52nd Ordnance Group (EOD)

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).

52ND Ordnance Group (EOD)
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	27 December 1943 – 30 June 1948 28 January 1952 – 16 May 1955 2 December 1965 – 20 October 1967 1 October 1990 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Support
Role	Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Part of	20TH CBRNE Command
HQ	Fort Campbell, KY
Commanders
Commander	COL George Hill
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Isaac "Ike" Allender

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

• 52nd Ordnance Group, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Fort Campbell^[2]
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Fort Campbell
  • 184th Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Campbell^[3]
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Campbell
    • 38th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Stewart
    • 49th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Campbell
    • 717th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Campbell
    • 723rd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Campbell
    • 744th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Campbell
    • 756th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Stewart
    • 789th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Moore
  • 192nd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Liberty^[4]
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Liberty
    • 18th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Liberty
    • 28th Ordnance Company (EOD) (Airborne), Fort Liberty^[5]
    • 55th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Belvoir
    • 722nd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Liberty
    • 754th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Drum
    • 760th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Drum
    • 767th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Liberty

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

• World War II:

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

• Vietnam

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Decorations

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

References

1. United States Departments of the Army, Navy, and the Air Force. Interservice Responsibilities for Explosive Ordnance Disposal. Joint Army Regulation 75-14, OPNAVINST 8027.1G, MCO 8027.1D, AFR 136-8. United States Departments of the Army, Navy, and the Air Force.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. "52nd Ornance Group 'Defusing Danger'". Campell.Army.Mil. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
3. CurrentOps.com (2018) 184th Ordnance Battalion. https://currentops.com/unit/us/army/184-od-bn {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224052708/https://currentops.com/unit/us/army/184-od-bn |date=24 February 2018 }}. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
4. CurrentOps.com (2018). 192nd Ordnance Battalion. https://currentops.com/unit/us/army/192-od-bn {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223110917/https://currentops.com/unit/us/army/192-od-bn |date=23 February 2018 }} Accessed 2 February 2018.
5. "TIOH – Beret Flashes and Background Trimmings – 28th Ordnance Company". The Institute of Heraldry. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

External links

• Official website