52nd Ordnance Group (EOD)

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.

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
• 63rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Dix
• 184th Ordnance Battalion , Fort Campbell
• 192nd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Bragg

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
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