The 23d CBRN Battalion is a Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives defense

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of the

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, part of the 2ID Sustainment Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division at

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, Korea. It traces its lineage back to the 1944 formation of the 23rd Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion in England during

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. The 23rd was inactivated after the end of the war and reactivated in 1949 as the 4th Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion, serving in the

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before being inactivated in Germany at the end of the 1950s. The 23rd Chemical Battalion was reactivated in Korea in 1988.

History

*Constituted 27 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion, and activated in England *Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France *Redesignated 18 January 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army *Activated 1 February 1949 at the Army Chemical Center, Edgewood, Maryland *Reorganized and redesignated 4 March 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Chemical Battalion *Inactivated 15 June 1959 in Germany *Redesignated 16 September 1988 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Chemical Battalion, and activated in Korea In a 4 April 2013 ceremony, the 23d Chemical Battalion was officially transferred back to Korea after spending eight years at

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. On 16 October 2016, its headquarters and headquarters detachment was redesignated as a company.

Composition

The 23d CBRN Battalion is currently composed of:http://www.hood.army.mil/48chem/units.html * Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 23rd CBRN Battalion,

* 4th CBRN Company,

* 61st CBRN Company,

* 62nd CBRN Company,

* 501st CBRN Company (Technical Escort),

* 718th Ordnance Company (EOD),

As of 10 June 2013, the following companies were reassigned from the 23rd CBRNE BN. * 63rd Chemical Company,

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– To 2nd CM BN * 92nd Chemical Company,

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-To 83rd CM BN

Campaign participation credit

* World War II ** Normandy ** Northern France ** Rhineland ** Ardennes-Alsace ** Central Europe * Korean War ** UN Defensive ** UN Offensive ** CCF Intervention ** First UN Counteroffensive ** CCF Spring Offensive ** UN Summer-Fall Offensive ** Second Korean Winter ** Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 ** Third Korean Winter ** Korea, Summer 1953 *

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ism **

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: Consolidation II

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation The Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC; pronounced ''muck'') is a mid-level unit award of the United States Armed Forces. The U.S. Army awards units the Army MUC for exceptionally meritorious conduct in performance of outstanding achievement or ...

(Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952 *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952–1953 *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2007–2008 *Army

Superior Unit Award The Superior Unit Award is a decoration of the United States Army which is awarded in peacetime to any unit of the Army which displays outstanding meritorious performance of a difficult and challenging mission carried out under extraordinary circum ...

, Streamer embroidered 2013–2014 *

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation The Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation () is a military unit award of the government of South Korea that may be presented to South Korean military units, and foreign military units for outstanding performance in defense of the Republic o ...

, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950–1952 *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952–1953

References

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