Draft:303rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD)

303rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD)
'''Active: '''


 * 15 May 1944 at Camp Maxey, Texas- 30 January 1946
 * 7 December 1946 -15 November 1950
 * 19 October 1955-1 May 1959
 * 31 December 1966-21 January 1976
 * 16 October 2009- Present

Country: United States

Branch:

United States Army

Type:

Support

Role:

Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Part of:

8 MP BDE, 8 TSC, USARPAC

HQ:

Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Motto:

"Forged in Fire- Ready to Protect"

"HO’OHANOHANO"

Battalion Commander:

LTC Clinton Pierce

Battalion Command Sergeant Major:

CSM Donald Petrie

MISSION:

On order, the 303D OD BN (EOD) deploys and exercises mission command of EOD and CBRN forces to support Multi-Domain Operations across all Warfighting Functions and throughout all phases of operations in the USINDOPACOM area of responsibility. Provides EOD and CBRN support to Operation Pathways and USINDOPACOM security cooperation initiatives to enhance interoperability of Partners and Allies. Provides Defense Support to Civil Authorities to mitigate explosive and CBRN threats to civilians in U.S. territories within USINDOPACOM AOR. Provides support to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to mitigate explosive threats and facilitate the search and recovery of missing personnel. Provides support to USINDOPACOM Humanitarian Mine Action missions. Provides EOD support to the U.S. Secret Service in the protection of identified U.S. and foreign dignitaries worldwide.​

SUBORDINATE UNITS:


 * 65th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Wainwright, AK
 * 71st Chemical Response Company, Schofield Barracks, HI
 * 74th Ordnance Company (EOD), Schofield Barracks, HI
 * 706th Ordnance Company (EOD), Schofield Barracks, HI*
 * 716th Ordnance Company (EOD), Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

LINEAGE:


 * Constituted 3 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Ordnance Battalion
 * Activated 15 May 1944 at Camp Maxey, Texas
 * Inactivated 30 January 1946 on Okinawa
 * Allotted 27 November 1946 to the Organized Reserves.
 * Activated 7 December 1946 at Fort Collins, Colorado
 * Location changed 15 February 1948 to Detroit, Michigan (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
 * Inactivated 15 November 1950 at Detroit, Michigan
 * Activated 19 October 1955 at Saginaw, Michigan
 * Inactivated 1 May 1959 at Saginaw, Michigan
 * Redesignated 31 December 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Maintenance Battalion; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army and activated in Germany
 * Inactivated 21 January 1976 in Germany.
 * Redesignated 1 May 2007 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Ordnance Battalion
 * Activated 16 October 2009 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

'''HONORS: '''


 * Campaign Participation Credits
 * World War II- Asiatic-Pacific Theater
 * War on Terrorism

DECORATIONS:

Meritorious Unit Commendation