59th Ordnance Brigade
Encyclopedia
The 59th Ordnance Brigade was a military unit of the United States Army
. The brigade
had more than 6,500 soldiers. It was responsible for delivering, maintaining and supervising the weapons of mass destruction ("special ammo") for forces of the allied NATO-countries.
In October 1972 the SASCOM was overtaken. The Brigade got the addition SASCOM in its name.
In June 1992 the Brigade was deactivated after it had removed a lot of nuclear weapons from Europe.
It was reactivated in Redstone Arsenal
, Alabama, 1994.
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
. The brigade
Brigade
A brigade is a major tactical military formation that is typically composed of two to five battalions, plus supporting elements depending on the era and nationality of a given army and could be perceived as an enlarged/reinforced regiment...
had more than 6,500 soldiers. It was responsible for delivering, maintaining and supervising the weapons of mass destruction ("special ammo") for forces of the allied NATO-countries.
History
The 71st Ordnance Battalion was activated in Germany in 1955. 1959 it was formed into the AWSCOM. On 24 March 1962 it was renamed into 59th Ordnance Brigade.In October 1972 the SASCOM was overtaken. The Brigade got the addition SASCOM in its name.
In June 1992 the Brigade was deactivated after it had removed a lot of nuclear weapons from Europe.
It was reactivated in Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal is a United States Army base and a census-designated place adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area...
, Alabama, 1994.
Overview
In June 1976 the Brigade's units were situated at many locations in Western Germany and The Netherlands: :| Unit | Location | Remark |
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| Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 59th Ordnance Ammunition Group | Husterhöh-Kaserne Husterhoeh Kaserne Husterhoeh Kaserne was a military facility in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Kaserne is a German loanword that means "barracks." It was a United States military base 1945–1994. Since then it is a German base, most of which has closed... , Pirmasens Pirmasens Pirmasens is a district-free city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It is famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called Pirmasens from 1818 until 1997, when it was renamed Südwestpfalz.... |
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| US Army Privatization of Army Lodging Detachment | Husterhöh-Kaserne, Pirmasens | |
| 563rd Ordnance Company (Maintenance) (General Supply) | Camp Pieri, Wiesbaden Wiesbaden Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens... |
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| 579th Ordnance Company (General Maintenance) | Nelson Baracks, Neu-Ulm Neu-Ulm Neu-Ulm is a town in Bavaria, capital of the Neu-Ulm district. Neighbouring towns include Ulm, Senden, Pfaffenhofen an der Roth, Holzheim, Nersingen and Elchingen. The population is 51,110 .-History:... |
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| 165th Sig Company | Husterhöh-Kaserne, Pirmasens | |
| 41st Ordnance Company (Ammunition Convl) | Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people... |
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| 72nd Ordnance Battalion (Ammunition) | ||
| HHD, 72nd Ordnance Battalion | Army Depot, Miesau | |
| 4th Ordnance Company (GM Maintenance) | Army Depot, Miesau | |
| 9th Ordnance Company (Special Ammunition) (Dep Spt) | Army Depot, Miesau | |
| 164th Military Police Company (Physical Security) | Ammunition Depot, Miesau | |
| 619th Ordnance Company (Special Ammunition) (Dep Spt) | Ammunition Depot, Kriegsfeld Kriegsfeld Kriegsfeld is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... |
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| 558th Military Police Company (Physical Security) | Ammunition Depot, Kriegsfeld | |
| 197th Ordnance Battalion (Ammunition) | ||
| HHD, 197th Ordnance Battalion | Fischbach-Kaserne, Fischbach Fischbach Fischbach may refer to the following places:*In Austria**Fischbach, Styria, in the Weiz district**Fischbach , part of the municipality Texingtal, Lower Austria*In Germany**Rhineland-Palatinate... |
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| 64th Ordnance Company (Special Ammunition) (Dep Spt) | Fischbach Kaserne, Fischbach | |
| 165th Military Police Company (Physical Security) | Fischbach Kaserne, Fischbach | |
| 525th Ordnance Company (Special Ammunition) (Dep Spt) | Ordnance Area, Siegelsbach Siegelsbach Siegelsbach is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.... |
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| 556th Military Police Company (Physical Security) | Ordnance Area, Siegelsbach | |
| 5th Artillery Group (Wh Spt) | ||
| HHD, 5th Artillery Group | Stöckerbusch-Kaserne, Büren Büren There are several municipalities and communities that have the name Büren.Pronunciation: . It originates from the word buri meaning house and settlement in Old High German.-In Germany:*Büren, Westphalia, a town near Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia... |
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| 27th Ordnance Company (Special Ammunition) (GS) | Stöckerbusch-Kaserne, Büren | |
| 4th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Werl Werl Werl is a town located in the district of Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Werl is easily accessible because it is located between the Sauerland, Münsterland, and the Ruhr Area... |
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| 33rd Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Dellbrück | |
| 43rd Air Defense Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) | Düren-Drove | |
| 66th Air Defense Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) | Soest-Büecke | |
| 85th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Geilenkirchen Geilenkirchen Geilenkirchen is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 15 km north-east of Heerlen and 20 km north of Aachen.... |
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| 507th Air Defense Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) | Hinsbeck | |
| 294th Artillery Group (Wh Spt) | ||
| HHD, 294th Artillery Group | Flensburg Flensburg Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region of Southern Schleswig... |
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| 99th Ordnance Detachment (Wh Spt) | Flensburg | |
| 13th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Liliencron-Kaserne, Kellinghusen Kellinghusen Kellinghusen is a town in the district of Steinburg in the Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein.- Geography :Kellinghusen is located northeast of Itzehoe on both sides of the Stör River. The federal highway Bundesstraße 206 passes Kellinghusen in the south. Kellinghusen is connected with the... |
SAS Kellinghusen |
| 75th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Flensburg | |
| 512th Artillery Group (Wh Spt) | ||
