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The 59th Ordnance Brigade is a military unit of the United States Army. The unit is currently stood up as the U.S. Army Ordnance School's training brigade. In its previous iteration, the brigade had more than 6,500 soldiers. It was responsible for delivering, maintaining and supervising the weapons of mass destruction ("special ammo") for forces of the allied NATO-countries. == History == The ''71st Ordnance Battalion'' was activated in Germany in 1955. 1959 it was formed into the ''AWSCOM''. On 24 March 1962 it was renamed into ''59th Ordnance Brigade''. In October 1972 the SASCOM was overtaken. The Brigade got the addition SASCOM in its name. In June 1992 the Brigade was deactivated after it had removed a lot of nuclear weapons from Europe. It was reactivated in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 1994.〔''The History Of Kriegsfeld Special Weapons Depot (North Point).'' ((online ))〕 The Brigade was reassigned to Fort Lee, VA in 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「59th Ordnance Brigade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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