52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) explained

Unit Name:52D Ordnance Group (EOD)
Dates: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
Command Structure:20TH CBRNE Command
Garrison:Fort Campbell, KY
Garrison Label:HQ
Commander1:COL George Hill
Commander1 Label:Commander
Commander2:CSM Isaac "Ike" Allender
Commander2 Label:Command Sergeant Major
Identification Symbol Label:Distinctive Unit Insignia
Specialization:Explosive Ordnance Disposal

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).

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: United States Departments of the Army, Navy, and the Air Force . Interservice Responsibilities for Explosive Ordnance Disposal . United States Departments of the Army, Navy, and the Air Force . Joint Army Regulation 75-14, OPNAVINST 8027.1G, MCO 8027.1D, AFR 136-8.
  2. Web site: 22 February 2018 . 52nd Ornance Group 'Defusing Danger' . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180223171253/http://www.campbell.army.mil/Tenant/Pages/52ORD.aspx . 23 February 2018 . 23 February 2018 . Campell.Army.Mil.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: 19 October 2011 . TIOH – Beret Flashes and Background Trimmings – 28th Ordnance Company . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240127045836/https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=8077&grp=0&menu= . 27 Jan 2024 . 27 Jan 2024 . The Institute of Heraldry .

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