| HHD, 512th Artillery Group | Günzburg Günzburg Günzburg is a Große Kreisstadt and capital of the district of Günzburg in Swabia, Bavaria. This district was constituted in 1972 by combining the city of Günzburg—which had not previously been assigned to a Kreis —with the district of Günzburg and the district of Krumbach.Günzburg lies... |
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| 510th Ordnance Company (Special Ammunition) (GS) | Günzburg | |
| 2nd Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Pfullendorf Pfullendorf Pfullendorf is a small historic city in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.-Geography:Its location is in the district of Sigmaringen, 25 km north of Lake Constance and south of the Danube valley and therefore on the continental divide between the watersheds of the... |
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| 24th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Landsberg Landsberg Landsberg may refer to:* Landsberg , Bavaria, Germany* Landsberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany* the Margraviate of Landsberg, Holy Roman Empire* Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany* Landsberg an der Warthe, German name of Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland... |
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| 36th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Hemau | |
| 74th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Airfield, Lechfeld | |
| 84th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Großengstingen | |
| 552nd Artillery Group (Wh Spt) | ||
| HHD, 552nd Artillery Group | Mühlenberg-Kaserne, Sögel Sögel Samtgemeinde Sögel is a Samtgemeinde in the district Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany.The following towns are situated in Sögel:... |
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| 162nd Ordnance Company (Special Ammunition) (GS) | Mühlenberg-Kaserne, Sögel | |
| 1st Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Schill-Kaserne, Wesel Wesel Wesel is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wesel district.-Division of the town:Suburbs of Wesel include Lackhausen, Obrighoven, Ginderich, Feldmark,Fusternberg, Büderich, Flüren and Blumenkamp.-History:... |
Brigade *TACOPS* Champion 1988 |
| 8th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Steenwijk Steenwijk Steenwijk is a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Steenwijkerland. It is the largest town of the municipality.Steenwijk received city rights in 1327... , Netherlands |
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| 23rd Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | 't Harde 't Harde t Harde is a town about 6 km southeast of Elburg, on the edge of the Veluwe forest in the Netherlands. It has a train station with connections to Zwolle and Amersfoort. The village's population is approximately 6000 people.-History:... , Netherlands |
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| 25th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Barme | |
| 32nd Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Nienburg Nienburg There are two towns named Nienburg in Germany.*Nienburg, Lower Saxony*Nienburg, Saxony-AnhaltThe Name Nienburg means "Neue Burg" .... |
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| 35th Air Defense Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) | Hohenkirchen Hohenkirchen Hohenkirchen is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.... |
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| 42nd Air Defense Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) | Barnsdorf | |
| 51st Air Defense Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) | Adelheide | |
| 557th Artillery Group (Wh Spt) | ||
| HHD, 557th Artillery Group | Aartalkaserne, Herborn Herborn Herborn is a historic town on the Dill in the Lahn-Dill district of Hesse in Germany. Before World War I, it was granted its own title as Nassauisches Rothenburg. The symbol or mascot of this town is a bear. Scenic attractions include its half-timbered houses; Herborn is located on the German... |
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| 96th Ordnance Company (Special Ammunition) (GS) | Aartalkaserne, Herborn | |
| 3rd Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Salm-Kaserne, Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg may refer to some places in the United States:*Phillipsburg, Georgia*Phillipsburg, Kansas*Phillipsburg, Kentucky*Phillipsburg, Missouri*Phillipsburg, New Jersey*Phillipsburg, Ohio... |
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| 7th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Hardt-Kaserne, Treysa | |
| 30th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Steuben Kaserne, Giessen | |
| 52nd Air Defense Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) | Lippe | |
| 83rd Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Montabaur Montabaur Montabaur is a town and the district seat of the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. At the same time, it is also the administrative centre of the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur – a kind of collective municipality – to which 24 other communities belong... |
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| 501st Air Defense Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) | Kilianstädten | |
| 570th Artillery Group (Wh Spt) | ||
| HHD, 570th Artillery Group | Handorf Handorf Handorf is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.... |
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| 583rd Ordnance Company (Special Ammunition) (GS) | Handorf | |
| 15th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Paderborn Paderborn Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader, which originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.-History:... |
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| 22nd Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Dempsey Baracks, Sennelager Sennelager Sennelager is a village in Germany that forms part of the City of Paderborn. It is notable by the presence of a British army barracks, where the 20th Armoured Brigade are currently situated... |
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| 69th Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Hemer Hemer Hemer is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Geography :Hemer is located at the north end of the Sauerland near the Ruhr river. The highest elevation, at 546 metres , is in the Balver Wald in the south of the city... |
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| 81st Field Artillery Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) (HJ) | Dülmen Dülmen Dülmen is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Dülmen is situated in the south part of the Münsterland area, between the Lippe river to the south, the Baumberge hills to the north and the Ems river to the east... |
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| 509th Air Defense Detachment (Msl Wh Spt) | Vörden Vorden Vorden is a former municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, about 10 kilometres south-east of Zutphen. On 1 January 2005 the municipality merged with Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Hengelo en Zelhem, to form the new municipality Bronckhorst.... |