92nd Chemical Company
The 92nd Chemical Company provides chemical decontamination, and smoke support to the 3rd Infantry Division in order to support mobile combined offensive and defensive operations. The 92nd Chemical Company mission is to provide out-of-sector decontamination and reconnaissance support for a battalion size task force. It provides one decontamination squad and 2 reconnaissance vehicles with crews to the task force commander.
The 92nd Chemical Company was originally constituted on 8 September 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 92nd Chemical Company. It activated on 26 December 1942 at Camp Sibert, Alabama.
The unit reorganized and was redesignated on 17 February 1944 as the 92nd Chemical Composite Company, and on 3 April 1945 as the 92nd Chemical Service Company. It was inactivated on 16 June 1946 in Italy.
It reactivated on 19 January 1949 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado. It was allotted on 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army, and reorganized and redesignated on 11 October 1954 as the 92nd Chemical Company. It was inactivated on 28 May 1955 in Korea.
The unit was reactivated on 26 March 1963 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and was inactivated there on 15 June 1966.
The 92nd Chemical Company was reassigned on 21 September 1979 to the 3d Infantry Division and reactivated in Germany.
In 2004 the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) began transformation to the US Army's new modular force structure. As part of the reorganization of divisional support assets, the 92nd Chemical Company became part of the 3rd Sustainment Brigade Special Troops Battalion.
In January 2005, the 92nd Engineer Battalion deployed to Baghdad in support of Multi-National Division–Baghdad (MND-B) during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 04-06. While deployed, the 92nd Engineer Battalion operated as part of the 36th Engineer Combat Group and provided general construction engineering and chemical force protection support to units in the Baghdad area of responsibility. 276 construction missions were executed to include the construction of an Iraqi tank gunnery range, a headquarters and airfield complex for the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, numerous battalion and brigade headquarters, SEA Huts, and the repair of over 100 IED craters. The following units were attached to the 92nd Engineer Battalion during its deployment: 92nd Chemical Company, C/365th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy) (USAR) and C/107th Engineer Battalion (USARNG).
The 92nd Chemical Company held a 2-part training exercise with the Kuwaiti National Guard at Camp Fahreer, Kuwait between 25 and 26 November 2008. The host nation National Guardsmen were trained onhow to respond in case of a chemical attack. The 92nd gave the Kuwaitis demonstrations on the Falcon decontamination system, Toxic Industrial Chemical Protection and Detection Equipment and the M93 Fox NBC reconnaissance vehicle.
