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Welcome to the 12th Ordnance Battalion (SWD) Web Site.
The 12th Ordnance Battalion (Special Weapons Depot) was activated at Sandia Base, Albuquerque,
N.M. on 10 April 1953 as the FIRST Special Weapons Depot Battalion in the US Army.
Company B (MP Security) was activated at Fort Bragg, N.C. on 16 April 1953. In December 1953 the unit was ordered
to White Sands Proving Ground, N.M. with station at Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, N.M. in support of Army Special Weapons activities
at WSPG. In March 1955 the Battalion was ordered to USAREUR where it was assigned the mission to operate an Army
Special Weapons Depot for the European Theatre. The Battalion was inactivated at Massweiler, Germany on 24 June 1959.
For more unit history go to the History Page
POSTS, CAMPS & STATIONS
Sandia Base, NM (Hq Det, Co A) Apr-Dec
1953
Fort Bragg, NC (Co B) Apr-Dec
1953
Holloman AFB, NM
Dec 1953-Mar 1955
Neckarsulm/Sieglesbach FRG
Mar-Jun 1955
Pirmasens, FRG
Jun 1955-Dec 1956
Massweiler FRG
Dec 1956-Jun 1959
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