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 Stanley4th CBRN Company, Camp Stanley61st CBRN Company, Camp Stanley62d CBRN Company, Camp Stanley501st CBRNE Company (Technical Escort), Camp Stanley718th 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 BN92d Chemical Company, Fort Stewart -To 83d CM BNConstituted 27 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion, and activated in EnglandInactivated 12 November 1945 in FranceRedesignated 18 January 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Chemical Smoke Generator Battalion, and allotted to the Regular ArmyActivated 1 February 1949 at the Army Chemical Center, Edgewood, MarylandReorganized and redesignated 4 March 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Chemical BattalionInactivated 15 June 1959 in GermanyRedesignated 16 September 1988 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Chemical Battalion, and activated in KoreaWorld War IINormandyNorthern FranceRhinelandArdennes-AlsaceCentral EuropeKorean WarUN DefensiveUN OffensiveCCF InterventionFirst UN CounteroffensiveCCF Spring OffensiveUN Summer-Fall OffensiveSecond Korean WinterKorea, Summer-Fall 1952Third Korean WinterKorea, Summer 1953Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2007-2008Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953