52nd Ordnance Group (EOD)

52D Ordnance Group (EOD)
Unit DUI
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 Support Command (CBRNE)
HQ	Fort Campbell, KY
Commanders
Commander	COL Thomas J. Langowski
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Robert L. Hockstedler

The 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) is the command and control headquarters for all U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) companies and battalions located in the continental United States (CONUS), to include the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Subordinate units maintain EOD Response Teams which evaluate, render safe, and remove conventional, chemical/biological, or nuclear ordnance, or improvised explosive devices that pose an immediate threat to public safety. While subordinate units are trained and equipped for combat operations, they may also support a variety of peacetime missions, to include range surface clearance operations of active U.S. Army installations.

1 Mission
2 Subordinate units
3 Lineage
4 Honors
- 4.1 Campaign participation credit
- 4.2 Decorations
5 External links
6 References

Mission

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

Subordinate units

52nd Ordnance Group (EOD), Fort Campbell^[1]
- 63rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Drum
- 184th Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Campbell
- 192nd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Bragg
  - 28th Ordnance Company (EOD)(ABN),Fort Bragg^[2]

Lineage

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