By the end of August, the 69th were in England and quickly loaded onto steamers taking the brigade to Le Havre France to a training base.

After the war ended the 69th arrived back home on the USS Mercury in February of 1919, and their 5-inch guns were never shot and shortly declared obsolete by the military.

Then in July 1983 the unit would be reorganized and redesignated to Giebel Stadt Army Airfield around Wuerzburg, Germany.

They were placed as a high and medium altitude defense for the VII Army Corps; they had 4 patriot firing batteries and 2 Hawks.

At the end of the operation the task force was sent forward in the battlefield; they were sent to cover any aircraft or ballistic missiles that could be sent at the troops.

This deployment was different in that after the conclusion of the joint exercise the US forces remained to help protect the Israelis from air threats.

[5] Elements of the 69th Brigade deployed to various location around the Gulf in support of Coalition Operations.

[This section needs expansion) Since being in Fort Cavazos, 69th has deployed numerous times across multiple combatant commands areas of responsibility.

Air defense artillery deploys multiple organizations in the United States Army and serves vital roles in protecting Department of Defense and allied personnel, assets, air space, and installations.

There is a blue area above the crossbow bolts that represent the ADA’s motto “First to Fire” as well as the mission of the branch.

The shoulder insignia is much simpler having to comets with flight trails used to represent the numbers sixty-nine there are to black circles representing cannon balls, and the comets positioning is meant to mimic a defense posture.