52nd Ordnance Group (EOD)

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52ND Ordnance Group (EOD)
52nd EOD Group SSI.svg
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active27 December 1943 – 30 June 1948
28 January 1952 – 16 May 1955
2 December 1965 – 20 October 1967
1 October 1990 – present
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Army
TypeSupport
RoleExplosive Ordnance Disposal
Part of 20TH CBRNE Command
HQ Fort Campbell, KY
Commanders
CommanderCOL George Hill
Command Sergeant MajorCSM Isaac "Ike" Allender

The 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) is one of three explosive ordnance disposal groups of the United States Army. It is the command and control headquarters for all U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) battalions and companies located east of the Mississippi River in the Continental United States (CONUS).

Contents

Subordinate units maintain EOD response teams, which evaluate, render safe, and dispose of conventional, chemical/biological, or nuclear ordnance, or improvised explosive devices (IEDs). While subordinate units are trained and equipped for combat operations, they also support peacetime missions, including range surface clearance operations of active U.S. Army installations, support of civilian law enforcement agencies, and support to the U.S. Secret Service for protection of VIPs. [1]

The current command team consists of Colonel Matthew L. Kuhns and Command Sergeant Major Isaac J. Allender.

Mission

On order, 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) deploys and conducts operations in support of Combatant Commanders or other government agencies to counter CBRNE and WMD threats.

Subordinate units

Lineage

  1. Constituted 20 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Ordnance Group
  2. Activated 27 December 1943 at Camp Hood, Texas
  3. Reorganized and redesigned 27 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Ordnance Service Group
  4. Reorganized and redesigned 20 December 1946 as the 52d Ordnance Composite Group
  5. Inactivated 30 June 1948 in Austria
  6. Redesignated 8 January 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52d Ordnance Group, and allotted to the Regular Army
  7. Activated 28 January 1952 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  8. Inactivated 16 May 1955 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  9. Activated 2 December 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  10. Inactivated 20 October 1967 in Vietnam
  11. Redesignated 1 October 1993 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52D Ordnance Group (EOD), and activated at Fort Gillem, Georgia
  12. Reassigned in early 2009 to Fort Campbell, KY with 184 OD BN (EOD)

Honors

Campaign participation credit

Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III

Decorations

  1. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army)
  2. Streamer Embroidered VIETNAM 1966.

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References

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