The 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command (263 AMDC) is an air defense artillery command of the United States Army, South Carolina Army National Guard. The 263rd is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots, and is one of only nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812. The 263rd ADA Brigade was reflagged as 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command during 2000.
On 19 October 2024, Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command was deployed to support Operation Inherent Resolve and the U.S. Central Command as a whole.
263 AAMDC became part of Space and Missile Defense Command, being transferred from Forces Command, in late 2025.
Organization
263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, in Anderson Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, in Anderson 678th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 678th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery Regiment, in Georgetown (M109A6 Paladin) Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery Regiment, in Georgetown Battery A, 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery Regiment, in Andrews Battery B, 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery Regiment, in Clinton Battery C, 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery Regiment, in Manning 1178th Forward Support Company, in Hemingway Detachment 1, 1178th Forward Support Company, in Myrtle Beach 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, in Anderson (AN/TWQ-1 Avenger) Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, in Anderson Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, in Seneca Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, in Easley Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, in Clemson Battery D, 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, in Clemson
References
External links 263rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment lineage at Sill-www.army.mil The Institute of Heraldry: 263rd Air Defense Artillery Brigade