678th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (United States)

678th Air Defense Artillery Brigade is an Air Defense Artillery Brigade of the South Carolina Army National Guard and the United States Army.

678th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
678th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
Active	2016-present
Country	United States
Allegiance	South Carolina
Branch	National Guard
Type	Brigade
Role	Air defense artillery
Part of	263rd AAMDC, SCARNG
Garrison/HQ	Eastover[1]
Motto(s)	For Freedom, We Defend[2]
Mascot(s)	Oozlefinch
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The 678th ADA Brigade is the newest Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Brigade (BDE) in the Army National Guard. Headquartered in Eastover, South Carolina, the brigade has two subordinate battalions, 1-178th FA (Paladin) and 2-263d ADA (Avenger) located across the state. The 678th ADA BDE is a subordinate unit of the 263d Army Air & Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) which is headquartered in Anderson, South Carolina.

Subordinate units

• 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery Regiment (1-178th FA)
• 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (2-263 ADA BN)

List of Brigade Commanders

Commander	From	To
COL Frank Rice	May 2014	May 2016[3]
COL Richard Wholey	May 15, 2016	April 6, 2019
COL Michael Gibson	April 6, 2019	April 2, 2022[4]
LTC Brooks Yarborough	April 2, 2022	April 1, 2023
COL David Ridgeway	April 1, 2023	November 17, 2024[5]
COL Larry Saunders	November 17, 2024	Present