 111th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (NMNG), the foremost National Guard ADA unit, until that unit became a manuever enhancement brigade in 2005.

The 6th ADA's lineage includes duty in the Philippines, WWII Europe and the Pacific and Vietnam. 6th ADA became the core of the School Brigade at Fort Bliss, responsible for training Air Defense units in everything from Vulcan to Spartan. The 6th's unit crest comes in both left and right versions.

The 202nd ADA's heritage goes back to WWI and WWII and the unit earned Croix de Guerre with Palm for its actions. This Illinois National Guard regiment was stood down during the Global War on Terror and converted to Cavalry.

The 4th ADA Regiment traces its lineage back to the War of 1812. When reactivated in the 1920s its batteries were part of the antiaircraft defenses of the Panama Canal Zone, and during WWII units served in both Italy and in the Pacific. In addition to combat in Vietnam the 4th ADA also participated in Operation Urgent Fury and were in Grenada.

The 233rd ADA has no battle honors. It stood down from the Arkansas National Guard and was transferred to Field Artillery during the Global War on Terror.

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The 6th ADA's lineage includes duty in the Philippines, WWII Europe and the Pacific and Vietnam. 6th ADA became the core of the School Brigade at Fort Bliss, responsible for training Air Defense units in everything from Vulcan to Spartan. The 6th's unit crest comes in both left and right versions.

The 1st Air Defense Artillery's lineage goes back to the War of 1812 and the original batteries defended Fort Sumter and Fort Pickens. Obviously things didn't go so well at Sumter but Fort Pickens remained in Union hands throughout the Civil War.

The 5th ADA Regiment was originally activated during the Civil War, during which the unit served with the Army of the Potomac and was the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg... as well as the surrender at Appomattox. The unit also saw credible service during Korea and Vietnam, including the Tet Counteroffensive.

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The service of the 62nd ADA goes back to the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. During the Civil War units saw service throughout Virginia and was at Manila during the Spanish-American War... and fought insurgents during the Philippine Insurrection. The unit served throughout Europe in WWII, saw service throughout the entirety of the Korean War and earned a Presidential Citation for the Inchon landings.

The 56th ADA traces kits lineage back to one of the dedicated antiaircraft units organized in the 1920s to improve the Coast Artillery Corps' ability to defend the shores of the United States. Later, the 56th had units in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.

44th ADA traces its lineage back to WWI, where it saw service with the Coast Artillery Corps in France. They returned to France in 1944 and units saw service in the Pacific as well. The 44th was in action in Korea throughout the fighting and also throughout the Vietnam War.