The 184th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) is a

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in the

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that provides

explosive ordnance disposal Bomb disposal is an explosives engineering profession using the process by which hazardous explosive devices are disabled or otherwise rendered safe. ''Bomb disposal'' is an all-encompassing term to describe the separate, but interrelated fu ...

(EOD) support to US forces, allies, foreign partners, and Tribal, Federal, State, and local law enforcement with its assigned mission area.

Organization

Higher Headquarters:

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184th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) (

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) * Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (HHD) * 38th Ordnance Company (EOD) ( Fort Stewart, GA) * 49th Ordnance Company (EOD) (

) * 717th Ordnance Company (EOD) (

) * 723th Ordnance Company (EOD) (

) * 744th Ordnance Company (EOD) (

) * 756th Ordnance Company (EOD) ( Fort Stewart, GA) * 789th Ordnance Company (EOD) ( Fort Benning, GA)

Lineage

Source: # Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 6th Motor Repair Battalion # Redesignated 1 May 1936 as the 53d Quartermaster Regiment (less 1st Battalion) # Activated on 10 February 1941 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3d Battalion, 53d Quartermaster Regiment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina # Converted and redesignated 18 August 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3d Battalion, 53d Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Regiment # Reorganized and redesignated 7 October 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 184th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Battalion # Redesignated 31 May 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 184th Ordnance Battalion # Inactivated 11 March 1946 in Germany # Activated 1 June 1954 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma # Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 184th Ordnance Battalion # Inactivated 2 April 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington # Activated 16 June 1998 at Fort Gillem, Georgia as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 184th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) # Moved to Fort Campbell, Kentucky in late 2008 to early 2009 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 184th Ordnance Battalion (EOD)

Honors

Campaign participation credit

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:Northern

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:Central Europe *

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Decorations

Source: # Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967–1968 # Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968–1969

References

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