The 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) is one of three

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groups of the

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. It is the command and control headquarters for all U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)

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and

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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,

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, or

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ordnance, or

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s (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. The current command team consists of Colonel Matthew L. Kuhns and Command Sergeant Major Isaac J. Allender.

Mission

On order, the 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 Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astride the Kentucky–Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee (post address is located in Kentucky). Fort Campbell is home to the 101st Airborne Div ...

** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,

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*** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Campbell *** 38th Ordnance Company (EOD),

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*** 49th Ordnance Company (EOD),

*** 717th Ordnance Company (EOD),

*** 723rd Ordnance Company (EOD),

*** 744th Ordnance Company (EOD),

*** 756th Ordnance Company (EOD),

*** 789th Ordnance Company (EOD),

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192nd Ordnance Battalion (EOD),

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*** Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

*** 18th Ordnance Company (EOD),

***

28th Ordnance Company (EOD) (Airborne),

*** 55th Ordnance Company (EOD),

Fort Belvoir Fort Belvoir ( ) is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It was developed on the site of the former Belvoir (plantation), Belvoir plantation, seat of the prominent Lord ...

***

722nd Ordnance Company (EOD),

*** 754th Ordnance Company (EOD),

Fort Drum Fort Drum is a U.S. Army military reservation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, near the western border of northern New York, United States. The population of the CDP portion of the base was 12,955 at the 2010 census. ...

*** 760th Ordnance Company (EOD),

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767th Ordnance Company (EOD),

Lineage

# Constituted on 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 on 27 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Ordnance Service Group # Reorganized and redesigned on 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)

Honors

Campaign participation credit

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

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Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...

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Rhineland The Rhineland ( ; ; ; ) is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly Middle Rhine, its middle section. It is the main industrial heartland of Germany because of its many factories, and it has historic ties to the Holy ...

Ardennes-Alsace The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive or Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War, taking place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 19 ...

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Decorations

# Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) # Streamer Embroidered VIETNAM 1966.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.campbell.army.mil/units/52EOD/Pages/52EOD.aspx Ordnance 052 Military units and formations established in 1943 Explosive ordnance disposal units and formations Ordnance units and formations of the United States Army