3rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD)
The 3rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD) accomplish the Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) support activity. The EOD battalion operates under FORSCOM (52nd Ordnance Group (EOD)) command and control with several companies (EOD) strategically located within each control area. Installations and MACOMs do not have a direct area support EOD responsibility.
The distinctive unit insignia of the 3rd Ordnance Battalion is crimson and yellow are the colors traditionally associated with the Ordnance branch. The crimson cannon balls shown on the band synbolize the numerical designation of the battalion. The yellow gear in chief is representative of the maintenance work perforned by the original organization and the yellow palm tree is characterisitc of the flora of the country-side where the battalion was organized, Southern California.
