On order, the 32nd AAMDC rapidly deploys forces to conduct joint and combined/coalition air and missile defense operations for the regional combatant commander.

The 32nd AAMDC is based at Fort Bliss, Texas and falls within the authority and under the operational control of United States Army Forces Command.

A more streamlined method is needed that places Theater Missile Defense (TMD) responsibility under a single executive agent.

AAMDC brings experience as well as considerable technical capabilities with its intelligence tools such as the generic area limitation environment and all source analysis systems.

The in-country analysts bring enormous SWA-specific knowledge and access to quick-response Air Force collection systems.

[6] Composed of in excess of 220 active duty (FT Bliss) soldiers, more than 10 civil service personnel, and numerous contractors, the 32d AAMDC has performed and validated its TMD mission and conducted extensive training during numerous joint and combined exercises – including Prairie Warrior 96, Ulchi Focus Lens 96, 97 & 98, Roving Sands 96 and 97, Coherent Defense 97, U.S./Russian TMD Exercise (Jan 98), and JTFEX/TMDI (Feb 99).

In early February 98, and prior to its official activation (16 Oct 98), the 32nd AAMDC deployed to support Combined Task Force-Kuwait during Operation Desert Thunder.

The 32nd AAMDC performs critical theater-level air and missile defense planning, integration, coordination and execution functions.

The unit coordinates and integrates the operational elements of theater missile defense in support of the ground maneuver forces.

After successfully deploying into Kuwait with little notice, the 32d AAMDC assumed command of one Patriot Task Force, conducted RSOI and assumed command of a second patriot task force, wrote the air and missile defense plan for Operation Desert Thunder and executed the TAMD mission in a contingency theater.

Further, the 32d AAMDC played the pivotal role in developing procedures for combined U.S. and Kuwaiti theater air and missile defense, interoperability, and training; expanding the TBM alert and warning architecture within CTF-Kuwait; and conducting distributed interactive simulation (DIS) training while performing its mission in a contingency environment.

With the addition of the 32nd AAMDC to the joint coalition task force, soldiers on the ground have access to a new early warning system.

By monitoring the air picture, the 32nd AAMDC TOC can also pinpoint where a Scud missile has been launched and directing the land-component command to counterattack the site.

In Nov 98, the 32nd AAMDC deployed to Kuwait to conduct contingency planning and coordination in support of CTF-Kuwait during Operation Desert Thunder II/Southern Overwatch.

Gen. Pershing was assigned to Fort Bliss in April 1914, where he served until 1917, when he was appointed to command the American Expeditionary Force in Europe.