The 23rd CBRNE Battalion is a chemical battalion of the United States Army first formed in 1944. The battalion is part of the 210th Field Artillery Brigade.
The 23rd CBRNE Battalion is currently composed of:
HHC, 23d CBRNE Battalion, Camp Stanley
4th CBRN Company, Camp Stanley
61st CBRN Company, Camp Stanley
62d CBRN Company, Camp Stanley
501st CBRNE Company (Technical Escort), Camp Stanley
718th Ordnance Company (EOD)
As of 10 Jun, the following companies were reassigned from the 23d CM BN.
63d Chemical Company, Fort Campbell - To 2nd CM BN
92d Chemical Company, Fort Stewart -To 83d CM BN
Constituted 27 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion, and activated in England
Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France
Redesignated 18 January 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 1 February 1949 at the Army Chemical Center, Edgewood, Maryland
Reorganized and redesignated 4 March 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Chemical Battalion
Inactivated 15 June 1959 in Germany
Redesignated 16 September 1988 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Chemical Battalion, and activated in Korea
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Korean War
UN Defensive
UN Offensive
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2007-2008
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
