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73rd Ordnance Battalion

The mission of the 73d Ordnance Battalion is to provide command, administrative, and logistical support to all assigned and attached soldiers; provide a unit environment which will produce a well-trained, highly motivated, disciplined, physically fit Advanced Individual Training (AIT)/Initial Entry Training (IET) soldier who is competent in basic soldiering and Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) related skills and provide support for Ordnance Electronic Maintenance Departments.

The 73rd Ordnance Battalion trains and develop motivated, disciplined, physically-fit Ordnance soldiers and warrant officers who live by the seven Army values and are competent in entry-level MOS and common soldier skills. The unit also provides soldier and family support systems that support the Ordnance soldier and family.

The 73rd Ordnance Battalion was originally constituted on 18 October, 1927 in the Regular Army as the 13th Motor Transport Command. It was redesignated on 1 May, 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Quartermaster Regiment; and on 1 June, 1940 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 73rd Quartermaster Battalion. It activated ib 9 June, 1941 at Fort Lewis, WA.

Redesignated on 1 April, 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 73rd Quartermaster Medium Maintenance Battalion, it was converted and redesignated on 1 August, 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 73rd Ordnance Medium Maintenance Battalion. The unit was reorganized and redesignated on 31 May, 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 73rd Ordnance Battalion. It inactivated on 15 December, 1946 in Japan.

The unit reactivated on 15 December, 1948 in Germany. It was redesignated on 23 December, 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 73rd Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion (the 3485th, 3486th, and 3487th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Companies were concurrently redesignated as Companies A, B, and C, 73rd Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion). It inactivated on 20 July, 1950 in Germany.

Redesignated on 14 February, 1957 as the 73rd Ordnance Battalion, it activated on 1 March, 1957 at Fort Hood, TX. It inactivated on 25 August, 1961 at Fort Carson, CO.

Headquarters was transferred on 31 October, 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and organized at Redstone Arsenal, AL. It inactivated on 6 June 1990 at Redstone Arsenal, AL.

The 73rd Ordnance Battalion activated on 1 October 1994 at Fort Gordon, GA.