An Avenger missile system fires at a drone as 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 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 140407-Z-WS267-000

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