Spc. Faith Baker, 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery, sights a drone with her shoulder-fired Stinger Missile during the training portion of a live-fire exercise, April 6, at Fort Bliss, Texas. Soldiers from the South Carolina National Guard's 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command and the 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery, both from Anderson, , used these drones as targets during a live-fire exercise at Fort Bliss April 5-9 in preparation for deployment to the National Capital Region. Their mission is to protect the skies over the nation's capital from aerial threats.


Spc. Faith Baker, 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery, sights a drone with her shoulder-fired Stinger Missile during the training portion of a live-fire exercise, April 6, at Fort Bliss, Texas. Soldiers from the South Carolina National Guard's 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command and the 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery, both from Anderson, , used these drones as targets during a live-fire exercise at Fort Bliss April 5-9 in preparation for deployment to the National Capital Region. Their mission is to protect the skies over the nation's capital from aerial threats. ( Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Brad Mincey/Released) SC Guard ready to protect nation's capital 140406-Z-WS267-050


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