52nd Ordnance Group (EOD)

52D Ordnance Group (EOD)
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	27 December 1943 – 30 June 1948 28 January 1952 – 16 May 1955 2 December 1965 – 20 October 1967 1 October 1990 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Support
Role	Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Part of	20TH CBRNE Command
HQ	Fort Campbell, KY
Commanders
Commander	COL George Hill
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Isaac "Ike" Allender

The 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) is one of three explosive ordnance disposal groups of the United States Army. It is the command and control headquarters for all U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) battalions and companies 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, chemical/biological, or nuclear ordnance, or improvised explosive devices (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^[1].

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