The 756th is responsible for protecting personnel and property by rendering safe and achieving final disposition of all UXOs, IEDs, CBRN, and explosive hazards at Fort Stewart, Hunter Army Airfield, and throughout the states of Georgia and Florida. The 756th was constituted by the Army on 9 March 1944 as the 156th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad. The Squad was then officially activated on 20 March 19
44 and located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The 156th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad was given campaign credit for its participation in the Air Offensive in Japan during WWII. As a result, the 156th earned the Iwo Jima battle streamer to accompany its Unit Guidon. After serving with distinction, the 156th was inactivated on 15 April 1946. Fortunately, the 756th was reactivated and re-designated as the 56th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squad in Raritan Arsenal, New Jersey, in January of 1951. Without relocating, the 56th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squad was reorganized and re-designated on 23 June 1954 as the 56th Ordnance Detachment. Finally, with a relocation to Fort Indian Town Gap PA, on 16 June 1997 the company was reorganized and re-designated as the 756th Ordnance Company. The 756th Ordnance Company (EOD) is now located on Fort Stewart, Georgia home of the 3rd Infantry Division (Rock of the Marne)! The 756th Ordnance Company has been an active participant in the Global War on Terrorism. In 2002, the Company was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation, and battle streamer for combat operations in Afghanistan. In 2004, following combat operations in Iraq, the 756th received the Valorous Unit Award. This unit award is the second highest United States military unit decoration. The 756th was awarded this great honor for displaying extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy of the United States. The 756th is trained and equipped for combat operations, while simultaneously supporting a variety of peacetime missions. These missions include but are not limited to, “protecting personnel and property through detecting, identifying, conducting on-site evaluation of, rendering safe, exploiting, and achieving final disposition of all unexploded ordnance, improvised explosive devices, and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive hazards at Fort Stewart, Hunter Army Airfield, and throughout the states of Georgia and Florida”. The 756th is also responsible for coordinating and supervising EOD support to Unified Land Operations and Special Operations Forces; providing Defense Support of Civil Authorities to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; provide support US Secret Service to protect the President and other Very Important Persons”. The 756th parent units include the 184th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) and the 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) located at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The 756th rallies under the mantra coined by LTC (RET) Dave Grossman; “There are sheep, there are wolves, I am the Sheepdog!” As a Sheepdog of the 756th, the Soldiers embody the idea that they are tasked with the continued mission to protect the flock from enemies both foreign and domestic. The 756th trains tirelessly to live up to this ideal and have proven their abilities time and again since the date of conception in 1944.
