When Second Lt. Chen Shaked reported to the Israel Defense Force induction center, the assignment officer told him he would end up as a cook or maintenance worker in the military. But the former basketball player wanted to be a combat soldier and choose to be assigned to the air defense artillery. On Mar. 17, he fired a Arrow anti-missile interceptor at an incoming Syrian missile. Becoming the first person to do so.
By United States Missile Defense Agency (US Missile Defense Agency Arrow gallery Image link) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
His story and two others – including the first person to fire a Patriot at a UAV – are featured in a Ynetnews article. Link to the article is below.