Currently Air Defense Units deploy across the world, while not in an active combat situation, many units have been rotating to the Middle-East since the 90's and previously were authorised to wear deployment patches. Other units have deployed to Guam to protect US assets and the territory's Civilian populace from North Korean missile threats. Units deploying to Afghanistan can be in country for 7-9 months, while Air Defense Units are always deployed for a full year. CIBs and CABs already exist to denote individuals who have deployed and actually been engaged in combat operations against the enemy, so it only seems right for units such as Air Defense who will likely never engage the enemy, but find themselves spending a year overseas in an operational climate



