69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (United States)


The 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade is an air defense artillery brigade of the United States Army.
Subordinate units include:
Organized 17 May 1918 in the Regular Army at Fort Worden, Washington as the 69th Artillery
Demobilized 5 March 1919 at Camp Eustis, Virginia
Reconstituted 16 October 1936 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 69th Coast Artillery, and consolidated unit designated as the 69th Coast Artillery
Regiment broken up 10 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 69th Antiaircraft Artillery Group
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 69th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, inactivated 5 June 1948 on Saipan
Activated 1 July 1955 in Germany
Inactivated 1 November 1957 in Germany
Redesignated 1 April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 69th Artillery Group, and activated in Germany. HHB at Emery Barracks, Würzburg, Germany.
Redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 69th Air Defense Artillery Group
Reorganized and redesignated 16 July 1983 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
Brigade personnel deployed to Israel during Operation Desert Fox in 1998