The 184th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) accomplish the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) support activity. The EOD battalion

Battalion

A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...

 operates under FORSCOM (52nd Ordnance Group (EOD)) command and control with several companies (EOD) strategically located within each control area. Installations and MACOMs do not have a direct area support EOD responsibility.

Organization

Ten Ordnance Companies (EOD).

Fort Campbell, Kentucky
-788th OD CO (EOD)
-744th OD CO (EOD)
-723rd OD CO (EOD)
-717th OD CO (EOD)
-49th OD CO (EOD)

Fort Knox, Kentucky
-703rd OD CO (EOD)

Fort Benning, Georgia
-789th OD CO (EOD)

Fort Bragg, North Carolina
-202nd OD CO (EOD)

Lineage

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

Campaign Participation Credit

• World War II
  World War II
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Normandy

Normandy

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Northern France

Rhineland

Rhineland

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Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

• Vietnam
  Vietnam
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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

1. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967–1968
2. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968–1969

External links

• 184TH Ordnance Battalion (EOD) Lineage and Honors at the United States Army Center of Military History