441st Ordnance Battalion (United States)

The 441st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Ordnance Battalion is a battalion of the Ordnance Corps, itself within the United States Army. The battalion is today part of the 111th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Ordnance Group within the Alabama Army National Guard.

History
The battalion was constituted on 1 October 1992 as part of the Alabama Army National Guard, at that time, called the 669th Ordnance Detachment. The detachment was finally organized fully and recognized on 27 April 1994 at Huntsville. On 1 September 1998 the detachment was redesignated as 441st Ordnance Battalion and reorganized accordingly. On 30 November 2002 the battalion was entered in Federal service and deployed to Afghanistan as part of the War in Afghanistan, where it came back on 22 March 2004. Again on 30 November 2009 the battalion again deployed and returned from Iraq. The battalion is today part of the 111th Ordnance Group (EOD) and controls the following units:
 * Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
 * 641st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Ordnance Company
 * 666th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Ordnance Company
 * 21st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Ordnance Company (Inactive)

Credits
Campaign Participation Credit:
 * War on Terrorism
 * Afghanistan: Consolidation I