184th Ordnance Battalion (EOD)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=184TH Ordnance Battalion (EOD)


caption=Unit DUI
country=United States
type=Support
branch=United States Army
dates= June 16, 1998 - Present
specialization=Explosive Ordnance Disposal
command_structure= 52D Ordnance Group (EOD)
size=
garrison= Fort Gillem, GA
garrison_label=HQ
commander1=LTC
commander1_label=Commander
commander2=CSM
commander2_label=Command Sergeant Major

Lineage

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

Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

*World War II:Normandy:Northern France:Rhineland:Ardennes-Alsace:Central Europe

*Vietnam:Counteroffensive:Counteroffensive, Phase II:Counteroffensive, Phase III:Tet Counteroffensive :Counteroffensive, Phase IV :Counteroffensive, Phase V :Counteroffensive, Phase VI :Tet 69/Counteroffensive :Summer-Fall 1969:Winter-Spring 1970:Sanctuary Counteroffensive :Counteroffensive, Phase VII :Consolidation I :Consolidation II :Cease-Fire

Decorations

# Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
# Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969

External links

* [http://www.army.mil/cmh/lineage/branches/ord/0184ordbn.htm 184TH Ordnance Battalion (EOD) History]