The unit manned the TM-61A Matador, which was later replaced by the TM-61C Matador.
Six kilometres away (four miles) units from Syria's 35,000 troops in Lebanon manned a checkpoint near the Lebanese Army barracks of Ablah.
In addition, various units manned Fort Preble during the War of 1812.
Those units that remained in Wołyń Voivodeship, manned the Sarny Fortified Area, which guarded the Polish-Soviet border.
On June 10, 1953, his unit was manning Outpost Harry near Surang-ni, Korea, when the post came under heavy enemy attack.
Busby's unit had been manning a radar station outside New London; he had saved his command by abandoning the now useless station.
These units manned a series of outposts and bases, whose purpose was to keep the strategic highway open.