

The unit arrived in Europe without equipment and weapons and had to borrow 75mm anti-aircraft guns from the French to take into combat. Just nine months after activation, the brigade sailed to France to fight in World War I as a member of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). The 32d AAMDC traces its lineage to January 1918 and the formation of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 32d Artillery Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps (at Key West Barracks, FL) under the command of Brig. Current Army authorization documents provide for three AAMDCs (two Active/Reserve Component and one fully Reserve Component). Bliss, TX and falls within the authority and operational control of U. The 32d AAMDC commands echelon above corps (EAC) ADA brigades and other assigned forces. The 32d AAMDC coordinates and integrates the four operational elements (or pillars) of theater missile defense (passive defense, active defense, attack operations, and battle management/command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence) to protect contingency, forward deployed, and reinforcing forces, as well as designated theater strategic assets. The 32d AAMDC is the Army Forces and Joint Force Land Component Commanders' (ARFOR / JFLCC) organization that performs critical theater air and missile defense planning, integration, coordination, and execution functions. All four stand ready to accomplish any mission - anywhere, anytime in support of the regional combatant commander. Sill, OK), 69th ADA (Fort Hood, TX) and 108th ADA (Ft.

32d AAMDC consists of four brigades: 11th ADA (Ft. The 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) is a theater-level Army air and missile defense multi-component organization with a worldwide, 72-hour deployment mission.
