100th Missile Defense Brigade

The 100th Missile Defense Brigade (Ground-based Midcourse Defense) is a multi-component unit headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with units in Alaska and California. Our mission is one of the proudest of any Army unit, past or present -- that of defending our Nation against ballistic missile attack.

Our Brigade is comprised mainly of full-time National Guard Soldiers, with a contingent of Active Component Soldiers. The interceptors of the missile defense system are located at Fort Greely, Alaska and Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Those units are manned entirely by, respectively, Alaska and California Guardsmen and women.

The National Guard was chosen for this job of ballistic missile defense because defending the nation is the Guard's time-honored mission. Additionally, the expertise required to operate the highly sophisticated missile defense system lends itself readily to the stabilization typically found in Guard Soldiers versus Active Component Soldiers, who frequently are required to change duty stations every two to three years.

The main military occupational specialties found in the brigade are 14 series, Air Defense, and 31B, Military Police. The latter have the all important job of protecting the missile defense complex in Alaska.

You can read about the mission, find out about job opportunities, see pictures of missiles blasting into space, etc., all on this web page. You'll find links to stories about the 100th, the 49th Missile Defense Battalion (in Alaska) and Detachment 1 (in California.) You'll find Family Readiness Group news, job openings, our newsletter and awesome photos. If you have questions about the unit, write to Sgt. Benjamin Crane. So... Welcome, feel free to browse, and... enjoy.

100th Missile Defense Brigade
  COL Gregory S. Bowen
  CSM Russell A. Hamilton

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100th Missile Defense Brigade (GMD) Articles

 2011

• Missile defense exercise spans globe

• 49th MD Bn. promotes new 1st SGT., CSM

• Family Action Plan - A personal account

• Lightning and Thunder - Battalion military police train to defend

• Detachment One formally activated, changes commanders

• Class teaches 100th MDB Soldiers how to perform 'hardest duty'

• 100th Missile Defense Soldiers take aim at M-9 range

• Rep. Lamborn and Former NFL player speak at luncheon for missile defenders

• End of an Era

 2010

• 100th MDB goes all out for field training exercise

• 100th MDB gets 'swing' shift, spends day at ropes course

• America's Forgotten Fortress of Freedom

• This week at the 49th Missile Defense BN

• New Missile Defense Complex building opens

 2009

• "Last Dance" movie short speaks of love eternal

• Change of Responsibility for "backbone" of Missile Defense Battery

• 49th MDBn Conducts Force Protection Exercise

• 100th MDB Takes Part in Colorado Army National Guard Change of Command Ceremony

• 100th MDB Conducts Semi-annual 9mm Range

• 49th MDBn. Wins All Army National Guard Combatives Tournament

• 100th MDB receives new batch of qualified missile defenders

• 100th MDB completes Army warrior training with team building exercise

• 100th MDB Conduct Virtual Convoy Training

• 100th MDB takes Air Force Base Soft Ball trophy

• Dragons, Lads and Ladies Faire...

• Missile Defense soldier arranges special day for sister with cancer

• 100th MDB softball team undefeated

• Command Sergeant Major of the Army visits missile defenders in Alaska

• Space and Missile Defenders teach middle schoolers

• Change of Command at Nation's only Missile Defense Brigade

• Fort Greely identifies its best warriors

• Defending America from space

• Exploring Diversity with a seasoned NCO

• 49th MDBn. Soldier participates in winter biathlon championships

• Another exercise developing proficiency in missile defense completed

2008

• Soldiers intercept ballistic missile in space

• New Class of GMD System Operators Graduate

• Alaska summer solstice climb 2008

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