2nd Chemical Battalion
The 2d Chemical Battalion was orignally constituted on 15 August 1917 in the Regular Army as the 30th Engineer Regiment (Gas and Flame), and organized from 30 August-28 November 1917 at Camp American University, District of Columbia. It was converted and redesignated on 13 July 1918 as the 1st Gas Regiment. It was demobilized on 28 February 1919 at Camp Kendrick, Lakehurst, NJ.
The unit was reconstituted on 24 February 1920 in the Regular Army as the 1st Gas Regiment and organized at Edgewood Arsenal, MD, and redesignated on 5 February 1929 as the 1st Chemical Regiment. It inactivated on 15 April 1935 at Edgewood Arsenal, MD, and was disbanded on 12 March 1942.
The unit was reconstituted on 7 November 1951 in the Regular Army; and concurrently consolidated with the 2d Chemical Mortar Battalion, with the consolidated unit designated as the 2d Chemical Mortar Battalion.
It was reorganized and redesignated on 23 January 1953 as the 2d Chemical Weapons Battalion(Headquarters Company, 2d Chemical Weapons Battalion, was disbanded on 16 January 1955 at Dugway Proving Ground, UT).
Headquarters, 2d Chemical Weapons Battalion, was reorganized and redesignated on 7 January 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Chemical Battalion (Companies A, B, and C concurrently disbanded at Dugway Proving Ground, UT). Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Chemical Battalion, inactivated on 19 December 1973 at Fort McClellan, AL.
It reactivated on 1 September 1981 at Fort Hood, TX.
The 2d Chemical Battalion is comprised of the following companies: Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, the 44th Chemical Company, the 46th Chemical Company, and the 181st Chemical Company.
On order, 2d Chemical Battalion deploys designated theater of operations and provides command and control over chemical units conducting NBC operations in support of US Forces.
